Leadership & Strategy
GM’s Internet Connected Car: Brought to You By Allstate?
Dan Akerson is pushing General Motors Co. to build cars that the U.S. automaker's top executive hopes will attract a target demographic: his grandkids. "I have grandchildren that have only grown up ...
When Money Talks, Employees Walk to Trim Health Insurance Costs
It was a controversial move when a health insurer began requiring people who were obese to literally pay the price of not doing anything about their weight – but it worked, a new study finds. When ...
No Tweets for Buffett’s Second-in-Command Munger
So they are not completely in sync after all. A day after Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman Warren Buffett set up his own account on Twitter, his second-in-command, Charlie Munger, said he has no ...
S&P’s New Insurance Criteria Released; Method Would Have Spotted AIG’s Past Problems
Incorporating lessons learned from historical periods for industry stress, including the near-failure of American International Group, Standard & Poor's published a revised rating methodology for ...
Column: Twilight for the Middle Class in America?
It's evening in America. That is the worrying news from the latest Heartland Monitor Poll, conducted quarterly and sponsored by the insurer Allstate and National Journal. The researchers made a ...
Claims Down, Premiums Up for Reinsurers
Low damage claims and rising premiums helped to shield earnings at German reinsurers Munich Re and Hannover Re in the first quarter, as the sector battles to shore up profits amid record low interest ...
Many Bosses ‘Cook the Books’ to Meet Tough Goals: Fraud Survey
Hard-pressed company bosses across much of the world are under so much pressure to deliver on growth that many have resorted to cooking the books, Ernst & Young says in its latest fraud survey ...AIG Restructuring Successful, P/C Subs Now A-Plus: S&P
The restructuring that reshaped American International Group over the past two years has been successful in the opinion of analysts for Standard & Poor's, who boosted the rating for AIG's the ...