Performance
A.M. Best Maintains Negative Outlook For U.S. P/C Commercial Lines
Rating agency A.M. Best said it is maintaining its negative outlook on the commercial lines segment of the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) industry, despite relatively solid aggregate results over the ...
Carrier Management’s Top 10 Features of 2015
In 2015, Carrier Management readers learned more about market trends, how to run their companies better and the tools they need to be better leaders. There were other features that also drew their ...
What It’s Like to Work for Warren Buffett
Only about a dozen chief executives in the insurance industry can answer the question suggested by our headline. For the rest of us who can only imagine it, a recent analysis by two researchers ...
Industry On Track for Third Straight Underwriting Profit; 2016 a Closer Call
The property/casualty insurance industry will report an underwriting profit for the third consecutive year in 2015—a streak unmatched since the early 1970s, according to analysts at Fitch Ratings, ...
Nine Straight Years for P/C Reserves Releases: Fitch
Property/casualty insurers continued to take down loss reserves for prior years in 2014, which marked the ninth straight calendar year of favorable development for the industry in aggregate, ...
Does a CEO’s Ability Affect Performance? Researcher Says No
A Texas A&M University researcher calls into question the common notion that CEOs have a large effect on firm performance. Although previous research contends that the so-called "CEO effect" is ...
Report: Zurich Insurance Seeking Replacement for CEO Senn
Zurich Insurance AG is seeking a replacement for Chief Executive Officer Martin Senn, according to Swiss business magazine Bilanz. Switzerland's biggest insurance company has hired the London ...
What’s Ailing Zurich Insurance?
Change is underway to reshape some ailing General Insurance business at Zurich Insurance Group, according to the new chief executive for the unit, who described a corrective focus on profitability ...