We set no volume goals in our insurance business generally-and certainly not in reinsurance-as virtually any volume can be achieved if profitability standards are ignored.

I don't like what's going on with the executive compensation.

I know that Congress will do the right thing.

I would say it's more important who the treasury secretary is than who the vice president is. If you want to have a debate here, I'd like a debate between potential treasury secretaries than the vice presidential debate.

In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.

Failure comes from ego, greed, envy, fear, imitation. I have success not because I am smart, but because I am rational.

... the best way to own common stocks is through an index fund.