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- Wallstrip: Solera Holdings Inc. (SLH)
- With Solera Holdings Inc. SLH on their side, you'll need more than a phony limp and neck brace to beat the auto insurance companies.
- Videos 2008-07-30
- Bad References a Good Thing?
- Way back in 1984, an insurance salesman was awarded $1.9 million by a Texas court in a defamation suit because his employer, Frank B. Hall and Company, was asked for a reference and, perhaps too candidly, rated the salesman "a zero." Thus began the era of reference...
- Blog posts 2008-06-13
- Countrywide Decision Underscores Lawsuit Threat
- Officers and some 14 directors of embattled subprime mortgage lender Countrywide Financial must face the music in a shareholders lawsuit. That was the recent decision of a federal judge in Los Angeles in a case against Countrywide filed by shareholders including several large public pension funds. Countrywide's...
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- Is a Good Face Good for Business?
- Facial coding, the idea that your expression gives away what you are really thinking, was put forth some 40 years ago by psychologist Paul Ekman . But does it work in business? Can you tell what CEOs really think, just by looking, or are they so carefully trained that...
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
- Summing up Muhammad Yunus, "Creating a World Without Poverty"
- I’ve been reviewing Creating A World Without Poverty, Muhammad Yunus’ visionary book about a new kind of capitalism. I looked at the book in three parts: Muhammad Yunus: Capitalism Is Half-Baked How Muhammad Yunus Created an Impossible Business ...
- Blog posts 2008-01-22
- How Unpopular Is Big Business?
- When Gallup asked Americans if the earth revolves around the sun, 79% said yes. Shocked that 21% disagreed? That lack of general knowledge may be alarming, but for folks in business it might be more shocking to know that more Americans believe big business is untrustworthy than have a...
- Blog posts 2008-01-16
- Need to Cancel a Vacation for Work? No Problem
- It's becoming increasingly difficult to justify taking time to yourself (despite abundant research on the benefits of work/life balance, which should release us from feeling the need to find justification). Research shows that 19 percent of workers have cancelled a vacation for work at least once -- and vacation insurers are counting on this. ...
- Blog posts 2007-11-15
- Kiss Your Freedom Goodbye.
- One of the big perks of being in Sales has trad- itionally been the freedom to manage your own time. The un- written agreement between sales and management has been that as long as you're making quota, you can pretty much do what you want. But that gentleman's...
- Blog posts 2007-10-16
- The Weight's Over: Should Fat People Pay More for Health Insurance?
- In a previous blog, we questioned whether or not employers should encourage healthy lifestyles to increase productivity. If discounted gym memberships and healthy vending machine alternatives -- no doubt, placed next to Snickers bars -- don't do the trick, new regulations may. Companies can now charge unhealthy overweight...
- Blog posts 2007-09-13
- Geico Cuts Rates by 10.8 Percent for California Policyholders
- In compliance with new state rules in California, Geico is planning to cut rates for all 436,000 policyholders in the state by an average of 10.8 percent, translating into an approximate savings of $150 per policy -- nearly 66 million in savings on the whole. The regulation stipulates that insurance...
- Blog posts 2007-08-01
- Fewer Choices, Less Transparency for a Better Workplace
- Jeff Pfeffer's new book, What Were They Thinking?: Unconventional Wisdom About Management, lives up to its subtitle. Fellow Stanford professor Robert Sutton raves about the book in his recent blog post he admits that his opinion is slightly biased and highlights a few interesting points. Sutton says: Jeff shows...
- Blog posts 2007-07-02
- The JetBlue Post Mortem, Part 2: Damage Control
- JetBlue's management did just about everything wrong during their Valentine's Day fiasco. But since then, JetBlue CEO David Neeleman's performance has been nearly flawless from a PR/damage-control point of view. Neeleman immediately accepted responsibility for the mess, and he never ran from it. Forbes noticed this as well: "The quick action...
- Blog posts 2007-02-23
- All-in-one insurance. (includes related articles on Coca Cola's integrated risk program and on managing integrated risk)
- Integrated risk programs enable businesses to consolidate their risks into one, multiyear insurance contract. This approach avoids the problems associated with traditional corporate insurance programs. Under the old programs, companies have to buy differeIntegrated risk programs enable businesses to consolidate their risks into one, multiyear insurance contract. This approach avoids...
- Research articles 1997-05-01
- European property rates expected to hold steady at January renewals.(World)
- Byline: SARAH VEYSEY Most European corporate insurance buyers believe that property insurance rates will soften next year, according to a study by Aon Corp. The study was carried out before hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the United States, b Byline: SARAH...
- Research articles 2005-10-03
- France's AXA Launches 2 Bln Euros Rights Offer
- SYDNEY (Reuters UK) - French insurer AXA SA AXAF launched a rights offer to raise 2 billion euros (1.79 billion pounds) to part fund growth plans, the company said in a statement on Monday. The new shares are being offered at 11.90 euros and the deal will result in the...
- News items 2009-11-08
- AIG Says Primus Wins Bid For Its Taiwan Unit
- TAIPEI (Reuters) - Primus Financial has won the bid to buy the entire 97.57 percent stake of AIG's Taiwan insurance unit Nan Shan Life in a deal worth $2.15 billion, the companies said on Tuesday.Primus and AIG are due to hold a news conference at 0600 GMT, they said.(Reporting by...
- News items 2009-10-12
- House Prices to Grow 20% By 2012: Report
- House prices in major Australian cities are forecast to grow by about 20 per cent between now and 2012, according to a report from mortgage insurer QBE Lenders' Mortgage Insurance QBE LMI.QBE LMI's Housing Outlook report for 2010 to 2012, researched by BIS Shrapnel, confirms that recent low interest...
- News items 2009-10-14
- Audiovox Corporation F2Q10 (Qtr End 8/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Thomas Khan - Khan Brothers. Thomas Khan - Khan Brothers [Break in audio] on the Circuit City receivable. Patrick M. Lavelle Tom, could you repeat that? Thomas Khan - Khan Brothers Did you collect your insurance money on...
- Earnings calls 2009-10-14
- UK Won't Underwrite Lloyds Rights-report
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - The government will not underwrite a planned rights issue by Lloyds LLOY Banking Group, LLOY, the Financial Times said on Thursday.The newspaper quoted people involved in the process as saying that the government would definitely not make a commitment to mop up any unbought shares.The FT...
- News items 2009-10-14
- Admiral Says on Track as Q3 Turnover Up
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - Motor insurer Admiral ADML is on course to meet analysts' profit forecasts for the full year, helped by a 22 percent rise in turnover during the third quarter, the company said on Friday.Admiral, which insures about six percent of the cars on British roads, said its...
- News items 2009-10-16
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