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Watford Re Playing to Current Market Conditions; Not Undercutting on Price: CEO Rathgeber
The first-quarter 2014 launch of Watford Re has fueled a fair amount of market chatter—some centered on the potential for the new entrant to the casualty reinsurance space to drive down pricing. ...
Allied World to Realign Most of Its Operations
Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings announced a realignment of most of its operations, the same day it disclosed 2014 third quarter earnings that reflected gains in pricing but hits on income due to ...
CEO Plane Crash Death Raises Questions about Brutal Executive Travel Schedules
In his final hours, Christophe de Margerie was doing what was expected of any modern chief executive officer: representing the company in the globe's farthest-flung destinations. The CEO of French ...
Rate Hikes Barely Keeping Up With Loss Costs: ACE CEO
After reporting a third-quarter combined ratio nearly 14 points below breakeven, and just about equal to the figure reported in last year's third quarter, the leader of ACE Limited predicted that ...
ACE CEO Said Ebola Risk Underwriting Approach is ‘Common Sense’
ACE Chief Executive Officer Evan Greenberg blasted news reports about his company's stance on Ebola risks as "sensationalized." In response to an analyst's question on the issue during an earnings ...
Travelers CEO Fishman: Q3 Results ‘Just Terrific’
At the start of The Travelers Cos. 2014 third quarter investor call, Chairman and CEO Jay Fishman virtually gushed about the numbers he and his team were about to discuss. "As I am sure you read, the ...
Western World’s CEO Mulligan Retiring; COO Livingston to Fill Slot
Western World Insurance Group announced Monday that Thomas F. Mulligan, President and Chief Executive Officer, is retiring effective Jan. 1, 2015, ending a 33-year span of continuous service. On Oct. ...
Well-Connected CEOs Lead Companies into Bad M&A Deals
Chief executive officers with extensive social connections to board members, executives at other firms, bankers and other financial market participants initiate mergers and acquisitions more ...