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CEOs with Attractive Faces Boost Stock Returns
If your CEO has an attractive face, then an appearance on CNBC might boost your company's return, according to two professors from the University of Wisconsin. The findings of Joseph Taylor Halford ...
Talent Risk: A Killer Torpedo?
The most gifted professionals in property/casualty insurance organizations can also be the ones to bring those organizations down if carriers don't employ valued-based ERM processes to manage talent ...
Runoff Specialists No Longer Buyers of Last Resort in Insurer M&A
Runoff specialists are increasingly becoming visible acquirers of ongoing books of business as M&A activity heats up across the insurance industry, according to a consultant from Towers Watson. ...
Pacific Specialty’s CEO: Working Within Limits, Re-engaging Independent Agents
When employees of Pacific Specialty Insurance Co. bemoan the fact that they don't have a ton of money to spend on sales and marketing to generate growth, the CEO does not promise to find more ...
Fast Money Hedge Funds Won’t Keep Pension Funds Out of Terror Market, Says ILS Manager
To understand why the insurance-linked securities market will offer greater amounts of terror risk coverage in the years ahead, you have to understand the difference between two groups of ILS ...
TRIA Changes Debated: Congressional Hearing Highlights
Representatives of the property/casualty insurance industry all testified in favor of extending the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act during a House Financial Services committee hearing last week, but ...
We Can Write Terror Risk: Part II
The leader of a firm thought to be the world's largest investment manager of catastrophe bonds told federal lawmakers last week that the insurance-linked securities market is poised to provide ...
We Can Write Terror Risk, Industry Execs Say
At least two property/casualty insurance and reinsurance industry executives highlighted the industry's capacity to write terrorism coverage during recent earnings calls, with the most forceful ...