To the uneducated eye, the matched pair of antique chairs was hardly worth a second glance. Finished in worn gold paint, the seats re-covered in brocaded fabric, they looked like the sort of thing a grandmother wouldn’t let any visitor …
An Interview with Francis Johnson, AAMGA President-Elect Francis Johnson, president of Johnson and Johnson Inc., of Charleston, South Carolina, becomes president of the American Association of Managing General Agents in May. He recently talked to Insurance Journal about the industry …
He was an unlikely man to head the billion-strong Catholic Church – the first Pole, the first non-Italian Pope in over 400 years, – and yet his papacy left an indelible mark on Catholics and non-Catholics worldwide. Pope John-Paul II, …
The week of Feb. 14-20, 2005 may have been a turning point in the debate over global warming. Either from incisive planning or pure serendipity, the “Kyoto Protocol” or Treaty, a global agreement aimed at reducing greenhouse gases, came into …
The street has become a superhighway, far removed from the clubby atmosphere of Los Angeles’ Wilshire Blvd. or New York’s Pine Street. Anybody can now comment on the latest industry happenings over the Internet, and one of the biggest subjects …
The Cycle Turns for Marsh Mac as N.Y. States Strikes $850M Deal for Charges Life goes in cycles. Everything and everybody from the cosmos down to the lowliest plant follows a certain rhythm–businesses and economies included. Only one stock (General …
Certain events mark each generation, but as the scope of the disaster that struck 12 countries around the Indian Ocean on Dec. 26 emerges, it has become evident that it will haunt not just the present generation, but many future …
In insurance parlance “risk” used to be a fairly well defined term. There was a risk the building would burn down or the ship would sink. But things change, and, as the street knows all too well, the concept of …
This year’s annual report on the reinsurance industry is a bit later than usual. It seems that beginning in August the voyage was interrupted by some serious storms, and it was hard to catch up to the boat as it …
Rating agencies are a reality, and we have to live with them,” Martin Kauer, CFO, Converium AG. “Market share is the enemy of risk management,” Brian O’Hara, president and CEO, XL Capital. “The world is once again opening up,” Sandy …
