Leadership & Strategy
Willis Group’s $590M Buy of France’s Largest Broker to Give it Global Reach
Willis Group Holdings Plc, the third-largest insurance broker, offered to buy the 70 percent of Gras Savoye that it doesn't already own to expand in France, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Willis ...
U.S. House Approves Cyber Threat-Sharing Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday that would make it easier for private companies to share information about cybersecurity threats with the government without fear of ...
P/C Insurer Mergers: Reaching the Tipping Point
The growing number of reinsurance mergers is understandable considering that the flood of alternative capital has upended the industry's economics. If companies don't lower their cost of capital and ...
ACE Expands Specialist Capacity For Fine Art and Coin Coverage
ACE Group is taking steps to boost its capacity to underwrite fine art, coins and other related high-end items. The global property/casualty insurer said its ACE Global Markets division will offer ...
ACE CEO Warns Insurers May be Taking on Too Much Risk Again
Ace Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Evan Greenberg said there are signs the insurance industry is entering another era of taking on too much risk as competition pressures companies to lower prices to ...
Travelers Expands Share Repurchase as Q1 Net income Drops
The Travelers Companies reported a big drop in net income during the 2015 first quarter, and its combined ratio nudged slightly higher. Executives attributed the results, in part, to a drop in net ...
Insurers Urge FAA to Speed Up Drone Use for U.S. Disaster Response
U.S. companies including insurers and aerospace manufacturers urged federal aviation regulators on Tuesday to speed up the use of drones in disaster response and relief operations in the United ...
The Evolution of the CIO: More Opportunities Ahead
The theory of evolution is a funny thing. It's widely accepted as scientific fact and the way of things, yet it can't be proven or disproven emphatically. Much the same might be said of the position ...