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Silicon Valley Bank Seized by U.S. Regulators
U.S. regulators rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday after a run on the bank, marking the largest failure of a financial institution since Washington Mutual collapsed at the ...
Zurich Insurance Net Income Fell 12%, Internal Profit Rose 12% in 2022
Zurich Insurance Group reported net income attributable to shareholders of $4.6 billion in 2022, a 12 percent decrease from $5.2 billion in 2021, which was driven mainly by a lower level of capital ...
Collapse of FTX Provides Governance Lessons for Insurers: AM Best
The collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX demonstrates the dangers of failures of corporate governance, according to a commentary published by AM Best. While FTX is not an insurance company, ...
Underwriting No Longer Sole Path to Profit, Say Berkley Execs
While the days of cash flow underwriting are a distant memory for veteran insurance executives, the need for industry's more recent "preoccupation" with underwriting profit is starting to subside, ...
Bigger Than a Hippo: State Farm Invests $1.2B in ADT; Hippo Reacts
State Farm and ADT, a smart home technology provider, announced yesterday that State Farm will make a $1.2 billion equity investment in ADT, a move that will give the nation's largest insurer a 15 ...
State Farm Invests $1.2B in ADT; Adopts ‘Predict and Prevent’ Mindset
State Farm and ADT, a smart home provider, announced that State Farm will make a $1.2 billion equity investment in ADT, a move that will give the nation's largest insurer a 15 percent ownership stake ...
The Global Urgency of Building the Carbon Removal Industry
"If you build it, they will come." This famous, but paraphrased, quote from the film "Field of Dreams" is apropos of the fledgling carbon removal industry. The demand is there, but supply needs to be ...
Midyear Update 2022: Transitions
The theme of transitions is a fitting one, which ties together many of the articles in Carrier Management's midyear digital magazine. We're publishing soon after the start of summer, and the weather ...