Social Responsibility
Younger Employees Remain at Employers if Trust Is Strong
While the secret to attracting millennials may remain unsolved for some carriers, a new survey involving multiple industries offers at least one fresh recruitment clue. Trust turns out to be one ...
P/C CEO Tweets on Immigration Policy: “This Is Wrong”
Americans who took to social media to protest the treatment of the children of U.S. border-crossing immigrants included a prominent property/casualty insurance company chief executive. Joining a ...
Values Shouldn’t Be Negotiable
There's a big difference between values and preferences. Preferences can be negotiated and adapted based on the person and the situation. Values, on the other hand, are meant to be non-negotiable and ...
It Will Cost a Cool $3.3M for This Special Lunch With Warren Buffett
The chance to dine with Warren Buffett costs $3.3 million this year. That was the winning bid for a lunch with the billionaire investor in a week-long charity auction that concluded Friday on EBay ...
XL Catlin, Nature Conservancy Will Invest in Coastal Wetlands to Mitigate Storm Damages
When Hurricane Sandy hit the U.S. East Coast in October 2012, its 80-mile-per-hour winds and the resulting flooding did about $71 billion in damage. After the storm, researchers found that natural ...
Allianz-Owned Microinsurer BIMA: Closing the Protection Gap in Developing Nations
The insurance protection gap in developing nations is being filled by a growing group of microinsurers, which provide coverage that ranges from life and health insurance, to crop insurance, to ...
Share Your Story: Sexual Harassment and the Workplace
From Hollywood to the corporate world, sexual harassment — the making of unwanted sexual advances or obscene remarks — is drawing greater public scrutiny than ever before. Victims (mostly women) ...
Beijing Makes Strides Against Smog as New Delhi’s Air Worsens
Beijing may have turned a corner in its battle against the city's notorious smog, according to Reuters calculations, and environmental consultants say the Chinese government deserves much of the ...