Viewpoints
Buffett to Lawmakers: Do What You’re Getting Paid for on Immigration Reform
In an Op-Ed piece published in the New York Times on Friday, Berkshire Hathaway's Chair Warren Buffett joined two other billionaire executives in sending a message to Congress about the immigration ...
Computers Writing Earnings Reports
Unless you follow me on Twitter (@SSCLAF or @CarrierMgmt), you probably missed what I viewed as one of the recent highlights of the IICF Women in Insurance Regional Forum. There was lots of good ...
Insurance Trade Agreements Are Good for Consumers and Markets: PCI Opinion
You can be sure critics are already getting ready to pounce on a preliminary draft of the financial services section of the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), invoking the usual rhetoric about the ...
If X, Then Y and Other Mathematical Lies: Ritholtz Viewpoint
If you work in finance, you will invariably come across an example of single-variable analysis. Almost daily, we see terrible examples of this sort of analytic error, rife with logical weakness, yet ...
Is the Government Liable When It Fails to Act Against Rising Sea Level?
Like a driver who is obligated to use his brakes to prevent hitting a pedestrian in a road, governments have a duty to protect private property with the right laws and regulations, a Vanderbilt Law ...
Executive Insight: How to Elevate a P/C Carrier From ‘Good to Great’
Scottsdale Insurance Company began to look at its operation late in 2002 with an eye on the future and what it would take to continue its leadership position in the excess and surplus lines market. ...
Understanding the Flywheel; Revisiting ‘Good to Great’ Leadership Lessons
In his book, "Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don't," Jim Collins uses the flywheel metaphor to explain that great companies aren't overnight successes. Instead, such ...
Her-icanes Not More Deadly; Insurance Analysts Refute University Research
A recent study of hurricane names reveals some interesting information about gender stereotyping but doesn't support the conclusion that storms named after women are more deadly than those named ...