CFO / Financial
MetLife CEO Frustrated with Regulatory Uncertainty On Capital Rules
MetLife Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Kandarian has seen regulation hinder his company's capital plans since he took over the top job at the largest U.S. life insurer in 2011. The Federal ...Axis Capital Names Gressier Chief Operating Officer; Reding Retires
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd., the Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer, promoted John "Jack" Gressier to chief operating officer, replacing Dennis Reding, who's retiring from the post at 65. Gressier, ...
Finance Worker Suicides Continue, Raising Fresh Concerns
Coroners in London are preparing to investigate two apparent suicides as unexpected deaths by finance workers around the world have raised concerns about mental health and stress levels in the ...
IRS Expects ‘Glitches’ with FATCA Tax Law on Offshore Accounts
A new U.S. anti-tax evasion law, set to take effect on July 1, will encounter "inevitable glitches," said the head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service on Monday, adding that the IRS will be ...
Rating Agency S&P Weighs in on TRIPRA Renewal; Says Some Ratings at Risk
Smaller insurers with less capital and more terrorism exposures could be subject to negative rating actions under a renewed but changed federal terrorism insurance program, rating agency Standard ...
Top U.S. CEOs See Compensation Increases Shrink
Big U.S. companies appear to have handed out smaller increases in compensation to their chief executives in 2013 than in 2012, mainly as a result of reduced grants of stock options, according to an ...
U.S. Accounting Regulator Says Auditor Marketing Practices Deceptive
A top U.S. audit regulator is sounding the alarm over what she fears may be a false stamp of approval that some accounting firms are using as they market themselves to potential clients. A growing ...
Hartford Financial in Talks to Sell Japan Unit to Orix
Orix Corp., a Japanese finance and leasing firm, said it is in talks to buy Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.'s unit in the country. Nothing has been decided on the purchase, Tokyo-based Orix ...