CFO / Financial
Lessons of Reinhart-Rogoff: Lawrence Summers
The economics commentariat and no small part of the political debate in recent weeks has been consumed with the controversy surrounding the work of my Harvard colleagues (and friends) Carmen Reinhart ...AIG Reports P/C Underwriting Profit for Q1
American International Group Inc.'s property and casualty business booked its first underwriting profit in two and a half years during the first quarter, as the insurer wrote more premiums at higher ...
European Central Bank Cuts Main Interest Rate
The European Central Bank cut interest rates for the first time in 10 months on Thursday, driven to act by an economy wallowing in recession and freed to do so by sharply falling inflation. The ECB ...
Enterprise Risk Reporting: The New ‘Form F’ Requirement Is Coming
In response to the 2008 financial crisis and, in particular, the AIG bailout, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) adopted a significant revision to the model Insurance Holding ...
Buffett’s Non-Insurance Performance, Succession in Spotlight at ‘Woodstock for Capitalists’
Warren Buffett may be on safari for major acquisitions, which he likes to call elephants, but shareholders may wonder if his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has become the biggest elephant in the room. ...
Analysis: Angst Over European Union ‘Treaty Change’
If there are two words that tense the jaws of European policymakers and prompt a concerned sucking of teeth, they are treaty change. Like a nervous driver being told mid-route that he needs a ...Allianz Denies Florida Charges in Magnolia Failure
Allianz Risk Transfer (ART NY) has vowed to fight charges levied by Florida regulators that it contributed to the collapse of a domestic property insurer by seizing management control and saddling it ...
What Every CEO Should Know To Protect Their Privacy On Social Media
Social media is all around us, but business executives run some additional risks when using these types of sites. A lot of sensitive information ends up on social media, and there is an undeniable ...