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 was itself bigger than the biggest of insurance companies in the world. Twenty-five years ...

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Closing Quote: Bringing competition and choice to Mass. auto

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Currents

• Jury awards N.Y. man $30 million
• Pa. insurers: merger won't harm competition
• R.I. looking to AIG settlement to ease deficit
• Big 3 brokers still feeling Spitzer effect
• N.H. agents offer changes to fiduciary, licensing
• Travelers Insurance luring top players to Conn.'s PGA stop
• Agents advised: fundamental shift in compensation coming
• Conn. celebrates insurance industry
• Stalled AIG settlement could deepen R.I. deficit
• Travelers establishes multi-year cat bond
• Inspections to target small Mass. firms with dangerous materials
• Maine adopts primary seat belt law
• Agent leader renews vow to defend incentive pay
• 'Big 3' brokers still feeling effects of Spitzer attack, Standard & Poor's says
• Willis rejects insurers' alternatives for contingent commissions
• British auto insurer survey targets women's
• D&O, workers' comp lead downhill pricing parade, according to risk managers' survey
• Risk managers report total cost of risk continues downward trend
• Lloyd's and Economist Intelligence Unit report warns of threats from political violence
• Marketing survey reports Baby Boomers remain loyal to auto, home, medical and life insurance brand

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