Insights Podcast
Posted On: May. 26, 2009 4:17 PM CST | Insights Podcast |
| Business Insurance recently spoke with Neil Krauter, chairman and CEO of the Krauter Group, a New York-based brokerage that specializes in placing complex risks. Mr. Krauter discusses the current state of the private equity market and its interest in the insurance industry. |
Business Insurance Editor-at-Large, Jerry Geisel, answers questions regarding the U.S. economic stimulus bill's impact on employee health care benefits, particularly those enrolled in COBRA. In this podcast Mr. Geisel explains how the new law creates a 65% federal subsidy of COBRA health insurance premiums for employees who have been laid off and how employers are working to meet new federal requirements. |
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| BI talks with Greg Case, president and CEO of Aon Corp. |
| BI talks with Alice Schroeder about her biography of investor Warren Buffett. While researching "The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life," Ms. Schroeder uncovers the story behind his rise to become the world's richest man. |
| Business Insurance sits down with new American Insurance Assn. President Leigh Ann Pusey to discuss her goals during her term as well as the group's agenda on Capitol Hill. |
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| Business Insurance talks with Gerald Sullivan, chairman of Gerald J. Sullivan & Associates, a a consortium of independent insurance-related companies. Mr. Sullivan also heads the National Insurance Industry Council supporting the City of Hope, a biomedical research center working toward the treatment of life threatening illnesses, including cancer. Click here to see pictures from the City of Hope gala event. |
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| Business Insurance talks with Joseph Restoule, incoming president of RIMS. Mr. Restoule discusses his outlook on the risk management position and outlines goals for his upcoming term. |
| In this BI InSight, senior editor Roberto Ceniceros speaks with Greg Flood, CEO of Ironshore Holdings U.S. Mr. Flood discusses aspects of Ironshore's business, which writes both admitted and non-admitted coverage. He also discusses Ironshore's plans to expand its specialty niche platform in the U.S. and Canada. |
| In this BI Insight, Associate Editor Colleen McCarthy speaks with Chris Klein, head of Global Business Intelligence of Guy Carpenter. Mr. Klein discusses several areas of the global reinsurance market, including current trends, areas of opportunity and transitional issues as restricted markets move to free markets. |
| As part of its interview series with senior executives in insurance and risk and benefits management, BI talks to Rebecca Amoroso, vice chairman and U.S. insurance industry group leader of Deloitte LLP and the 2008 APIW Insurance Woman of the Year. |