University of California

Transamerica names president, CEO of brokerage distribution unit

By Noah Guillaume | November 26, 2012

Michael Babikian replaces Marty Flewellen, who was promoted to chief distribution officer of L&P.

Union: Employers can abuse full-time worker safe harbor

By Allison Bell | October 8, 2012

The SEIU says employers may get an incentive to classify all new hires as variable-hour employees.

Obama vs. Romney: top 7 places campaign cash comes from

By Dan Berman | September 27, 2012

Which sectors give the most cash to which candidates? Some of the amounts are surprising.

Make everyone a risk manager (Harvard Business Review)

By Staff Writer | June 25, 2012

The University of California employs more than 170,000 faculty and staff, so aligning their risk appetites with what the system can tolerate can be a challenge.

The most annoying, pretentious and useless business jargon (Forbes)

By Staff Writer | June 13, 2012

Business jargon, those little expressions like touch base, shift a paradigm, leverage a best practice, join a tiger team, etc., once solely used by consultants, consultants and business-school types, but now used by everyone.

LISA Spring Conference Hits Industry Hot Buttons

By Michael K. Stanley | June 1, 2012

During its 18th annual Spring Conference held in Philadelphia on May 21-23, the Life Insurance Settlement Association honored Kentucky State Representative Robert Damron with its “Legislator of the Year” award.

Week in Pictures | November 23, 2011

November 22, 2011

As the country prepares to hit the road to travel for the upcoming holiday, the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction showed new deftness when it comes to gridlock, Egypt erupts in protests and a terror plot is uncovered by the NYPD. This and more in this edition of the...