Leadership & Strategy
Market Pressures Require Reinsurer Response
The reinsurance industry is facing considerable headwinds in the current competitive market environment, with conditions unlikely to improve in the near term. Reinsurers, for their part, have not ...
Hartford CEO McGee Steps Down for Medical Reasons
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. promoted Christopher Swift to chief executive officer, replacing Liam McGee, who repaid the insurer's bailout and is stepping down after a medical procedure. ...AIG Mulling Big Expansion of Massive Share Repurchase
American International Group Inc., the largest commercial insurer in the U.S. and Canada, said it may repurchase as much as an additional $2 billion of common stock after selling its aircraft-leasing ...
Travelers CEO Jay Fishman Crows About Big Returns vs. Banks
Travelers Cos. Chief Executive Officer Jay Fishman highlighted the insurer's history of posting better returns than banks and other large financial companies amid a period of increased Wall Street ...
Argo to Expand Surety Capacity On Its Own and With SureTec Financial
Argo Group International Holdings Ltd, said it will expand its commercial surety capacity to $100 million for qualifying clients. Separately, the Bermuda based international underwriter of specialty ...
P/C Carriers Could Counter Hailstorms With More Reinsurance: RMS
Now that hailstorms are no longer "attritional perils" and are much more widespread than they used to be, property/casualty insurers could benefit from adding reinsurance for these threats, an RMS ...
Cat Bonds, Emerging Risks and More at S&P’s Annual Insurance Gathering
Cat bond issuances are hitting record levels, leaving the industry with questions about how long alternative capital will keep pouring into the reinsurance market. That idea emerged during the ...
In Hiring, Overlooking Disability in the Pursuit of Diversity Creates Risks
Caroline Ashrafi, who built a successful career as a manager at KPMG in Britain while privately struggling with mental health problems, recalls being sent on a management training course on how to ...