Leadership & Strategy
New York’s Regulator Urges Obamacare-Like Standardization of Homeowners Policies
Homeowners' insurance needs to be more standardized because customers are confused about what their policies protect, New York's financial regulator said. Few fully understand all the complexities of ...
CFO Pay Change Lags CEOs’ for Non-Bank Financial Services Firms: BDO Analysis
Chief financial officers of non-bank financial services firms saw lower percentage increases in compensation than chief executives in 2012, although the pay hikes for both C-suite positions were ...
Insurers’ Private Wildfire Crews Offer Wealthy Homeowners Extra Protection
Bill Potter wasn't eager to abandon his high-end house last month during evacuations forced by a massive Idaho wildfire, but he felt reassured when his insurance company sent a team to protect his ...
Looming Accounting Standard Will Add Complexity to Reserve Setting
Urging property/casualty insurance company investors to respond to a request for comment about a proposed accounting standard before the looming deadline, a carrier CFO said the proposal is destined ...XL Says Hailstorms to Cost $60M
XL Group plc said its preliminary net loss estimate related to the series of hailstorms in Germany and France in late July 2013 is $60 million, pretax and net of reinsurance and reinstatement ...
Endurance Building ‘Relevance’ Through Leadership Changes, CFO Says
Armed with the overstuffed Rolodex of its new CEO, John Charman, Endurance Specialty Holdings is moving into new markets like a startup, the company's chief financial officer suggested at an investor ...
Regulators Eye Global Guidelines for Financial Crimes and Punishment
Crooked bankers and insider traders would have no safe havens under planned global guidelines for market-abuse penalties, amid concerns some countries don't have strict enough rules. Culprits should ...
MetLife: Lack of Auto, Home Insurance Sales ‘Ridiculous’
MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, is pushing agents to sell more car and residential coverage after the head of the company's main retail business said they've been missing an opportunity ...