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Hand-Picked Berkshire Bear Ready to ‘Spice Things Up’ for Buffett This Weekend
Hedge fund trader Doug Kass had his first brush with fame at the age of 10, when he appeared on a U.S. television quiz show, Tic-Tac-Dough, and won every day for a week. More than five decades later, ...
ACE Acquires Mexico’s Personal Lines Insurer ABA Seguros
ACE Limited said it has completed the acquisition of Mexican personal lines insurer ABA Seguros from Ally Financial Inc. for approximately $690 million in cash, after a $175 million pre-closing ...AIG Reports P/C Underwriting Profit for Q1
American International Group Inc.'s property and casualty business booked its first underwriting profit in two and a half years during the first quarter, as the insurer wrote more premiums at higher ...
PHLY’s New CEO Looks Ahead To Innovation & Profit
Philadelphia Insurance celebrated its 50 anniversary last year—before Robert O'Leary took the helm as chief executive officer. A video on the company's website commemorating the event ends with ...
CEOs & Social Media: A Matter Of Trust
Insurance is a unique industry. It is one where most customers will never get to use the product they buy, few if any can accurately assess how good it is before they buy it and every individual will ...
Buffett’s Non-Insurance Performance, Succession in Spotlight at ‘Woodstock for Capitalists’
Warren Buffett may be on safari for major acquisitions, which he likes to call elephants, but shareholders may wonder if his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has become the biggest elephant in the room. ...
What Every CEO Should Know To Protect Their Privacy On Social Media
Social media is all around us, but business executives run some additional risks when using these types of sites. A lot of sensitive information ends up on social media, and there is an undeniable ...
Global Re, Excess WC Discipline Lagging: ACE’s Greenberg, WRB’s Rob Berkley
There are now clear signs that the low interest rate environment is forcing underwriting discipline in the casualty market, carrier executives said during earnings calls last week, but one glaring ...