Leadership
Summer Reading: A Recommendation from Bill Gates and Warren Buffett
What should business executives be reading this summer? If the opinions of billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffett carry any weight, then the book to grab is "Business Adventures" by John Brooks. ...
Buffett to Lawmakers: Do What You’re Getting Paid for on Immigration Reform
In an Op-Ed piece published in the New York Times on Friday, Berkshire Hathaway's Chair Warren Buffett joined two other billionaire executives in sending a message to Congress about the immigration ...
Are Companies Led By Women Better? Now You Can Put Your Money On It
Investors who want to put money behind the idea that female leadership helps companies excel will have a new way to invest on Thursday when Barclays Bank PLC launches the Barclays Women in Leadership ...
Board Planning: When the CEO Has Cancer
When Goldman Sachs' then-senior partner, Gus Levy, suffered a stroke in the middle of a client meeting in 1976 and died shortly after, the bank's management didn't know who would lead the firm. No ...
Canal Insurance Appoints New Executives to Leadership Team
Canal Insurance Co. has announced the appointment of Tim Horgan, vice president of transportation and chief marketing officer, and Bob Pace, vice president and chief claims officer, to the executive ...
Spotlight on London, Innovation at 50th International Insurance Society Seminar
The International Insurance Society has come a long way since its first meeting in a conference room in Austin, Texas. The 50th edition of its annual conclave opened Monday morning in London at the ...
Gressier to Step Down from AXIS COO Spot
AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. said Jack Gressier stepped down just months after the Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer named him chief operating officer. Gressier, 46, won't be replaced, and his ...
Executive Insight: How to Elevate a P/C Carrier From ‘Good to Great’
Scottsdale Insurance Company began to look at its operation late in 2002 with an eye on the future and what it would take to continue its leadership position in the excess and surplus lines market. ...