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Inadequate Brazil Leaders Compound Commodities Slump: Chubb CEO Greenberg
Evan Greenberg, the chief executive officer of Chubb Ltd., said Brazilians can blame their country's leaders, and not just a commodities slump, for the nation's woes. "The economic environment, the ...
Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg Predicts Little Post-Merger Exec Turnover
Chubb Chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg insisted he believes opportunity and incentives will encourage most executives to stay with the insurer in the wake of its recently completed mega-merger. "I ...
Regulation According to Lloyd’s of London’s Sean McGovern
The start of 2016 brought with it the launch of Solvency II, rules in the European Union that govern how much capital insurers must set aside for operational risk, investment and underwriting. ...
Marsh Starts Marketing New Global Excess Cyber Risk Facility
Marsh has launched "Cyber ECHO", a global excess cyber risk facility it pitches as offering more reliable insurance coverage for organizations around the world. The product is designed to bring ...
What is Driving the Big Players Away from U.S. Crop Insurance?
The U.S. crop insurance market has been abandoned by some of its largest companies as lower agricultural prices crimp revenue, and uncertainty about federal aid clouds the business's future. Cargill ...
Zurich Snags Generali CEO Greco to Helm Turnaround Attempt
Zurich Insurance Group AG hired Assicurazioni Generali SpA's Mario Greco as chief executive officer, giving him the task of turning around the company, after losses in its general insurance business ...
Some Analysts See Far-Reaching AIG Strategic Plan as Not Going Far Enough
American International Group CEO Peter Hancock's far-reaching strategic plan to divest assets and return $25 billion to shareholders over the next two years generated the equivalent of a shrug during ...
Cuomo Nominates Corporate Lawyer to Run N.Y. Dept. of Financial Services
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signaled a shift in New York's oversight of Wall Street, tapping a longtime corporate lawyer to run the state banking regulator previously overseen by an aggressive ...