Talent Management
Warren Buffett: ‘If I Die Tonight, I Think the Stock Would Go Up Tomorrow’
Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., assured shareholders that they'll be fine after he's gone. "If I die tonight, I think the stock would ...
A Millennial Says: Individual Development Plans, Pay Incentives Help Nurture Younger Staff
The insurance and risk management fields are professions with legions of rapidly-retiring older employees, and they struggle to hire and keep promising new, and younger ones. How to accomplish this? ...
Executives On The Move at XL Catlin, Beazley, RLI and Erie Insurance
XL Catlin hired three executives to beef up expanded M&A insurance operations for global transactional risks. An executive joins Beazley to fill the newly created role of financial lines regional ...
How Insurance Carriers Can Create Workplaces That Attract People and Business
The global insurance industry faces a remarkable talent crisis in the immediate future. With millions of baby boomers retiring annually over the next few years and less than 5 percent of millennials ...
Aon Buys Online Talent Assessment Company
Aon plc announced it has acquired Hamburg, Germany-based "cut-e", a specialist in online talent assessments. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Michael Burke, CEO Talent, Rewards ...
AIG’s Investors Worry Over Succession Plan, Company’s Future
For nearly two months, American International Group Inc has planned to replace its chief executive but a successor has yet to be named, creating a void that has stoked investor concerns about the ...
Top Firms Lobby for Preemptive Federal Strike on Family Paid Leave
During the 2016 presidential campaign, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton pledged their support for more paid family leave. Now big business is countering the calls with a proposal of its own: ...
Lacking Charisma? You Can Still Be a Good Boss
You don't need the charisma of Steve Jobs to be an effective boss, indicates new research led by Michigan State University business scholars. In a series of five studies, the researchers found bosses ...