Leadership & Strategy
Emerging Markets Stoking Insurance Growth: Munich Re
Emerging markets will see the highest growth in premiums for insurance companies this year and next, while Europe lags, according to the world's biggest reinsurer, Munich Re. In a study published on ...
Giant Insurer, Home for Struggling Women End Bitter Battle Over Property
An insurance company has bought out a nonprofit home for struggling women in Cincinnati in a deal announced this week, ending a bitter two-year court battle over the historic property in a ...
CEOs & The Itch To Quit
On approaching his 60th birthday this year, long-serving Tullow Oil boss Aidan Heavey told staff he felt "like two 30 year-olds." A handful of recent shock departures by 50-something chief executives ...
Fireman’s Fund Chief Tackles Sesquicentennial, Market
Choosing a historic icon that stood after San Francisco's Great Earthquake and massive fire more than 100 years ago was a deft, almost poetic, public relations concept to celebrate Fireman's Fund ...
Lack Of Visibility On Buffett Successor A Concern—But Not Enough To Tip Best Ratings
A.M. Best affirmed the "A++" financial strength rating and "aaa" issuer credit ratings of Berkshire Hathaway's National Indemnity Co. and its affiliates on Wednesday, while commenting on the lack of ...
U.S., European Retailers Differ Over How to Make Bangladesh Factories Safer
A trans-Atlantic divide between European and U.S. retailers over how best to respond to fatal disasters in Bangladesh textile factories split wide open on Wednesday, with U.S. retailers claiming ...
The New Age Of Technology: 3-D Printing
Earlier this year, scientists from Cornell University successfully created an artificial human ear by printing it on a 3-D printer. Created by squirting living cells into an injection mold, the ears ...
How They Rank: Fitch Reports On Top D&O Insurers
Directors and officers liability insurance premium rates were previously lagging the market recovery in the broader commercial lines segment, but pricing trends are now catching up, Fitch Ratings ...