Leadership & Strategy
Tools to Help Women Execs Break Through a Persistent Glass Ceiling
It may be the 21st century, but women decrease in number among their peers advancing from entry-level slots to executive and board positions. A new report from The Korn/Ferry Institute offers ...
Aon, Marsh & McClennan Fill Executive-Level Slots
Rival insurance brokers Aon plc and Marsh & McClennan Cos. both recently filled major executive-level positions. Over at Aon, Andy Weitz becomes the new senior vice president of global marketing ...
National Weather Service Launches Advance Warning Disaster Model
Neighborhoods about to be hit by tornadoes and pilots heading into turbulence will get more warning from the National Weather Service starting today. At least, that's the promise of a new forecast ...
Europol Pushes For Data Law Changes to Battle Cybercrime
Law enforcers in Europe need greater powers to retain data for longer in order to catch cybercriminals selling discrete services that police cannot trace under existing regulations, according to a ...
Hackers See Lucrative Possibilities With Medical Records
Your medical information is worth 10 times more than your credit card number on the black market. Last month, the FBI warned healthcare providers to guard against cyber attacks after one of the ...Greenberg Argument: U.S. Bailout of AIG Extorted Shareholders
The U.S. extorted American International Group Inc. shareholders when it extended a $182 billion taxpayer bailout at the height of the 2008 financial crisis, a lawyer for Maurice "Hank" Greenberg ...
Report: PC Industry Increasingly Embraces Big Data Analytics
North American property/casualty insurers have moved well beyond cautious dabbling into projects involving big data analytics. At the same time, they must find more employees with advanced degrees in ...
Insurers Envision Slight IT Spending Hikes for 2015: Novarica
Most insurers only plan modest increases in their IT budgets in 2015. And while other industries are spending more and more in emerging tech areas such as mobile insurance, big data and the cloud, ...