CFO / Financial
Analyst: Reinsurance M&A Winds Are Increasing
Shareholders from Aspen Insurance Holdings have a July 25 deadline to vote on a number of governance proposals that could boost Endurance Specialty Holdings' prospects for acquiring the Bermuda ...
Reserve Charge, Cats to Dent State Auto Financial Earnings; EMC Down on Cats
Midwest insurers State Auto Financial and EMC Insurance Group preannounced anticipated declines in second-quarter earnings last night, with catastrophe losses hitting both companies, and a ...
Improving Claims Legal Management Effectiveness With Advanced Analytics
Claims organizations are under increasing pressure to manage the legal expense associated with claims litigation. The legal spend for the P/C insurance market remained flat at $21.3 billion from 2008 ...
Want Better Results? Learn to Say ‘Not Now, I’m Busy’
Modern office workers are expected to multitask regularly, often juggling multiple projects and priorities over the course of a day. Studies have shown that the typical employee in an office ...
M&A Adviser MarshBerry Nabs Re Broker, Investment Banker Gill & Roeser
MarshBerry has acquired the assets of Gill & Roeser, Inc., a New York City based boutique investment banking and reinsurance intermediary firm. Gill & Roeser is an independently-owned capital ...
Sharing Insider Stock Tips on the Golf Course? The SEC is Listening
On Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it charged a group of golfing buddies, who made more than a half-million dollars, with trading on inside information. In a complaint ...
More U.S. Corps. Moving to Avoid U.S. Taxes: Congress Study
Seventy-six U.S. corporations have shifted their tax domiciles out of the United States to other countries since 1983 to avoid U.S. taxes, with a sharp increase recently in such deals, a policy ...
14 P/C Insolvencies in 2013; Half RRGs: A.M. Best
A.M. Best announced its final tally of impairments for 2013 on Wednesday, counting just 14 for the year—the lowest level since 2007. The level was a little more than half the historical average and ...