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Reserve Charge Dents Travelers Earnings; Execs See ‘More Room’ for Rate Hikes
Challenges that fueled prior-year loss reserve development of nearly $300 million at Travelers aren't a problem that is unique to the insurer, executives noted during an third-quarter 2019 earnings ...
How Companies with Bottom-Line Focused CEOs Perform
Doing business with a tunnel-vision focus on the bottom line can lead to dysfunction and unethical conduct in the workplace, but a research study co-authored by Rutgers School of Management and Labor ...
Secretive CEO Bonus Pay Targets Linked With Poor Performance
Investors need to pay closer attention to the non-financial measures linked to CEO cash bonuses, because targets that are not disclosed, or undefined, in annual reports are associated with worse ...
Auto Insurance Customer Loyalty Is Declining
Last year more than $6 billion in advertising was pumped into the marketplace to encourage consumers to shop and switch their auto insurance providers. Everywhere consumers look, they are being hit ...
S&P Takes Closer Look at Argo Following SEC Subpoena Over Executive Compensation
The SEC's decision to subpoena Argo Group. International Holdings about its executive compensation practices is drawing the attention of Standard & Poor's. S&P said it has revised the outlook ...
Carrier Technology Shopping Lists
If this were the Christmas holiday season for insurance carriers, machine learning, big data, analytics and security would be high on their shopping lists. Insurer IT spending is growing for 2020, ...
Reinsurers Look at Cyber’s Massive Growth Possibilities—With Caution
Reinsurers are aware they must constantly invent new solutions in order to stay relevant for their clients. Yet, they admit they are sometimes challenged to close the protection gap for new and ...
Help Your Employees Motivate Themselves
Your team members are dragging their feet completing their tasks and failing to proactively address problems. Your first instinct is probably to ask, "How can I motivate my team?" But that's the ...