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Cyber Threats Targeting Insurers Mount; Carriers Not Keeping Pace
While insurers have made significant security improvements, they have not kept pace with today's determined cyber adversaries. As a result, many rely on yesterday's security practices to combat the ...
From Lawyer to Carrier CEO: Charting a Career Course
"You have to find opportunity within every challenge you face." That's how Brian Cohen, the CEO of Pacific Specialty Insurance, sums up the leadership lesson he learned during a prior position at ...
CEOs with Attractive Faces Boost Stock Returns
If your CEO has an attractive face, then an appearance on CNBC might boost your company's return, according to two professors from the University of Wisconsin. The findings of Joseph Taylor Halford ...
Talent Risk: A Killer Torpedo?
The most gifted professionals in property/casualty insurance organizations can also be the ones to bring those organizations down if carriers don't employ valued-based ERM processes to manage talent ...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Emerges as Serious Player in 2013
The year 2013 has been quite eventful for Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI)—or half of a year, anyway. Since opening its doors for business in June with much fanfare, the new venture ...
Inga Beale: The Backstory of Lloyd’s Incoming CEO
Official biographies of Inga Beale, who became the first woman to lead Lloyd's as CEO on Jan. 1, reveal her prior leadership of a struggling Converium in the 1990s as a milestone of her career. But ...
CEOs Hurt Firm Performance By Overstaying Their Welcome: Study
The longer CEOs stay in power, the more likely chief executives are to limit outside sources of market and customer information, ultimately hurting firm performance. A new study suggests that most ...
Q&A: Liability Insurance and Admitting Wrongdoing in SEC Settlements
Earlier this year, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reached a settlement with New York-based hedge fund adviser Philip A. Falcone and his advisory firm Harbinger Capital Partners. The ...