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AIG Extends Tax Asset Protection Plan by 3 Years
American International Group Inc. extended by almost three years a plan designed to protect the value of deferred tax assets that limit payments to the government that bailed out the insurer. The ...
The Results Are In: Agents Rate the Top 10 P/C Carriers
Compiling results of surveys of nearly 7,000 agents conducted over the course of 2013, a consulting firm published a list of the top-10 property/casualty carriers in January, with Sheboygan, ...
Goodyear Execs Released After ‘Boss-Napping’
French trade unionists released two executives on Tuesday after holding them for more than 24 hours at the country's Goodyear tire plant to demand higher payouts for more than a thousand planned ...
Argo Establishes 2014 Sidecar, Issues Cat Bonds
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. announced Monday that it establised a new sidecar reinsurer and separately announced that it issued $172 million in catastrophe bonds. The sidecar, Harambee Re ...
Social Media is Blessing, Curse for Uber; CEO Defends Surge Pricing
Uber Chief Executive Travis Kalanick knows the value of a good controversy. After his upstart company, which lets people summon rides at the touch of a smartphone button, provoked a flurry of social ...
From Lawyer to Carrier CEO: Charting a Career Course
"You have to find opportunity within every challenge you face." That's how Brian Cohen, the CEO of Pacific Specialty Insurance, sums up the leadership lesson he learned during a prior position at ...
CEOs with Attractive Faces Boost Stock Returns
If your CEO has an attractive face, then an appearance on CNBC might boost your company's return, according to two professors from the University of Wisconsin. The findings of Joseph Taylor Halford ...
AmTrust Completes Deal for Surety Writer Insco Dico
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. announced Friday that it received final regulatory approval for a California-based surety writer, The Insco Dico Group, and completed the $88.7 million acquisition. ...