CFO / Financial
Some ILS Money Irrational; Trad’l Re Mkts Adding Terror to Cat Cover: CEO
The once responsible insurance-linked securities market is showing signs of being overheated and irrational, the chief executive of the holding company for a Bermuda-based reinsurer said on Friday. ...
Aspen-Endurance Battle Escalates: Aspen Adopts Poison Pill, Endurance Reacts
The takeover battle between Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. and Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. escalated on Thursday, with Aspen's board of directors announcing a shareholder rights plan—commonly ...
RMS: Reinsurers Can Adapt to ILS Invasion Using NIKE As Inspiration
With hedge and pension funds continuing to dive into the reinsurance market through insurance-linked securities, or ILS products, Peter Nakada urges the industry to get used to it and adapt. Nakada, ...
Progressive CFO Retiring in 2015; Personal Lines Prez Sauerland Next to Take CFO Spot
The Progressive Corporation announced Tuesday that Brian Domeck, the Company`s Chief Financial Officer, intends to retire after the Company`s Annual Meeting of Shareholders in May 2015. Domeck will ...
MLP Analysis: Risks Rise for Investors As Energy Partnership World Gets Crowded
High-yielding energy partnerships have lured billions in capital from investors in the past few years and the returns have often matched or beaten expectations. But as riskier kinds of businesses ...
Hiscox Re Announces CFO, COO Appointments
Hiscox Re, the newly combined reinsurance operations of Hiscox, announced the appointments of Reeva Bakhshi as chief financial Officer and Paresh Thakrar as chief operating officer on Monday. CFO ...
Instagram, Crowdsourcing and the New Risks of Emerging Technology
At its peak in 1996, Kodak—then the world's largest camera maker and photo film supplier—had revenues in excess of $16 billion and employed more than 145,000 people. But after 130 years in ...
Bank of America to Pay $228M to Settle Forced-Place Insurance Claims
Bank of America Corp. agreed to pay $228 million to settle claims the bank overcharged for insurance homeowners were forced to accept when their regular policies lapsed. The amount was disclosed in a ...