Content from Susanne Sclafane
Reinsurers Back in Business, Execs Say—With Some Reservations
Reinsurers are officially back in business as insurance companies returned as buyers this year. But a trend exemplified by Chubb's venture with BlackRock could dampen any potential surge in demand, ...
Hedge Fund Reinsurers: Still Taking Heat From S&P, Lawmakers
Even as new waves of hedge fund reinsurers launch, one rating agency continues to question the basic business model—a model that also has critics among U.S. lawmakers who have tried unsuccessfully ...
CEO Debate: Is a ‘Bottoming’ Reinsurance Market a Rational One?
"Bottoming" was a popular description of the reinsurance market at midyear industry conferences, but there is less consensus around questions of whether this "near bottom" signals rational behavior ...
AIG Commercial CEO Schimek: Transformation Will Be ‘Second to None’
With the business transformation of American International Group playing out on "the biggest stage in the insurance business," the leader of the carrier's global commercial lines operation has heard ...
Applying Life Lessons: The Road to Leadership
A competitive spirit is something that comes naturally to Rob Schimek, CEO of AIG Commercial. Coaxed to talk about his personal leadership style and the life experiences that have helped him ...
Carriers Losing Sight of Traditional Cat Risk Exposures: AIR Worldwide CEO
Novel risks of the digital age are not the only ones that property/casualty insurance industry executives should be worried about as they seek to manage insurance and reinsurance portfolios, the ...
S&P Conference Report: Brexit Burden Unwelcome, Industry CEOs Say
While insurers and reinsurers will be able to deal with the aftermath of an exit of the U.K. from the European Union, the time and cost involved are unwelcome intrusions to the business, executives ...
IACP Conference: Carriers Attacking Unsustainable Costs, Endurance Exec Says
Against a backdrop of excess capital, low interest rates, increasing broker leverage and decelerating insurance price hikes, carrier management teams are zeroing in on expenses to squeeze out some ...