CFO / Financial
How to Use Big Data to Prevent Claims Instead of Paying Them
With policyholders carrying barometers disguised as smartphones in their pockets every day and telematics devices capturing car locations, insurers and their customers stand to gain big benefits from ...
Ex-AIG CFO Herzog Joins Ambac’s Board as Proxy Fight Looms
Ambac Financial Group Inc. appointed former American International Group Inc. Chief Financial Officer David Herzog to its board as the bond insurer works to fend off activist investor Canyon Capital ...
Graphic Insight: Stronger Results for Regionals in 2015
Although operating earnings for a group of 31 property/casualty commercial insurers analyzed by Fitch Ratings decreased more than 7 percent in 2015, some of the smallest—a group of five regional ...
Low Catastrophes, High Reserve Releases Mask Reinsurance Industry Weakness
Weak business conditions in the reinsurance industry are being masked by a low level of catastrophes and a high level of reserve releases, said Standard & Poor's Ratings Services and Fitch ...
AIG Will Slash 242 Jobs in NYC
American International Group Inc., the insurer that's been under pressure from activist investors, said it plans to cut 242 jobs at five locations in New York City. The reductions will take place ...
For Greenbergs, Post-AIG Financial Ties Top $650M
Long after leaving American International Group Inc., members of the Greenberg family are expanding financial ties through companies they now oversee. Evan Greenberg's Chubb Ltd., previously known as ...
Post-Merger Chubb Covets More of the High Net Worth Market Pie
Its acquisition of Fireman's Fund's business in April, 2015 provided ACE Ltd. with an idea of what's involved in integrating two leading high net worth insurance businesses. Frances D. O'Brien is now ...
Fitch Recommends Slower P/C Insurance Embrace of Cyber Risks
Cyber risk may be the fastest growing segment in property/casualty insurance, but carriers should be measured about boosting their presence in the space, Fitch Ratings warned in a new report. Why go ...