Personal Lines
Special Report: A Closer Look at Berkshire Hathaway’s Insurance Operations
Insurance operations contributed $5.2 billion to total operating income of $16.6 billion for Berkshire Hathaway in 2014—with the underwriting component of $1.7 billion (after taxes) representing ...
Buffett, Munger on Leadership, Success in Business
The Berkshire Hathaway 2014 Annual Report includes discussions from Chair Warren Buffett and Vice Chair Charlie Munger about leadership and success in the insurance business. Some excerpts follow. ...
Financial Strength is Top Driver of Capital Use for P/C CFOs: Towers Watson
North American property/casualty insurance chief financial officers make capital spending decisions based primarily on financial strength as they confront new technology, other competitive demands ...
Banking Cyber Theft Ring Targeted Millions of PCs in Asia and the U.S.
A cybercrime operation that stole banking information by hacking more than 3 million computers in Indonesia, India and other countries has been disrupted by European police with assistance from three ...
More Job Cuts Coming to RSA as Uncertainty Over Outlook Spooks Investors
RSA Insurance Group Plc's Stephen Hester delivered a full-year profit, restored dividends and stepped up cost cuts that will result in more job losses. The shares still tumbled more than 5 percent in ...
Berkley Scolds Insurers For Being ‘Cheap’ As Google Nips At Their Heels
With Google apparently getting into the auto insurance business, W.R. Berkley Corp's legendary CEO is taking the insurance industry to task for being "cheap" and slow to anticipate change. "We are a ...
Allstate Is The Latest P/C Insurer to Pursue Texas Expansion
Allstate Insurance Company said it wants to bring close to 300 additional jobs to Texas focused on both agency ownership and sales. The U.S.'s largest publicly held personal lines insurer explained ...
Chubb: Collectors Boost Treasures But Not Homeowners Coverage
Art and antique collectors are buying more treasures, but not necessarily increasing their homeowners or renters insurance coverage to accommodate those high-value items, the Chubb Group of Insurance ...