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Guy Carpenter Promotes Reina to CEO, Continental Europe & MENA
Guy Carpenter & Co. on Wednesday announced that Massimo Reina has been promoted to the position of CEO of Continental Europe and MENA, with immediate effect. He succeeds Peter Stubbings, who has ...
Is Jain Next? Buffett Vagueness Over Successor Worries Investors
Warren Buffett is seeking to reassure shareholders about how his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. will perform in the decades after he steps down or dies, but remains as vague as ever about succession plans. ...
Buffett Sets Fresh Goal as Berkshire Misses Five-Year Target
Warren Buffett said his performance at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. should be measured over the course of stock market cycles after missing a five-year target for the first time. Berkshire's net worth ...
Berkshire Posts 11th Straight Year of Underwriting Profit; Buffett Expects Billions from Specialty Ops
Insurance operations contributed $5.7 billion to total operating income of $15.1 billion for Berkshire Hathaway in 2013—with an underwriting profit of $2.0 billion (after taxes) representing the ...
Highlights from Warren Buffett’s Annual Letter
Investors eagerly await Warren Buffett's letter to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. shareholders each year for its plain-spoken insight into the billionaire's financial strategy and economic predictions. ...
Buffett Seeks More Elephants
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Saturday signaled he plans to make more large acquisitions to expand a conglomerate that posted a record profit in 2013, helped by a recovering U.S. ...
Effort to Put House in Order Paying Off, Says Meadowbrook CEO Cubbin
Meadowbrook Insurance Group, based in Southfield, Mich., has struggled with many challenges during the past couple of years but the "strong remedial measures" implemented to correct unacceptable ...
Treasury’s OFR Contemplating New Study of Systemic Insurance Risk
Expressing concern about risky business in the insurance sector, an advisory committee at Treasury is recommending that its financial data analysis office undertake a detailed study of the sector to ...