Investment Officers
Liberty Mutual Announces Leadership Restructuring for CRS and LMI
Liberty Mutual announced a new leadership structure across the company's Global Risk Solutions (GRS) and Liberty Mutual Investments (LMI) businesses late last week, appointing Vlad Barbalat president ...
Nearly Half of 100 Largest P/C Insurers Destroy Value: ACORD
"Sustainable value creators" among the 100 largest property/casualty insurance carriers generated more than twice as much of their value through underwriting than through investment activities over a ...
What Buffett Said: Quotes from 2025 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting
Warren Buffett announced he would pass the reins as CEO to Vice Chairman Greg Abel, as he presided over his 60th Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting on Saturday, giving views on everything from ...
15% of W.R. Berkley Shares Being Acquired by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance
Last Friday, W.R. Berkley Corp. said that Japanese property/casualty insurer Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. would buy a 15% stake in the company through open market purchases or private transactions ...
Domestic Politics, Not Inflation, Worry Insurance Co. Investment Pros
Investment decision-makers surveyed after U.S. elections in November last year ranked the domestic political environment as their top portfolio concern for the year ahead, bumping concerns about ...
Two Sigma’s Feuding Founders Step Down, New CEOs Taking Over
The billionaire founders of Two Sigma Investments—John Overdeck and David Siegel—are stepping down from day-to-day management after feuding for years and handing control to two new co-chief ...
Buffett’s Berkshire Reveals $6.7B Stake in Insurer Chubb
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. unveiled a $6.7 billion stake in insurer Chubb Ltd., ending months of suspense over its mystery position in a financial firm, previously kept concealed in ...
U.S. Insurers Open to More Risk and AI Use in 2024 Investments: Survey
More than half (62 percent) of U.S. insurers are willing to take on more investment risk in 2024 despite mounting concerns about election year politics, fiscal and monetary policy, as well as ...