CFO / Financial
Surprise: Narcissists No More Likely To Be Risk Takers Than Others
Maybe narcissists aren't always such big risk-takers after all, a new study suggests. Many studies have found that narcissists often make volatile and risky decisions, possibly because they tend to ...
GHRA to Launch Insurance Research; Wilt, Zimmermann Lead Analysts
Gordon Haskett Research Advisors, an independent research organization, announced that the firm is launching insurance industry equity research with veteran analysts Bill Wilt and Alan Zimmermann ...
What Black Swan Author Nassim Taleb Has to Say About Insurance
FROM THE ARCHIVES: A VINTAGE CARRIER MANAGEMENT ARTICLE FROM 2015. When Nassim Nicholas Taleb addressed a group of insurance executives recently, the author of the book "The Black Swan" was pretty ...
A.M. Best: Half-Year Results Hint at Year Three of Underwriting Profits
The property/casualty insurance industry is likely to post a third consecutive year of underwriting profits, considering its performance in the first half of the year and barring any late year ...
Zurich Outlook Still OK With S&P
Less than a week after A.M. Best announced that it would change the outlook on "A+" financial strength rating of Zurich Insurance Co. Ltd. to negative, Standard & Poor's has weighed in with a ...
U.K. to Sell at Least $3B in Lloyds Banking Group Shares to Private Investors
Britain's finance ministry said it will sell at least 2 billion pounds ($3 billion) worth of shares in Lloyds Banking Group to private retail investors in spring 2016 to return the bank to full ...
Shareholder Return Metric in Exec Pay Plan Won’t Boost Results: Research
An analysis of S&P 500 company data over a decade reveals that embedding total shareholder return (TSR) as a performance metric into executive compensation plans may not be the blanket solution ...
How Great Leaders Build Community
Building community within an organization encompasses many activities, but here are three basic practices of great leaders. They develop strong personal relationships. This means spending time with ...