| [February 03, 2017] |
 |
A.M. BestTV: Insurers Laud Markel at Leader of the Year Event
This A.M.BestTV episode highlights the annual Insurance
Leader of the Year dinner, where 1,500 insurance executives gathered in
New York, NY, to honor Anthony Markel, vice chairman, Markel
Corporation, as 2016's Insurance Leader of the Year. Click on http://www.ambest.com/v.asp?v=insuranceleader217
to view the entire program.
This year's dinner raised more than $2.3 million for the Peter J. Tobin
College of Business and School of Risk Management of St. John's
University.
"I could not believe it. I thought someone was pulling my leg," said
Markel. "I have so much respect for all of the honorees that have
previously received this award that frankly, I had no idea I would be
considered, much less receive it. I was really overwhelmed."
Other people that appear in this episode:
-
Kevin Kelley, chief executive officer, Ironshore;
-
Alan Kaufman, Chairman, president, chief executive officer, H. W.
Kaufman Financial;
-
Steve DeCarlo, chief executive officer, AmWins Group; and
-
Brandon Sweitzer, dean, School of Risk Management, St. John's
University.
Recent episodes of A.M.BestTV include:
-
Institutional Investors Drawn to Life Settlement Market:
Attendees at the annual Life Settlement Institutional Investor
Conference in New York, said there is renewed interest in the
repurchasing of life policies but it faces a range of challenges: http://www.ambest.com/v.asp?v=lisa217.
-
Personal Lines Sector Holds Sole Stable U.S. Property/Casualty
Outlook: A.M. Best Senior Managing Director and Chief
Rating Officer Stefan Holzberger reviews highlights from A.M. Best's
annual Review/Preview report for the U.S. property/casualty insurance
industry, including how automobile, homeowners and commercial writers
are responding to a challenging underwriting environment and an
abundance of capital: http://www.ambest.com/v.asp?v=pc117.
-
Repeal of Affordable Care Act Could Trigger Range of Impacts:
A.M. Best Senior Director Sally Rosen and Senior Financial Analyst
Wayne Kaminski examine provisions of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act that might be subject to repeal and how their
removal could affect U.S. health insurers: http://www.ambest.com/v.asp?v=aca117.
-
Life/Annuity Insurers Respond to Reserving, Product Changes:
A.M. Best Senior Managing Director and Chief Rating Officer Stefan
Holzberger outlines highlights from A.M. Best's annual Review/Preview
report on the life/annuity sector, including the introduction of
principles-based reserving for new business, regulatory changes and
insurers' efforts to more closely tie products to the interest rate
environment: http://www.ambest.com/v.asp?v=lifeannuity117.
A.M.BestTV covers exclusive A.M. Best information and
reports, targeted topics and key developments in the (re)insurance
industry every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Sign up for alerts of
episodes at http://www.ambest.com/multimedia/ambtvsignup.html.
View A.M.BestTV episodes at http://www.ambest.tv.
A.M. Best is the world's oldest and most authoritative insurance
rating and information source. For more information, visit www.ambest.com.
Copyright © 2017 by A.M. Best Company, Inc. and/or its
subsidiaries. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
View source version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170203005659/en/
[ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]
|
