Ex-Players Turn Discipline Into Pay Dirt With 2nd CareersThe insurance industry has much more in common with professional sports than the naming rights to Seattles ...
ESOPs Make Sense For AgenciesEmployee Stock Ownership Plans have quickly become the fastest growing vehicle for a closely held business to create tax-efficient working capital, ...
Class Actions Threaten Regulators' Authority New York Juries and judges in class action suits have been usurping state regulators' authority, and the regulators don't like ...
CDOs: A New Source Of Insurer CapitalThe recent development of a new investment security backed by insurance company senior debt, surplus notes and trust preferred ...
Changing Strategies Makes Sense In Hard Times And In Hard MarketsIf you are seriously contemplating fundamental changes in the structure and way your company operates, ...
Investors To Insurers: Diversify At Your Own PerilIn studying what drives shareholder value in the insurance industry, our research has convinced us that key business ...
The Changing Face Of Todays Independent AgentAnd The Next GenerationMy r?sum? reads as follows: 32-year-old mother of three, attends school plays and PTA meetings, co-director ...
HIH Debacle: A Litany of IneptitudeBy Lisa S. HowardInternational Editor The collapse of Australian insurer HIH Insurance Groupthe countrys largest corporate failurewas brought about by ...
Opportunities In RussiaNot Nyet Russia CorrespondentMoscow When the Soviet Union ended in 1991, Russian citizens were not only free of state supervision of every aspect ...
Slow Turnaround For Europeans International Editor A ratings analyst in London equated the situation in the European insurance and reinsurance sector to supertankers that are ...