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Swaps Repair Sought as Governments Trash Insurance: Euro Credit
The credit derivatives market is undergoing its biggest overhaul in a decade with proposals to make sure that bondholders can be compensated for losses imposed as part of bank rescues. Flaws revealed ...
Are Traditional Insurers Ready For P2P Car-Sharing Challenges, Opportunities?
The emerging trend in sharing personal assets—sometimes referred to as "collaborative consumption" or "the sharing economy"—presents challenges and opportunities to property/casualty insurance ...
Boards Unhappy With CEO Mentoring, Board Engagement Skills
Members of boards of directors across various industries give poor grades to CEOs for mentoring skills and board engagement, but rank financial performance above both—and above everything ...
Small Company Managers Better at Protecting Against Overpriced Stock Offers: Study
A new study from the University of Iowa suggests that managers of small firms better protect their shareholders' stock value by fending off potential acquisitions by larger firms with overpriced ...
Nonorganic Growth Strategies: Building Niches With Lift-Outs & Bolt-Ons
You are the president or CEO of almost any size property-casualty company. You have just met with your board of directors, and their clear direction is that growth is needed. In the competitive soft ...European Banks Boosted by Once-Toxic U.S. Mortgage Bonds
The U.S. mortgage bonds that were exported around the globe and triggered the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression are now helping Europe's banks and governments repair balance sheets ...
Wellness Programs Have Little Effect on Bottom Line, Waistlines: RAND
A long-awaited report on workplace wellness programs, which has still not been publicly released, delivers a blow to the increasingly popular efforts, Reuters has learned, casting doubt on a pillar ...
How to Manage Workaholics
Workaholics tend to live in extremes, with great job satisfaction and creativity on the one hand and high levels of frustration and exhaustion on the other hand. A new Florida State University study ...