Viewpoints
Consider Your Options and Fight Back Against Claims Fraud
Fraud is an unfortunate reality in business today, particularly for banking, finance, healthcare and insurance companies. Not just commonplace, it is profitable enough to attract organized crime ...
Firms With Diverse Boards Pay More Dividends But Take Less Risks: University Research
Corporations with more diverse boards of directors are more likely to pay dividends to stockholders and are less prone to take risks than firms whose boards are more homogenous, according to a study ...
The Trouble With Incentive Compensation
Incentive compensation in many organizations has evolved over recent years. What started with the intent to increase the alignment of top management with shareholder interests, later developed into a ...
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 ...