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Women (Not Men) Get Asked: Can You Have It All?
Can you have it "all"? It's one of the questions that women in business get asked a lot but men are never asked. It's also one of the questions fielded by a panel of women insurance industry ...
Tokyo Prepares for 1-in-200-Year Flood to Top Sandy
Tokyo, the world's most populated metropolis, is building defenses for the possibility of a flood in the next 200 years that could dwarf the damage superstorm Sandy wrought on the U.S. East Coast. ...
Benefits & Implications of State Workers’ Compensation Fund Modernization and Privatization
State workers' compensation funds currently face several challenges that result from the overall state of the workers' compensation insurance market and their standing as quasi-government entities. ...
How Women Can Rise to Executive Level in P/C Insurance Industry
Networking is the single biggest thing women can do to facilitate their rise up the corporate ladder in the property/casualty insurance industry, according to four women who have done just that. And ...
Ensuring Productivity of Aging Workers
New efforts to integrate health protection and health promotion programs in the workplace are needed soon if the nation's aging workforce is to remain competitive and productive, according to ...AIG Drops Securities Complaint Against Federal Reserve of New York
American International Group Inc. has agreed to end litigation against the Federal Reserve Bank of New York over whether the insurer retained the right after its 2008 taxpayer-funded bailout to sue ...
Software Solution Development Tools—Sounds Good, But…
Over the past decade, tooling has become an attractive option for both insurers and software vendors as a way to create customized solutions. However, like any overused buzzword, "tooling" has many ...
MetLife Cuts 2,500 Sales Advisers Who ‘Were Never Going to Make It’
MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, cut its adviser force by a third, eliminating 2,500 jobs as the company scales back variable annuity sales and turns to other nations for growth. MetLife ...