Leadership & Strategy
Nonorganic Growth Strategies: Building Niches With Lift-Outs & Bolt-Ons
You are the president or CEO of almost any size property-casualty company. You have just met with your board of directors, and their clear direction is that growth is needed. In the competitive soft ...
Wellness Programs Have Little Effect on Bottom Line, Waistlines: RAND
A long-awaited report on workplace wellness programs, which has still not been publicly released, delivers a blow to the increasingly popular efforts, Reuters has learned, casting doubt on a pillar ...ACE to Open Myanmar Office
The ACE Group said it has received provisional approval from Myanmar's Directorate of Investment and Company Administration to establish a representative office in the country. ACE said it is now ...Zurich Insurance Plans China, Saudi Expansion
Zurich Insurance Group AG plans to expand in China and Saudi Arabia as the insurer seeks to capitalize on economic growth in the world's second-biggest economy and largest oil exporter. Switzerland's ...
Will Berkshire’s New Specialty Group Rocket Past Ironshore With $5B In Premiums?
"Word on the street" is that Berkshire's specialty lines unit, headed up by four executives who recently left American International Group, is gearing up to write a $5 billion book of business, a ...
NOAA Forecast: Up to 6 Hurricanes This Season on Atlantic Coast
The government's weather center is forecasting that this year's Atlantic hurricane season that begins June 1 will be an active one, perhaps even extremely active, during its six months. Experts at ...
Insurers Oppose Pittsburgh Corning Bankruptcy Exit Plan
Insurers fighting Pittsburgh Corning Corp.'s reorganization have asked a judge to rescind her initial approval of the building-supply company's plan to exit bankruptcy. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Judith ...
How to Manage Workaholics
Workaholics tend to live in extremes, with great job satisfaction and creativity on the one hand and high levels of frustration and exhaustion on the other hand. A new Florida State University study ...