Viewpoints
Spending on Ads Still Beats Spending on Auto Insurance Agents: Nomura
Two analysts at Nomura Equity Research published statistics on advertising spend and premium growth Friday, reinforcing a conclusion they advanced late last year—that dollars spent on advertising ...
Executive Pay: Towers Watson Says High-Performing Companies Take Their Own Approach
High-performing companies pay their executives in ways that the rest of the pack don't. They think outside of the box and craft compensation packages based on their size and individual needs with an ...
Summer Reading: A Recommendation from Bill Gates and Warren Buffett
What should business executives be reading this summer? If the opinions of billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffett carry any weight, then the book to grab is "Business Adventures" by John Brooks. ...
Buffett to Lawmakers: Do What You’re Getting Paid for on Immigration Reform
In an Op-Ed piece published in the New York Times on Friday, Berkshire Hathaway's Chair Warren Buffett joined two other billionaire executives in sending a message to Congress about the immigration ...
Computers Writing Earnings Reports
Unless you follow me on Twitter (@SSCLAF or @CarrierMgmt), you probably missed what I viewed as one of the recent highlights of the IICF Women in Insurance Regional Forum. There was lots of good ...
Insurance Trade Agreements Are Good for Consumers and Markets: PCI Opinion
You can be sure critics are already getting ready to pounce on a preliminary draft of the financial services section of the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), invoking the usual rhetoric about the ...
If X, Then Y and Other Mathematical Lies: Ritholtz Viewpoint
If you work in finance, you will invariably come across an example of single-variable analysis. Almost daily, we see terrible examples of this sort of analytic error, rife with logical weakness, yet ...
Is the Government Liable When It Fails to Act Against Rising Sea Level?
Like a driver who is obligated to use his brakes to prevent hitting a pedestrian in a road, governments have a duty to protect private property with the right laws and regulations, a Vanderbilt Law ...