Viewpoints
Washington Outlook: PCI’s Agenda for 2017
A new administration and a new Congress present both challenges and opportunities for home, auto and business insurers as they work to promote a private and competitive marketplace—that best serves ...
Buybacks Not ‘Un-American,’ But Accounting ‘Adjustments’ Cringeworthy, Buffett Says
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett on Saturday attacked what he saw as tricks used by U.S. companies to boost earnings and stock prices, but he defended one oft-criticized practice: share buybacks. ...
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 ...
The Risk Associated With Manmade Earthquakes
In recent years, earthquake rates in regions of the historically seismically quiet central and eastern U.S. have risen at a remarkable pace. According to the latest research and scientific consensus, ...
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
