Executive Lifestyles
How Billionaire Entrepreneurs Change As They Go Gray
Billionaires are getting older, just like their fellow baby boomers. A report from UBS Group AG and PwC found that the rapid rate of wealth creation by billionaire entrepreneurs will probably level ...
Ex-AIG CEO Greenberg at 90: ‘You Got to Fight’
Maurice "Hank" Greenberg spent some of his 90th birthday party like he's spent much of the past decade: angry. As he addressed his family at a lunch at a private estate this month, one of his sons ...
Executives Can’t Switch Off, Even on Vacation
Half of executives responding to a recent survey said they check into the office several times a day when they're on vacation, and two-thirds have entirely canceled or postponed vacation plans ...
TAG Heuer or Apple: Which Smartwatch Would You Prefer?
The flurry of technology deals luxury watchmakers announced last month to tackle the Apple Watch threat are more a way to hedge their bets in case the smartwatch market takes off than a strategic ...
Chubb Warns Collectors About Restoring Damaged Work of Living Artists
Today's art collectors are younger than in the past, and their tastes have moved from paintings of Matisse and Monet to post-war and Contemporary works—a shift that means their collections include ...
WSJ Documents Decline of The Southport Lane Insurance Empire
An insurance empire that included two insurance carriers, two offshore reinsurers, several buildings and other insurers' investments was built by a private equity firm in part on questionable assets ...
New York Hedge Fund Launches Bermuda Reinsurer
Sandell Asset Management Corp., the activist hedge-fund firm run by Tom Sandell, started a Bermuda-based reinsurer to support its investing strategy. Sandell Re will rely on the hedge fund to oversee ...
Risk and Insurance Experts Predict Thanksgiving NFL Winners, Losers
Ah, Thanksgiving. A time for family, good meals and joy—unless your team epically fails on national television, stirring your gut into an acidic cauldron of turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and ...