Executive Viewpoint
A Different View of America: Berkshire’s Buffett Trumpets Messages of Optimism
The annual letter to shareholders from Berkshire Hathaway's Chairman Warren Buffett seemed to have an underlying theme this year: Move over naysayers. Berkshire Hathaway's Chairman Warren Buffett ...
GEICO Steps on Gas as Berkshire Motors to 14th Straight Underwriting Profit
Even though Berkshire Hathaway's GEICO chalked up an underwriting loss in the fourth-quarter 2016, with full-year profit coming in basically even with 2015, the company is poised to take advantage of ...
How to Better Tell the Insurance Industry’s Story and Attract New Employees
What if I told you I work in a business that helps farmers in Kenya and Rwanda maintain their standard of living when drought destroys their crops? Or that my company replaces the income of small ...
Guts, People, Regulatory Education Needed to Innovate Insurance
At an industry conference last month, two insurance executives welcomed news of potential flexibility coming from state regulators as they pursue individual paths to digital and data-driven futures, ...
Execs Handicap Changes Ahead of Presidential Inauguration
Seven Markers of Success: An Investor’s Advice to Industry Leaders
As an investor, my goal is to find companies that can differentiate themselves strategically to drive sustainable growth. That focus may seem self-evident, but it had to be learned. In particular, ...
Aspen CEO Opinion: Blue Marble Launches in White Space
According to the World Bank, 12.7 percent of the population earns below $1.90 per day. This segment of the population is underserved and it has been estimated that insurance coverage could extend to ...
Why a Five-Hour Workday May Make Sense
The American workforce has become lazy. I estimate, conservatively, that knowledge workers are four times as efficient as they were 20 years ago. That's why I moved my company to a five-hour workday ...