Starr News

Aligning Sales and Marketing to Go from ‘Just Dating’ to ‘Happily Married’

CNA’s Emily Hathcoat launched a sales and marketing therapy session that promised tabloid-worthy confessions. Here is how she set the stage: “If you were to give your marketing and sales teams a relationship score, what would it be? Is it …

Starr Cos. Forms Canadian A&H Division, with Claughton & Hughes at Helm

Starr Cos. has launched an Accident & Health Division, based in Toronto, Canada. A&H coverages provided include business travel accident; group basic and voluntary accidental death & dismemberment; critical illness; and emergency out-of-province medical. “Starr continues to expand its capabilities …

Starr Names AIG’s Conway as Senior VP for Specialty Casualty

Dan Conway has joined global insurer Starr Companies as senior vice president for Specialty Casualty. Conway will assume overall responsibility for the Construction, Excess Construction and the Defense Base Act (DBA) profit centers, according to the announcement. The profit center …

Greenberg at 90: Still Fighting and Angry After All These Years

Maurice “Hank” Greenberg spent some of his 90th birthday party like he’s spent much of the past decade: angry. As he addressed his family at a lunch at a private estate this month, one of his sons made another laugh. …

Greenberg’s Post-AIG Empire Looking Like Mini-Berkshire

Since his ouster from American International Group Inc. in 2005, Maurice “Hank” Greenberg has been quietly building an insurance and investment conglomerate that people close to him describe as a mini version of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Greenberg’s $4.4 …

Starr Gets Philippine General Insurance License

Starr International Insurance (Asia) Limited has received approval from the Philippine Insurance Commission to establish a branch office to provide general insurance. Starr’s Philippine operation will be located in Manila and will serve as a branch of Hong Kong based …

Starr Investments Wins $77M Damages in China Media Firm Case

A Hong Kong arbitration panel has ruled that China MediaExpress Holdings Inc. was a “fraudulent enterprise” and awarded $77 million to Starr Investments, a firm run by former AIG chief Maurice Greenberg, a U.S. court filing shows. Starr sued China …

Dubai Group Sells Turkey Insurance Unit to Starr, Oman Insurance Group

The Dubai Group has sold its Turkish insurance arm to Starr Insurance and Reinsurance Ltd., a company owned by former AIG chief executive Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, and to a unit of Dubai lender Mashreq Bank, as the state investment firm …

Starr’s Greenberg: China ‘Eager to Begin Talks’ on Free Trade Pact with U.S.

China is eager to begin talks on a free trade pact with the United States and key leaders seem willing to step away from the state capitalism Beijing has been pursuing, a senior U.S executive with access to China’s leadership …

Greenberg Honored for China-U.S. Relations

The China General Chamber of Commerce – U.S.A. has honored Maurice R. Greenberg for his contributions toward U.S. and China exchanges. The organization’s Win-Win Award was presented to the insurance executive at the group’s dinner in New York City that …