The Home Depot data breach may have a smaller impact than last year's Target breach, despite compromising 16 million more customer credit card numbers than Target's.

AIG announced a tender offer for as much as $1.5 billion of its bonds as Chief Financial Officer David Herzog seeks to cut debt.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.s specialty insurance business said its latest push is into backing construction projects. Geoff Delisio, 47, was hired from Zurich Insurance Group AG as a senior vice president for surety, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance said in a statement.

Travelers Cos., the lone property insurer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, promoted Alan Schnitzer to chief executive officer of the newly created business and international insurance segment.