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The Motley Fool March 31, 2005 Bill Mann |
AIG on Their Faces Insurer AIG admits to having bent the rules. The interesting question here is whether the company's tactics and malfeasance helped keep its AAA rating for far longer than it otherwise would have. |
BusinessWeek April 11, 2005 Joseph Weber |
Tough Questions For AIG's Auditors Regulators are probing if PricewaterhouseCoopers let the financial shenanigans slip through. Already, institutional shareholders, who sued AIG last fall when its stock began a 21% plunge, are considering roping the auditing firm into a class action. |
BusinessWeek April 11, 2005 Brady & Vickers |
AIG: What Went Wrong A look at how AIG insurance got itself in such a mess -- and where all the probes are headed. |
The Motley Fool March 21, 2005 Bill Mann |
AIG: Things Left Unsaid What were the first signs of trouble at AIG? The fact that it was doing the impossible was a big one. Now that regulators and prosecutors have their knives out over the insurance giant, the author has gone back and looked at some of his own skeptical coverage on the company. |
BusinessWeek April 18, 2005 Marcia Vickers |
Warren And Hank Are Set For A Grilling When Buffett and Greenberg meet with Spitzer and the feds, old feuds may flare. Insurance experts are wondering if the rendezvous with regulators will turn into a showdown between the two icons. |
CFO June 1, 2005 Ronald Fink |
Infinite Risk? The abuse of finite insurance uncovered at AIG and other insurers may be just the tip of the iceberg. |
BusinessWeek April 18, 2005 Brady & Byrnes |
AIG: Get Ready For Starr Wars The fight over a secretive entity that wields enormous influence over AIG is just starting. |
Registered Rep. March 6, 2009 Halah Touryalai |
Federal Regulator For Insurance Firms? Barney Frank says Yes. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank gave insurance lobbying groups something to argue about, saying he wants lawmakers to create an optional federal charter for insurance companies. |
BusinessWeek November 1, 2004 Brady & Borrus |
A Crazy Quilt Of Rules Why insurance regulations need national standards. |
The Motley Fool March 14, 2005 Bill Mann |
Greenberg: L'AIG C'est Moi Even if Hank Greenberg steps down as AIG's Chairman, the company won't be able to escape his shadow. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek March 27, 2006 Diane Brady |
Hank Greenberg At War One year after Hank Greenberg was forced out of the insurance empire he built, the wounds are still raw. Then again, his battle against AIG has only just begun. |
The Motley Fool November 15, 2004 Bill Mann |
Berkshire Sells Insurance! Oh My! Many are wondering when the multiheaded insurance scandal is going to tag Berkshire Hathaway. Relax, folks. |
The Motley Fool July 12, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
RenaissanceRe's Dark Ages An executive resigns, refusing an SEC subpoena? Doesn't sound good for the worldwide reinsurance specialist. |
CFO April 1, 2004 Ronald Fink |
Playing Favorites Why Alan Greenspan's Fed lets banks off easy on corporate fraud. |
CFO February 1, 2008 Kate Plourd |
Stand By Me Elizabeth Monrad, the ex-CFO of General Re, is in a fight for her freedom in a Hartford court over an alleged phone reinsurance deal with AIG. |
Investment Advisor February 2009 Marlene Y. Satter |
Presidential Directions The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has a new president, Roger Sevigny, the New Hampshire insurance commissioner. |
The Motley Fool April 7, 2005 Bill Mann |
AIG: What's the Buzz? Things keep coming up out of the woodwork at AIG. They're probably not fatal, but there should be no question that hidden problems remain, and they are of unknown size and tenor. |
Investment Advisor May 2010 Melanie Waddell |
30 for 30 Interviews: Harry Markopolos Independent financial fraud investigator Harry Markopolos identifies strengths and weakness of the SEC. |
BusinessWeek October 4, 2004 David Henry |
Fuzzy Numbers Despite the reforms, corporate profits can be as distorted and confusing as ever. Here's how the game is played. |
BusinessWeek April 18, 2005 Brian Bremner |
AIG Needs A New Tiger In Asia Without Hank Greenberg greasing the wheels, can AIG keep it up? It won't be easy. Working those Asia connections now falls to new CEO Martin J. Sullivan. |
Investment Advisor July 2008 Marlene Y. Satter |
One Forward, Two Back? The Department of the Treasury released its Blueprint for a Modernized Financial Regulatory Structure, which sets forth an argument for the need for change in the financial services industry. |
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Diane Brady |
Quit While You're Ahead, Hank Investors are fretting about the lack of a definitive succession plan at AIG. |
Investment Advisor September 2006 |
Insurance Streamlining Insurers and investors of all stripes are having their day in the sun this summer with action on major legislation, including the streamlining of specialty and reinsurance regulations. |
BusinessWeek April 11, 2005 |
Hank Greenberg And History The AIG scandal won't dim his legacy in furthering global trade. Even executives brought down by scandal are entitled to be judged as much for what they built as for how they ended their reign. |
CFO January 30, 2004 Tim Reason |
Cheese It, the States! Corporate wrong-doers are finding state cops more aggressive than the feds. |
The Motley Fool October 26, 2004 Rich Duprey |
Aon Mired in Marsh World's second-largest insurance broker accused of improper business practices. |
CFO Andrew Osterland |
Reining In SPEs New rules for special-purpose entities may result in bigger corporate balance sheets. |
