Leadership & Strategy
New Sony Hacking Theory: Ex-Employees May Have Been Involved
At least one former employee of Sony Corp. may have helped hackers orchestrate the cyber-attack on the company's film and TV unit, according to security researcher Norse Corp. The company narrowed ...
Meadowbrook Insurance Sells Itself to China’s Fosun International For $433M
Chinese conglomerate Fosun International Ltd. is closing out 2014 with a plan to buy Meadowbrook Insurance Group for $433 million. The deal, at $8.65 per share, will allow Fosun to gain a big ...
North Korea May Have Had Outside Help in Sony Pictures Hacking
U.S. investigators believe that North Korea likely hired hackers from outside the country to help with last month's massive cyber attack against Sony Pictures, an official close to the investigation ...
2014 in Video, Courtesy of Carrier Management
Carrier Management's video interviews ran the gamut in 2014, from an evaluation of life without TRIA, to employee talent, the reinsurance market, expansion, P/C industry expectations for 2015 and ...
Carrier Management’s Top 10 News Stories of 2014
Five of the top Carrier Management news stories in 2014 ranked everything from insurance industry jobs to the companies themselves, in different iterations. The common link: there's huge interest in ...
Assured Guaranty Buying Bond Insurance Unit from Radian for $810M
Radian Group Inc. agreed to sell its bond guarantor to Assured Guaranty Ltd. for $810 million to free up capital as the company prepares for tighter oversight of mortgage insurance. The deal is ...
CNA Financial Announces Lindemann to Retire
CNA Financial Corp. has announced that Robert Lindemann, president and chief operating officer of CNA Commercial, will retire effective Dec. 31, 2014, after a career spanning more than three decades. ...
Amlin Buys Up Added Cat Bond Storm Cover for U.S. and Europe
Amlin Plc said it has obtained reinsurance coverage for U.S.-named storm, U.S. earthquake and European Windstorm perils of up to $200 million from Tramline Re II Ltd, a Bermudian special purpose ...