CFO / Financial
How to Successfully Merge Cultures in M&A Deals
The level of merger and acquisition activity is projected to rise in 2014, and while most M&A transactions are driven by growth opportunities for property/casualty insurers, nothing can derail ...
FIO Chief McRaith Dismisses State v. Fed Debate as ‘Relic’
The state versus federal oversight discussion is a "binary debate" that is a relic of a bygone era, the director of the Federal Insurance Office told lawmakers at a Congressional hearing Tuesday. FIO ...
Integrating Reinsurance Management System with Core Systems Reduces Risk
Insurers' numerous intricate reinsurance contracts and special pool arrangements, countless policies, and arrays of transactions create a massive risk of having unintended exposure. Inability to ...
Cameron Elliot: U.S. SEC Judge Who Took on ‘Big Four’ Accounting Firms Making Waves
Cameron Elliot, the U.S. administrative judge who recently delivered a stunning rebuke to the global "Big Four" accounting firms, has a reputation for not shying away from big cases. When he was a ...
3 Ways FIO’s Report Could Impact Core Insurance Functions and Management
In its report, How to Modernize and Improve the System of Insurance Regulation in the United States (Modernization Report), the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) concluded that a combination of reforms ...
Richer Nations at Risk from Sell-Off in Emerging Markets
Any spill-over damage to the developed world from a sell-off in emerging markets is likely to come through violent swings in financial flows rather than via lost trade, with Japan seen as most ...
Cat Bond Deals Fell Just Short of Record in 2013: Willis Capital Markets Advisory
Tallying up total catastrophe bond issue for 2013, Willis Capital Markets Advisory put the figure at $7.1 billion, just shy of the $7.2 billion record of 2007. Last year saw a record number of 29 ...
Bernanke’s 8-Year Term Highlights: Anger at AIG, Media Mishaps, Relations with Congress
Intellectually, Ben S. Bernanke was prepared to tackle the gravest economic crisis since the 1930s as chairman of the Federal Reserve. A Princeton University economics professor, he was an expert on ...