Leadership & Strategy
AIG’s Rehab Continues With Improved S&P Outlook
The rehabilitation of American International Group Inc. continues with news that Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has improved its outlook for the insurance conglomerate. Two years after AIG ...
Google Driverless Cars, Minus Steering Wheels, Redefine Auto Risks
Google Inc is building cars that don't have steering wheels, accelerator pedals or brake pedals, in an ambitious expansion of the Internet company's efforts to develop self-driving cars. The small ...
FTC Urges Congress To Lift Veil on Data Broker Activity
Companies known as data brokers collect and sell information about "nearly all" U.S. consumers, drawing potentially harmful conclusions about them largely without their knowledge, U.S. regulators ...
Opinion: Risk Versus Reward In The ‘Internet of Things’
I hope it's not true that Apple's next big bet will be on the "Internet of things." The concept is a useless and dangerous one, and now Apple's powerful marketing machine may join Google's in selling ...
Munich Re Plans IT-Based Coverage For Unanticipated Construction Costs
Munich Re will work with a German specialty software giant to develop what it bills as the first global IT-based insurance product for large construction projects to handle unplanned expenses. A ...AIG Warrants Leap To Record, Benefiting Fairholme Capital Management
American International Group Inc. warrants jumped to a record, benefiting investors like Bruce Berkowitz's Fairholme Capital Management LLC, which held the securities for years. The contracts ...
El Nino Threat Spurs Asian Governments Into Action
Asia's governments are scrambling to head off the potential impact of a weather phenomenon that in the past has driven food prices to levels that sparked social unrest. With lessons learned, ...
Travelers’ A.M. Best Financial Strength Ratings Soar
Travelers and most of its subsidiaries saw their already stellar financial strength ratings from A.M. Best get even better. This was based, in part, on the insurer's ability to generate solid ...