CFO / Financial
PartnerRe, M&A Focused, Suffers Large Investment Losses in Q2
PartnerRe has enough on its plate juggling a proposed merger with AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. and an unsolicited bid from the Italian investment firm EXOR SpA. Now there is a sizable second-quarter ...
Language Seen as Critical Leadership Skill for Global CEOs
Facing thousands of Deutsche Bank AG investors, many of them mutinous, Anshu Jain knew a lot was riding on his speech at the annual meeting of Germany's largest bank. "On this day, every word ...
MGAs Next to Feel Capital Markets Impact: AmWINS’ DeCarlo
Now that traditional reinsurers are adjusting to the idea that third-party capital providers have moved into their space, managing general agents may be next to feel the negative impact of new ...
Seven Companies Join Ward’s Annual Top 50 P/C Ranking for 2015
There are only three companies that have made it onto an annual list of 50 top property/casualty insurance performers for 25 straight years, according to the list's publisher, Ward Group. Ward ...
Tokio Marine Looking at China Expansion
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc., fresh from its biggest acquisition in the U.S., is now looking for opportunities in China. The insurer plans to utilize its ties with Citic Group Corp., China's biggest ...
U.S. P/C Net Income Rises 31% in Q1: ISO and PCI Report
Private U.S. property/casualty insurers collectively generated growth, higher net income and an improved combined ratio in the 2015 first quarter, ISO and the Property Casualty Insurers Association ...
Munich Re: Global Insured Cat Losses in H1 Land Below Long-Term Average
Overall losses and insured losses from natural catastrophes during the first half of 2015 were below long-term average values, according to a review of global natural catastrophes issued by Munich ...
‘Clean’ Audit Reports Have Hidden Warnings That Investors Miss
Investors may be overlooking information about financial misstatement risk in unqualified audit reports, according to research from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at ...