Carrier CEO Survey: Growth Opportunities

While 55% of insurance industry CEOs will focus on an organic growth strategy for their companies this year, most of those (46%) will stay close to home, according to the 16th Annual Global CEO ...

U.S. Builders Put Hiring In High Gear

Charles Cork is gearing up to do something he hasn't done in four years: Build a $1 million house "on spec." "I don't think getting a client for this one will be too much trouble," said Cork, ...

Mexico Launches $1.2B Fund To Help Homebuilders

Mexico announced a new program aimed at buoying the country's battered homebuilders by promising to put up billions of pesos to back commercial credit to the industry. The 15 billion pesos ($1.2 ...

SCOR 2012 Net Income Jumps 27%

Paris-based SCOR reported net income of EUR 418 million ($545 million), representing an increase of 26.7 percent over the 2011 result, which was EUR 330 million ($430 million). The company said that ...