CFO / Financial
Stepping Into the Cockpit: Redefining the Role of Finance in the Digital Age
Finance functions within insurance companies have traditionally been the stewards of historical data, analyzing and presenting what happened via management dashboards and reports. However, CFOs are ...
XL Catlin CFO Porrino: Partnership in Focus
If you walked through the offices of XL Catlin in Stamford, Conn., you'd see Chief Financial Officer Peter Porrino's office right next to the office of Chief Executive Officer Mike McGavick. The ...
AIG, Prudential Won’t Need Bank Capital Rules: Fed Reserve Governor
U.S. insurers deemed big enough to threaten the financial system will probably face capital standards that are simpler and less costly than those imposed on Wall Street banks, Federal Reserve ...
Texas Hailstorms Fueled Allstate’s $633M Pre-Tax April Catastrophe Losses
Allstate reported $633 million in estimated pre-tax catastrophe losses for April, more than half of which came from three days of severe hailstorms in Texas. After taxes, the number comes in at $411 ...
Few UK Financial Firms Tackling Cyber Risks in Cohesive Way: Report
Firms across the financial and related professional services industry need to take urgent action on their cyber risks, which present a "real and present danger" to the financial system, according to ...
Today’s CFO: What It Takes to Lead Finance Teams
What makes a good chief financial officer? The answer varies depending on whether you ask leaders of finance themselves, the chief executive officers of their companies or executive recruiters. And ...
Chubb CFO Bancroft: Getting It Done
There's a lot of talk about strategy in the property/casualty insurance industry these days, but at Chubb Limited, C-suite executives understand that developing a strategy is the small part of a ...
Slow 2015 Premium Growth Could Reflect ‘New Normal’ for U.S. P/C Insurers
For U.S. property/casualty insurers, net written premium still grew in 2015, but the rate of expansion is slowing, and the industry's collective combined ratio worsened slightly, according to a new ...