CFO / Financial
CFOs Hugely Overconfident: Research
Whether you are on Wall Street or Main Street, it is tough to forecast the stock market. Most of us know it is tough and would offer a wide range of possible outcomes if pressed for a prediction. Not ...
Material Asbestos Losses to Continue Unabated: AM Best
Industry losses from asbestos and environmental claims grew 12 percent in 2012, after a 31 percent decline in 2011, A.M. Best reported Monday. Although a special report by the Oldwick, N.J.-based ...
Carl Icahn Says No Better Time to Be an Activist Investor
Carl Icahn's publicly traded investment vehicle, Icahn Enterprises L.P., reported strong third-quarter results on Monday and the billionaire said now is the best time ever to be an activist investor. ...
AIG Earnings Call Highlights: Broker Quality Scrutinized; Still Committed to ‘Aspirational Goals’
Property/casualty insurance brokers who aren't diligent about the accounts they're presenting to American International Group risk being discovered through one of the features of the carrier's ...
Zurich Insurance Probe Finds CFO Wasn’t Under Undue Pressure Before Suicide
Zurich Insurance Group AG, Switzerland's biggest insurer, said a probe into the suicide of Pierre Wauthier showed that no "undue pressure" was exerted on the chief financial officer before his ...AIG Overhauls Porfolio Team: Cornell to Run Bonds, Schreiber to Manage Alternatives
American International Group Inc. named Brian Schreiber and Geoffrey Cornell deputy chief investment officers as the insurer revamps oversight of its $358.3 billion portfolio. Schreiber, 48, will ...
AIG Earnings Show Progress and Room for Improvement: Analysts
American International Group Inc. reported earnings nearly in line with expectations on Thursday, but the stock fell after hours as analysts still saw room for improvement in the insurer, which ...
Heard at PCI: Re Brokers See Changes Beyond Rate Drops at Jan. 1
Insurance carriers are not sitting around looking forward to lower-priced reinsurance contracts on their Jan. 1, 2014 renewals. For some, the renewal negotiations are done. Others are locking in ...