Leadership & Strategy
Spending on Ads Beats Spending on Auto Insurance Agents: Researchers
Research published by Nomura Equity Research in mid-October shows that GEICO has overtaken Allstate to become the nation's second-biggest auto insurer, and that agency-writer Progressive is losing ...
Allianz CEO: Expanding Pimco Equity Tougher Than Expected
Michael Diekmann, whose Allianz SE owns Bill Gross's Pacific Investment Management Co., said a plan by the bond-fund manager to expand into equities is proving harder than expected. Pimco's stock ...
Assessing ERM: S&P Puts Risk Culture in Focus
Stock prices of publicly traded insurers with stronger enterprise risk management programs show less stock price volatility than stock prices of carriers with weaker risk management programs. At ...
Charitable Giving Part of Business Plan for Industry Leaders, Says IICF’s Ross
Leaders of property/casualty insurance and reinsurance companies probably get 1,000 requests per year to support seemingly worthwhile charities and causes, the CEO of a charitable foundation for the ...
Top 10 Market Conduct Complaints Against P/C Insurers
Failure to handle claims within specified time frames and using unapproved forms and rates are the top two criticisms of property/casualty insurers by market conduct regulators, according to a new ...
Downgrade of Tower Group to B++ Likely to Have Further Negative Effects: A.M. Best
A.M. Best Co. announced Tuesday that the rating agency has downgraded the financial strength rating of members of Tower Group to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent), one day after the company itself ...
Blue Capital Re Files for Proposed IPO
Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiary Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings Ltd. announced Monday that Blue Capital Reinsurance has filed for an initial public offering of the ...
Evans to Head New International Insurance Platform at Endurance
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. announced Monday that Graham Evans will be joining the company as executive vice president and head of International Insurance. Evans, a 25-year veteran of the ...