Executive Profiles
It’s Not About AIG, Says Berkshire’s Peter Eastwood
When a veteran of CNA joined Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance to lead the new venture's professional liability division last week, the news did not receive the press that the followed the first ...
Fouché Leaves Fireman’s Fund For Pru: Torrance Is New Fireman’s Fund CEO
In separate announcements, Prudential Financial and Fireman's Fund Insurance Company reported on Monday that Lori Dickerson Fouché has left her position as Fireman's Fund's president and chief ...AIG CEO Benmosche Names Doyle, Sankaran to Executive Team
American International Group Inc. added John Doyle and Sid Sankaran to the insurer's executive group as Chief Executive Office Robert Benmosche narrows the company's focus after repaying a U.S. ...TigerRisk Appoints Dowd To Develop International Markets
TigerRisk Partners, the reinsurance broking and risk/capital management firm, announced that James F. Dowd, one of the founders of Odyssey Re, will lead TigerRisk's expansion into international ...
U.K. Financial Services Employees Say Colleagues Overpaid
Most U.K. financial-services employees say some within their companies are paid too much amid negative public sentiment toward the industry, according to a survey by the Chartered Institute of ...
Buffett Lunch Auction Bids Could Set Record
Warren Buffett's charity auction, in which bidders vie for a chance to dine with the billionaire, drew a top offer of more than $100,000 as a former winner predicted the fundraiser would set a fourth ...
Charman In As CEO At Endurance, Replacing Cash
Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. announced on Tuesday that its board of directors elected John R. Charman as Endurance's chief executive officer, replacing David Cash, who is stepping ...
CEOs & The Itch To Quit
On approaching his 60th birthday this year, long-serving Tullow Oil boss Aidan Heavey told staff he felt "like two 30 year-olds." A handful of recent shock departures by 50-something chief executives ...