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CEO in Crisis: Takata’s Leader Lacks Sense of Emergency in Air Bag Recall, Associates Say
Shigehisa Takada, the third-generation head of Takata Corp., shows little sense of the crisis engulfing the Japanese air bag maker at the center of one of the auto industry's biggest safety recalls, ...
MAPFRE Seeking Acquisitions in Europe and U.S.
MAPFRE SA, the biggest insurer in Spain, is seeking to expand and may make acquisitions in Europe and the U.S., Chairman Antonio Huertas said. The company isn't constrained by regulators' efforts to ...
CEOs May Join Obamacare Opponents; Roundtable Reacts to Honeywell Suit
Leading U.S. CEOs, angered by the Obama administration's challenge to certain "workplace wellness" programs, are threatening to side with anti-Obamacare forces unless the government backs off, ...
Elements of a Properly Structured Business Continuity Plan
Effective business continuity plans are designed to provide a rehearsed road map for the most effective restoration of essential processes and functions after a disruptive event and therefore go hand ...
Why Underwriters Should Require Business Continuity Plans From Insureds
True or False? Companies that identify and develop disaster avoidance, mitigation, response and recovery plans are likely to suffer fewer strategic, financial and operational losses and less adverse ...
Oops. Twitter CFO Inadvertently Leaks M&A Deal Intent in Tweet
Twitter Inc. just tripped up one of its top executives. On Monday, Chief Financial Officer Anthony Noto publicly tweeted about a plan he has to buy a company, including how he wanted to help make the ...
$1.9B Deal for Platinum Gives RenRe Bigger U.S. Casualty Share
The $1.9 billion cash-stock deal by RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. for Platinum Underwriters Holdings will create a $4 billion company with a bigger footprint in the U.S. casualty and specialty ...
S&P Says Growth Still the Biggest Factor in Carrier Exec Comp
More than 50 percent of insurers use growth as a key metric to set executive compensation, according to a recent report. The report by Standard & Poor's Rating Services summarized findings of an ...