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Nationwide Stays (Partially) Home; Remote Work Will Remain in 5 States
Nationwide said it plans to permanently transition to a hybrid operating model that comprises primarily working-from-office in four main corporate campuses and working-from-home in most other ...
Buffett Will Likely Address Pandemic During Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting
Berkshire Hathaway Inc's annual meeting will be nothing like the extravaganzas of years past, but will give Warren Buffett a chance to show how resilient his cash-rich conglomerate may be to the ...
Argo Group Experiences Both International and U.S. COVID-19 Losses
Argo Group International Holdings expects pretax net catastrophe losses of $29 million during the 2020 first quarter, the bulk of which stems from costs relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ...
Markel Pegs Best Estimate for COVID Losses at $325M
Diverging from strategies of some competitors, Markel Corp. established a big reserve for a chunk of its potential COVID-19 exposure for the entire year—putting up $325 million for direct potential ...
*Editor’s Choice 2020* Psychic Leadership: Why We Need It During This Crisis
Week #1 = Shock (mandatory work from home, seriously?) Week #2 = Novelty (Zoom meetings, crazy hat day, check out my workspace!) Week #3 = Realization (wait, we need to actually run our business this ...
House Judiciary Committee Chair Eyes Ban on Mergers to Protect Small Firms During Pandemic
The chair of the House Judiciary Committee's antitrust panel on Thursday called for a moratorium on mergers in the next coronavirus stimulus package and a ban on deals that are not directly related ...
Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Should Not Read Coverage Into COVID IBNR: Berkley
Like other commercial insurers reporting first-quarter earnings, W.R. Berkley Corporation included a provision for COVID-19 related losses. But that doesn't mean the specialty insurer or the industry ...
The Hanover CEO Roche on Working From Home: Adjust and Adapt
When the pandemic-related lockdowns came into force, John Roche shifted gears like legions of other workers globally and started working from home. Roche, president and CEO of Massachusetts-based The ...