Brand Management & Sales
Most Profitable Insurer Piggybacks on Bank Sales Channel
BB Seguridade Participacoes SA's strategy of piggybacking on its corporate parent's 5,400 bank branches to sell policies is making it the world's most profitable insurer. The company will post a 44 ...
Vermont Hopes LIMA Law to Attract Runoff Business Mirrors Success of Captives
A new law in Vermont would soon authorize the state to license and regulate specialized Vermont-based companies whose only purpose would be to assume and manage closed blocks of non-admitted ...
Trust in Buffet Trumps Disclosure in Berkshire’s Annual Reports
For years, chemical maker Lubrizol filed annual reports with securities regulators that ran 80 pages or more, detailing everything from its inventory to pension obligations. Today, investors would ...
AIG Plans Islamic Reinsurance (Retakaful) Venture in Malaysia
American International Group Inc. is plotting its entry into Malaysia's Islamic insurance market, lured by the country's economic expansion and an industry that has grown more than fivefold in less ...Pine River Hedge Fund Raising $750 Million to Start Bermuda Reinsurer
Pine River Capital Management LP, the $14.3 billion hedge-fund firm founded by Brian Taylor, is raising capital for a reinsurance company in the latest push by a money manager into the industry. The ...
Infantino Named Education Director for IJ’s Academy of Insurance
Laurie Infantino, AFIS, CIC, CISC, CISR, ACSR, CRIS, has been named Education Director of Insurance Journal's Academy of Insurance. The insurance education professional will focus on the quality of ...
P/C Executive Views: Data Security Strategies and Cyber Insurance Sales
As cyber attackers continue to menace businesses in all industry sectors, property/casualty insurers are working to provide network security and privacy coverage. But how are the insurers managing ...
Towers Watson Releases UBI Auto Insurance Model
Towers Watson has launched DriveAbility 2.0 Score, an analytical scoring model designed for the automobile insurance industry. DriveAbility 2.0 Score includes a GPS version with location-specific ...