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Charitable Giving Part of Business Plan for Industry Leaders, Says IICF’s Ross
Leaders of property/casualty insurance and reinsurance companies probably get 1,000 requests per year to support seemingly worthwhile charities and causes, the CEO of a charitable foundation for the ...
University Researchers Question Route-Tracking Potential of UBI Devices
A study by a handful of university professors in Colorado claims user-based insurance programs installed in millions of vehicles can collect data that shows where drivers are going, unbeknownst to ...
A Win-Win for Government and Insurers: Partnering for Security
Despite the government shutdown, sometimes government gets it right. Recently, government appeared to truly appreciate the benefit of establishing public-private partnerships, including with ...
Will Biggert-Waters Save the Flood Insurance Program? No, It’s Not Even Close
The Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act (Biggert-Waters) was enacted in 2012 with the goal of reforming and thereby saving the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). It is a well-meaning and ...
South Africa: Key to a Continent
South Africa is a study of contrasts. Its financial sector is among the world's most developed and sophisticated, yet the country of roughly 50 million inhabitants is plagued with large scale ...
On the Regulation and the Facts
There was much coverage last month on the fifth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, but it was also the fifth anniversary of the U.S. government's intervention in AIG. While the issues at ...
Endurance Building ‘Relevance’ Through Leadership Changes, CFO Says
Armed with the overstuffed Rolodex of its new CEO, John Charman, Endurance Specialty Holdings is moving into new markets like a startup, the company's chief financial officer suggested at an investor ...
Berkshire Seen as Just One More Competitor to E&S Execs
Despite Berkshire-Hathaway's entrance into specialty insurance business, standard markets are still the players most capable of changing the dynamics of the surplus lines market, executives said ...