Performance
Ensuring Productivity of Aging Workers
New efforts to integrate health protection and health promotion programs in the workplace are needed soon if the nation's aging workforce is to remain competitive and productive, according to ...
MetLife Cuts 2,500 Sales Advisers Who ‘Were Never Going to Make It’
MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, cut its adviser force by a third, eliminating 2,500 jobs as the company scales back variable annuity sales and turns to other nations for growth. MetLife ...
Swaps Repair Sought as Governments Trash Insurance: Euro Credit
The credit derivatives market is undergoing its biggest overhaul in a decade with proposals to make sure that bondholders can be compensated for losses imposed as part of bank rescues. Flaws revealed ...
Senior Management Exits Concern Boards
Seventy-three percent of board members of public and private companies across various industries said that the unexpected resignation of senior executive team members would have a negative impact on ...
Boards Unhappy With CEO Mentoring, Board Engagement Skills
Members of boards of directors across various industries give poor grades to CEOs for mentoring skills and board engagement, but rank financial performance above both—and above everything ...
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 ...
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 ...
MPLI Lagging Commercial Lines Underwriting Cycle
Medical professional liability insurance (MPLI) is a smaller specialty property/casualty insurance underwriting segment that has generated strong annual underwriting profits since 2006, considerably ...