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AIG Likely to Pursue IPO for ILFC Plane Leasing Unit as China Deal Stalls
American International Group Inc. is increasingly likely to pursue an initial public offering for its plane-leasing business after a deal to sell the unit stalled, according to analysts who follow ...
Insurer Alleghany Buys Stake in Asset Manager Ares, Commits Up to $1B
Alleghany Corp., the insurer that bought Transatlantic Holdings Inc., acquired a stake in Ares Management LLC and agreed to invest as much as $1 billion in the asset manager to diversify its ...
How Topgrading Helped One Commercial Insurer Hire Nearly All ‘A’-Level Managers
Argo Group has nearly doubled its hiring of topnotch, "A"-level managers over the past five years, using a hiring protocol known as Topgrading—a rigorous process designed to eliminate much of the ...
As New York City Comptroller, ‘Sheriff of Wall Street’ Spitzer Would Face Limits
Eliot Spitzer promises that if he gets elected New York City comptroller, he'll reimagine the office, using about $80 billion in pension stock holdings to keep corporations well-managed and socially ...
How To Own Your Risk: AIR Worldwide Explains Touchstone
Released in January 2013, AIR Worldwide's Touchstone modeling platform was five years in the making, according to the catastrophe modeling firm's new chief operating officer. Below, Bill Churney, a ...
Hartford Reports Third Straight Loss on Asbestos, Annuity Costs
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., the insurer exiting life operations to focus on property/casualty coverage, posted a third straight loss on asbestos liabilities and costs tied to variable ...AIG Closing Savings Bank Unit, Returning Customer Funds Amid Dodd-Frank Pressure
American International Group Inc. will return funds to customers of its banking unit and shut their accounts as the Dodd-Frank Act places limits on insurers with deposit-taking units. AIG Federal ...
Is My Data Safe On The RMS Cloud?
Two months after RMS announced the launch of RMS(one)—a cloud-based platform for catastrophe models, exposure measurement tools and related data—RMS's leader took to the blogosphere to address ...