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For 2Q, AIG Profit Jumps 34%

American International Group, Inc. reports that its net income for the second quarter of 2007 was $4.28 billion or $1.64 per diluted share, compared to $3.19 billion or $1.21 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2006. Second quarter …

U.S. Regulators Ink Agreement with Korea’s Financial Supervisors

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Korea’s Financial Supervisory Commission and Financial Supervisory Service in Seoul, Korea. NAIC President and Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell participated in the formal signing with …

RMS Releases Report on Recent Pu’er, China Earthquake

A preliminary loss estimate report from Risk Management Solutions indicates that the recent earthquake that struck the Chinese province of Yunnan will cost some 1.91RMB ($250 million) in economic losses. “The magnitude 6.3 earthquake near the borders of Myanmar, Laos, …

Greenberg Growing C.V. Starr at Home and Abroad

Exclusive Video Interview Greenberg Interview, Take 4: Growing C.V. Starr Chairman Maurice “Hank” Greenberg is busy growing his current insurance organization, privately-held C.V. Starr & Co. and all of its units, through acquisitions and investments at home and abroad. His …

The Courage to Compete

In 1968 when the Maurice “Hank” Greenberg took over what was to become American International Group (AIG), it was an insurance agency selling other insurers’ policies around the globe. Within years, AIG was no longer selling other companies’ policies but …

The Courage to Compete: The World According to Greenberg

In 1968 when the Maurice “Hank” Greenberg took over what was to become American International Group (AIG), it was an insurance agency selling other insurers’ policies around the globe. Within years, AIG was no longer selling other companies’ policies but …

Double Duty: Agent-Soldiers Who Serve Their Country and Their Customers

Twenty-nine year old Peter Webb served his country in the U.S. Marines for eight years. Since then, Sergeant Webb has spent four years serving small businesses as an account manager and producer for an Oklahoma City independent agency. Now just …

Violence in schools: Having a plan is key to survival

It’s a parent’s worst nightmare: worrying about the safety of a child. But many parents were thrown into that situation on April 16. As the nation well knows by now, on that day, student Seung-Hui Cho unleashed 170 rounds from …

Violence in schools: Having a plan is key to survival

It’s a parent’s worst nightmare: worrying about the safety of a child. But many parents were thrown into that situation on April 16. As the nation well knows by now, on that day, student Seung-Hui Cho unleashed 170 rounds from …

SPECIAL REPORT: Salute to Independent Agents

Twenty-nine year old Peter Webb served his country in the U.S. Marines for eight years. Since then, Sergeant Webb has spent four years serving small businesses as an account manager and producer for an Oklahoma City independent agency. Now just …