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QBE Hires Ex-Willis Towers Watson Exec Jones to Lead Its North American Operations
QBE has hired a former Willis Towers Watson executive as the new leader for its North American operations. Todd Jones will be taking over as QBE North America CEO on Oct. 1, 2019, after having most ...
Hacker That Struck Capital One May Have Targeted 30 Other Companies
The Seattle woman accused of hacking into Capital One Financial Corp.'s cloud and stealing personal information on more than 100 million Americans also broke into servers of more than 30 other ...
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Boosts Amazon Investment Stake
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Wednesday said it boosted its stake in Amazon.com Inc by 11% during the second quarter, increasing its bet on the powerful online retailer even as stocks ...
Executives On The Move at Root Insurance and AXIS Re
Root Insurance made some executive changes, including hiring a new chief financial officer. AXIS Re, the reinsurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, named a new head of property ...
The Latest Launches From Sompo International and BHSI
Sompo International in Asia plans to use an InsurTech startup's on-demand cloud platform to bring on-demand insurance to Asia. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance says it updated its Asia ...
An Engaged Manager Can Recharge Uninspired Employees
Managers deal with this everywhere: unengaged employees. Becoming more involved in their teams' day-to-day activities can help reverse this. According to The Center for Creative Leadership, greater ...
Bayer May Be Seeking Roundup Cancer-Claim Deal Worth Up to $8B
Bayer AG is proposing to pay as much as $8 billion to settle more than 18,000 U.S. lawsuits alleging its Roundup herbicide causes cancer, according to people familiar with the negotiations. An ...
U.S. Regulators Reportedly Would Drop Bank Accounting Test in ‘Volcker Rule’ Rewrite
U.S. regulators have circulated a new draft of the "Volcker Rule" that would further ease its requirements and scrap a proposed new test that had been met with fierce resistance from Wall Street, ...