Investment Advisor August 2008 Marlene Y. Satter |
Careful What You Wish For Treasury proposes big change, but will insurance companies be happy? |
Insurance & Technology March 17, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell |
Senate Banking Committee Hears Divergent Testimony from P&C, Life Industry Representatives Frank Keating of the American Council of Life Insurers argued the need for a federal insurance regulator, while John T. Hill of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies said his organization supported a reformed state-based system. |
BusinessWeek November 5, 2009 Maria Bartiromo |
The Enduring Anger of Hank Greenberg A conversation with former AIG CEO Hank Greenberg. |
Insurance & Technology May 3, 2006 Maria Woehr |
Opting In or Out? As the optional federal charter for insurers hits the Senate floor, industry leaders weigh cost savings and enhanced competition against possible risks to insurance carriers -- and policyholders. |
Bank Systems & Technology March 26, 2009 Orla O'Sullivan |
Geithner Calls for "New Rules" with Insurers, Hedge Funds to be Regulated Critics question government's 'power grab,' as Treasury Secretary says far more regulation needed. |
BusinessWeek February 24, 2010 Hugh Son |
AIG: Doctor, There's a Pulse Pulled from its death spiral by the bailout, AIG is seeing a pickup in its primary insurance businesses. |
Knowledge@Wharton September 10, 2003 |
CEOs of Aramark, AIG Lament Today's Risk-averse Climate CEOs of companies that never made headlines during the corporate scandals of the late 1990s expressed concern at a conference last week over what they see as a climate of government over-regulation in response to the business scandals of the last two years. |
The Motley Fool September 22, 2004 Bill Mann |
Three Financials Behaving Badly With each of these three massive financial institutions, representing the largest banking, mortgage, and insurance participants respectively, the taint of ongoing fraud ought to make minority shareholders awfully nervous. |
Insurance & Technology June 30, 2010 Anthony O'Donnell |
Insurance Trade Associations Mostly Relieved by Financial Reform Bill Deal Duplicative federal regulation of the insurance industry is essentially absent from the Dodd-Frank bill that emerged from a Marathon session in Congress June 25. |
BusinessWeek August 1, 2005 Gene G. Marcial |
Is AIG Turning A Corner? It is increasingly likely that AIG will recapture business momentum, driving stock prices up. |
BusinessWeek November 10, 2003 Dwyer & Borrus |
The Coming Mutual-Fund Reforms As mutual-fund abuses mount, regulators and lawmakers promise tough new rules. |
BusinessWeek August 21, 2006 Michael Orey |
Lots Of Evidence, No Verdict Invaluable reformer or prosecutor run amok? The author lets the reader decide. |
Registered Rep. May 29, 2007 Kristen French |
Spitzer Forms Panel to Clean up NY Regulation Governor Eliot Spitzer is forming a panel to streamline regulations and make New York more competitive with London, but without sacrificing investor protection. |
Investment Advisor July 2009 Marlene Y. Satter |
Insurance Update: Classroom or Courtroom? After a series of high-profile actions in his position as New York's top insurance regulator Eric Dinallo is leaving the job at the New York State Insurance Department. |
The Motley Fool May 13, 2011 Rich Smith |
AIG IPO A-OK? It looks to Wall Street like the AIG IPO is going to happen after all. |
BusinessWeek July 30, 2007 Matthew Goldstein |
Even The Insurers Have Hopped On Board Most insurers also realize life settlements aren't going away -- and so they're getting into the game. By sinking money into the sector, insurers can get back at least some of the money they now have to pay out in death benefits. |
Insurance & Technology November 10, 2008 Anthony O'Donnell |
IT Will Power Insurance Industry Response to Crisis Technology spending will be a critical factor for insurers wishing to both take advantage of opportunities provided by the current crisis and address heightened compliance and risk management concerns. |
BusinessWeek April 25, 2005 Henry et al. |
The Boss on the Sidelines Auditors, directors, and lawyers are asserting their new-age power, and the reason for their defiance is no great mystery. The watchdogs are finally facing genuine liability for their failures. |
The Motley Fool May 23, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
Another Black Eye for AIG These are dark days for the insurance giant. In the latest news, former AIG chief executive Maurice "Hank" Greenberg might face civil charges for an alleged role in improperly inflating AIG's loss reserves. |
Investment Advisor June 2007 |
ACLI Responds To New York Times On Long-Term Care Insurance American Council of Life Insurers President and CEO Frank Keating made the following statement in response to the March 26 New York Times article "Aged, Frail and Denied Care by Their Insurers." |
The Motley Fool September 16, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
1 Year Later: Is AIG a Buy? The real opportunity behind AIG. (Hint: it's all about the business.) |
Managed Care June 2001 Michael Levin-Epstein |
Health Plans, Insurers Unsure About Likely Effect of Gramm-Leach-Bliley Insurers and financial institutions are flooding customers' mailboxes about their rights to protect medical and financial information under what's better known as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. But just how GLB will affect health plans isn't totally clear... |
The Motley Fool April 15, 2005 Bill Mann |
Dear Forbes and WSJ: What Are You Thinking? Some big name business journals are using salacious headlines not supported by the content of their articles. |