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Carl Icahn’s Emergence Ups the Stakes for AIG CEO Hancock
Peter Hancock may have met his hardest challenge yet. Since Hancock took over as chief executive officer of American International Group Inc. last year, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s new ...
Icahn Urges AIG to Split Into Three, Says It’s ‘Time to Act’
Carl Icahn, the billionaire investor known for picking fights with corporate boards, disclosed an investment in American International Group Inc. and said it should split into three companies: one ...
Albanese to Exit as New York’s Financial Regulator Before End of Year
The acting head of New York's Department of Financial Services will step down before the end of the year, giving New York Governor Andrew Cuomo a run at reshaping a regulator that has levied billions ...
Guy Carpenter Says Wildfire Losses May Exceed $1.75B
A briefing from Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC on Monday shows more than nine million acres were burned by wildfires so far this year, most of that occurring in the Western U.S., and that insured losses ...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Now in Australia with Marine Office
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company is now underwriting Marine, Transport & Logistics Liability Insurance in Australia and New Zealand. Barton Phillips, the head of the group, and ...
Willis Forecast: Cyber Rates Soar But Price Drops Ahead for Other Casualty
Cyber insurance and professional liability were the only clear outliers in a picture of softening primary insurance prices that now includes casualty lines, a broker report revealed last week. In its ...
PCI Conference Report: Cyber, Property Risks Not So Separate, CTO Says
The property/casualty insurance industry must change its approach to cyber security and update its coverage approach to help minimize risks, FireEye Inc. Chief Technology Officer Grady Summers said. ...
Wal-Mart Follows Amazon in Seeking Drone Permit for Home Delivery
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. applied Monday to U.S. regulators for permission to test drones for home delivery, curbside pickup and checking warehouse inventories, a sign it plans to go head-to-head with ...