Leadership & Strategy
Zurich Defends Financial Reporting
Leaders of Zurich Insurance Group defended the quality of its financial reporting on Friday in response to media speculation and analysts' questions linking financial disclosure issues to recent ...
What Is Ackermann’s Executive Legacy Following Zurich Insurance Tragedy?
Josef Ackermann tried to shake up Zurich Insurance Group AG. Now, allegations that he was partly responsible for the suicide of the chief financial officer are casting a shadow over his 35-year-long ...
Saint Joseph’s University Research Shines Light on Gender Diversity in Insurance
The insurance industry has long suffered from a "brand identity" crisis on many fronts. Often accused of improper sales and marketing of our products and poor handling of policyholder claims after a ...
CEOs Behaving Badly; Performance Graded ‘F’ By Think Tank
With a silhouetted image of a cigar-smoking bigwig reading a failing report card on its cover, a Washington think tank published a study revealing that 38 percent America's top-paid CEOs were either ...
G20 Regulators Give ‘Shadow Banks’ Until 2015 to Comply with Global Rules
The $60 trillion "shadow banking" sector has been given until 2015 to fully comply with its first set of global rules, after an international regulatory task force unveiled plans to curb risk without ...New York Regulator Eyes Lloyd’s Internal Probe in Iran Sanctions Inquiry
A New York regulatory investigation of Lloyd's of London for possible violations of Iran sanctions law has led to a government request for files of an internal probe by the insurer, a person familiar ...
Future Profit Projections: Moody’s Analysis of Commercial Combined Ratios
Given the current level of commercial insurance price increases, which are outpacing loss ratio trends, analysts at Moody's Investors Service forecast that underwriting margins will also continue to ...
Commercial Insurance Rate Hikes Continuing; WC Profit Ahead in ’14: Moody’s
Moody's expects property/casualty commercial insurance rate hikes to continue for the balance of the year, making 2013 the third straight full year of rising rates for commercial lines carriers, ...