Leadership
Special Report: A Closer Look at Berkshire Hathaway’s Insurance Operations
Insurance operations contributed $5.2 billion to total operating income of $16.6 billion for Berkshire Hathaway in 2014—with the underwriting component of $1.7 billion (after taxes) representing ...
Buffett, Munger on Leadership, Success in Business
The Berkshire Hathaway 2014 Annual Report includes discussions from Chair Warren Buffett and Vice Chair Charlie Munger about leadership and success in the insurance business. Some excerpts follow. ...
AIG’s Former CEO Benmosche Has Died
American International Group Inc. has announced the death of its former president and chief executive officer, Robert H. Benmosche. Benmosche, 70, died on Friday morning at NYU Langone Medical ...
Third Point Re’s CEO Sees ‘Opportunities’ in Remaining Independent
While many property/casualty reinsurers have forged M&A deals and others are likely to follow, Third Point Reinsurance's CEO said he sees plenty of business opportunities for the Bermuda-based ...
Financial Strength is Top Driver of Capital Use for P/C CFOs: Towers Watson
North American property/casualty insurance chief financial officers make capital spending decisions based primarily on financial strength as they confront new technology, other competitive demands ...
Berkley Scolds Insurers For Being ‘Cheap’ As Google Nips At Their Heels
With Google apparently getting into the auto insurance business, W.R. Berkley Corp's legendary CEO is taking the insurance industry to task for being "cheap" and slow to anticipate change. "We are a ...
Allstate Is The Latest P/C Insurer to Pursue Texas Expansion
Allstate Insurance Company said it wants to bring close to 300 additional jobs to Texas focused on both agency ownership and sales. The U.S.'s largest publicly held personal lines insurer explained ...
Transitioning from Manager to Leader: Industry Education Announced
The Institutes and the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have partnered again this year to offer the 2015 Management Education program—first in May and again in ...