Strategy
Financial Analysts Say Direct Contact with Executives Is Essential
Private phone calls with managers remain an essential source of analysts' earnings forecasts and stock recommendations – even in light of regulations limiting businesses' selective disclosure of ...
AIG, Prudential Named ‘Systemically Important’ by Financial Stability Council
American International Group Inc., Prudential Financial Inc. and a unit of General Electric Co. were identified by U.S. regulators as potential risks to the financial system in a step toward putting ...
American Safety Being Sold; Fairfax Financial, Tower Group Buying Parts
Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited and American Safety Insurance Holdings, Ltd. have entered into a $306 million merger deal, with Fairfax acquiring all of the outstanding shares of American Safety ...
Benefits & Implications of State Workers’ Compensation Fund Modernization and Privatization
State workers' compensation funds currently face several challenges that result from the overall state of the workers' compensation insurance market and their standing as quasi-government entities. ...
Vote on Systemically Risky U.S. Non-Banks Expected
U.S. regulators plan to vote next week on whether to label some non-bank companies a potential risk to the financial system, a move that would put them under heightened Federal Reserve supervision, ...
European Companies’ Optimism for China Fading: Survey
European companies' optimism for business prospects in China is declining amid slowing growth, rising labor costs, regulatory obstacles and intensified competition, a survey showed. Optimism for ...
AIG to Form Agency Distribution Channel with People’s Insurance Co. of China
American International Group Inc., People's Insurance Company of China (PICC) and PICC Life Insurance Co. Limited (PICC Life) said that they have entered into a joint venture agreement to form an ...