Leadership & Strategy
AIG Exceeds Expectations for Q2 in Benmosche’s Swan Song
American International Group Inc. reported a better-than-expected 12.5 percent rise in quarterly profit, helped by strong performance across all its key businesses, and the insurer said it would ...
Veteran Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Exec Joins XL Group’s Board
XL Group is adding a former Citigroup Inc. and J.P. Morgan & Co. Inc. executive to its board of directors, an interesting reach by the property/casualty insurer and reinsurer for some banking ...
Obama to CEOs: Quit Griping, Be Socially Responsible
President Barack Obama said corporate America has done well under his economic policies, telling the Economist magazine that chief executive officers should stop complaining about regulations and ...
Investment Gains Jolt Berkshire 2Q Earnings; P/C Earnings, Premiums Flat Overall
Net income for Berkshire-Hathaway soared nearly 41 percent to $6.4 billion in second-quarter 2014, with nearly $2.0 billion of investment gains lifting the total, while underwriting profits for ...
Hanover Insurance’s Q2 Profit Jumps 55% to $82.6M
The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. in Worcester, Mass. said Thursday its 2014 second quarter net profit rose to $82.6 million, a 54.7 percent increase from $53.4 million profit during last year's ...
Lloyd’s, AIG Executives Added to Federal Insurance Advisory Committee
Top executives from Lloyd's of London, AIG, Prudential Financial Inc. Marsh & McClennan Companies and General Re Corp. are among 21 new appointees to the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance. ...
Q2 Survey: P/C Commercial Rate Hikes Keep Slowing
In some sobering news for commercial property/casualty insurers, the 2014 second quarter brought slower rate increases and even some price dips. That's according to the latest quarterly survey of the ...
Investors Believe Allianz Will Keep Old Leadership
Allianz is poised to reappoint Michael Diekmann as chief executive in October, investors believe, possibly delaying tough choices on whether Europe's largest insurer expands its global presence or ...