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German Companies Told No Exceptions to Board Gender Quotas
German listed companies will be granted no exceptions to a 30 percent women's quota for supervisory boards by 2016, said Manuela Schwesig, the minister responsible for drafting the legislation. ...
Emerging Markets Remain Vulnerable to Contagion
Emerging markets may be unrecognizable from the small and fragile economies that fell like dominoes 15 years ago, but they are just as vulnerable today to the same sort of indiscriminate selling when ...
Recently we explored how specialty insurance markets emerge and the signals that help MGAs distinguish a lasting opportunity from temporary...
Securities Class Actions Up in 2013 But Less Than Average
Plaintiffs filed 166 new federal securities class actions in 2013, a nine percent increase over 2012, however, the 2013 total is still 13 percent below the average from 1997 to 2012 despite being ...Analysts Say Travelers Results Signal Pricing Trend; CEO Fishman Not So Sure
The Travelers Cos.' earnings, one of the first major insurance earnings to be reported each quarter, are often closely observed by industry participants as a bellwether for marketplace trends. And ...
Reinsurance at Crossroads Part 1: The Market in the Developed Economies
A significant number of reinsurance treaties were renewed this month, heavily concentrated in property catastrophe coverage. It's become apparent, however, that this market, for a number of reasons, ...
How Past Experience Heightens Perceptions of Disaster Risks
People who have experienced a disaster such as an earthquake, flood, or terrorist attack have a heightened perception of the risks posed by these and, in some cases, unrelated risks, according to a ...James Named President of QBE North America P&C
Robert James has been appointed president of Property and Casualty for QBE North America, which includes the program, middle markets and major broker groups. James will be a member of the executive ...
Oil Train Catastrophe Risk Weighs on Insurers: Kemp
In the event of a mass-casualty accident involving the derailment of a crude-carrying train in a densely populated urban area, who would be responsible for the compensation for deaths, injuries, ...