Leadership & Strategy
PwC to Build Insurer Risk Group After Hiring Essert
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP's Henry Essert is building a group that consults with insurance companies on risk management as regulatory scrutiny intensifies, after joining the firm from BlackRock Inc. ...Goldman-to-Soros Backed Mortgage Insurer Essent Files for IPO
Essent Group Ltd., a mortgage insurer backed by investors including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and George Soros, filed for an initial public offering as investors pour capital into companies that ...
Fitch Upgrades CNA’s Ratings to A; Outlook Stable
Fitch Ratings said Monday that it upgraded the insurer financial strength ratings of CNA's property/casualty insurance subsidiaries to "A" from "A-minus," explaining that steady improvements in ...
Trigger Finger: Apple Fires Biometrics into the Mainstream
By adding a fingerprint scanner to its newest mobile phone, Apple Inc. is offering a tantalizing glimpse of a future where your favorite gadget might become a biometric pass to the workplace, mobile ...
Ex-JPM ‘Whale’ Deputy Argues He Was Just Following Orders
A lawyer for a former JPMorgan Chase & Co employee who worked with "the London Whale" Bruno Iksil, has been trying to convince U.S. prosecutors that his client was the unwitting victim of ...
Zurich Delayed Ad Campaign Launching
By rolling out television, print and billboard marketing campaigns on Monday, Zurich Insurance is aiming to advertise business as usual after a suicide and resignation in the Swiss insurer's top ...
XL’s Seraina Maag: Building a Culture of Collaboration
"Work-Outs" and "Rapid Results Initiatives" are now a natural part of the language of the U.S. insurance professionals working for XL Group, where a culture of collaboration has taken hold over the ...
Former Zurich Chair Ackermann’s ‘Late Remorse’ May Be Premature: Review
Josef Ackermann, the former chief executive of Deutsche Bank AG and chairman of Zurich Insurance, cannot be happy about the timing of a new book by his ex-head of communications at Deutsche Bank AG. ...