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It’s Not About AIG, Says Berkshire’s Peter Eastwood
When a veteran of CNA joined Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance to lead the new venture's professional liability division last week, the news did not receive the press that the followed the first ...
True Believers In Company Mission Get Promoted: Study
Employees looking to move up within their organization should get on board with the goals and values of their employer, according to new research from Washington University in St. Louis. The study, ...
‘Great Rotation’ From Bonds Into Equities May Have Begun
Just as a month-long stock market rout seems to have further trashed the concept of a "Great Rotation" from bonds into equities, evidence is emerging that institutional investors may have already ...
Fallen Brand Leaders Hardly Ever Climb Back To The Top: Research Study
Business history is littered with the remains of fallen giants. Yuban coffee, Zenith, Kodak—all these brands were leaders in their time, and then something changed. At some point, they were knocked ...
P/C Carriers Lag Life Insurers, Brokers on Gender Diversity
Commercial property/casualty insurance carriers and reinsurers have more work to do than life and personal lines carriers or brokers when it comes to bringing more women into their leadership ranks, ...
Brokers Balk As Big Banks Push Cross-Selling Insurance, Loans to Wealthy
Scrambling to plug revenue holes created by crackdowns on credit card fees and falling brokerage commissions, big U.S. banks are pushing a strategy they've tried with limited success in the past - ...
U.S. CEOs See More Hiring, Improved Sales in Next 6 Months: Survey
U.S. chief executives expect to hire more workers in the next six months and that sales will improve modestly, a tepid if slightly optimistic reading of the U.S. economy, a Business Roundtable survey ...
Fear of Stimulus Slowing by Federal Reserve Stalks World Economy: Cutting Research
The world economy should brace itself for a slowing of stimulus by the Federal Reserve if history is any guide. Any tapering in the Fed's $85 billion-a-month asset- purchasing program will hurt ...