CFO / Financial
Financial Analysts Say Direct Contact with Executives Is Essential
Private phone calls with managers remain an essential source of analysts' earnings forecasts and stock recommendations – even in light of regulations limiting businesses' selective disclosure of ...
American Safety Being Sold; Fairfax Financial, Tower Group Buying Parts
Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited and American Safety Insurance Holdings, Ltd. have entered into a $306 million merger deal, with Fairfax acquiring all of the outstanding shares of American Safety ...
Vote on Systemically Risky U.S. Non-Banks Expected
U.S. regulators plan to vote next week on whether to label some non-bank companies a potential risk to the financial system, a move that would put them under heightened Federal Reserve supervision, ...AIG Drops Securities Complaint Against Federal Reserve of New York
American International Group Inc. has agreed to end litigation against the Federal Reserve Bank of New York over whether the insurer retained the right after its 2008 taxpayer-funded bailout to sue ...
Software Solution Development Tools—Sounds Good, But…
Over the past decade, tooling has become an attractive option for both insurers and software vendors as a way to create customized solutions. However, like any overused buzzword, "tooling" has many ...
S&P Wants 15 State Lawsuits Over Ratings Brought to New York
McGraw Hill Financial Inc. and Standard & Poor's asked a panel of judges to pack up 15 state lawsuits in which they're accused of inflating securities ratings and ship them to New York where the ...
Obama Administration Issues Rules on Workplace Wellness Programs
Employees will be eligible for significantly lower premiums on the health insurance they buy through their employers if they participate in "workplace wellness programs," even if they don't improve ...