Leadership & Strategy
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, ...
CEO Diekmann Likely to Stay at Allianz Helm
Allianz is set to extend the contract of its Chief Executive Michael Diekmann by two years as the German insurer seeks to soothe the turmoil over leadership change at its PIMCO subsidiary, a German ...
FTC Review Delays Verisk’s $650M EagleView Deal
Verisk Analytics Inc., the supplier of data to insurers and banks, said its planned $650 million takeover of EagleView Technology Corp. has been delayed amid a review by antitrust regulators. The ...
Customer Experience, Stock Performance Linked: Watermark Consulting
Public companies ranked poorly by customers also saw their stock market values decline over the past seven years while leaders in customer experience soared past the S&P 500, a consulting firm ...
Africa to Issue Climate Change Bonds in 2016; Structure Similar to Cat Bonds
Global warming in Africa may soon move bond markets. In 2016, the first climate change bonds will be issued from Africa— unique instruments that will enable the world's poorest continent to tap ...
PIMCO’s Gross Exit, Fireman’s Fund Struggles Challenge Allianz Leaders
German insurer Allianz suffered a humiliating blow on Friday with the resignation of renowned investor Bill Gross as leader of PIMCO, the asset manager Allianz relies on for one fourth of its ...