You have to understand, I grew up in the shadow of the Safeco tower.

My eldest son, Jack, grew up with me as a 'part-time' dad.

At XL we are continually focused on the rate of change, the increasingly interconnected world and the need to help our clients advance wherever their business occurs.

The payroll tax increase was destructive financially, it took what was a close call and made it a bad call.

By all accounts, the senate race I ran in was a quality race in the wrong year.

XL is a world class brand with very successful insurance, reinsurance and life reinsurance businesses and I look forward to helping it realize its full potential.

While Safeco's turnaround is one of the greatest things I have ever participated in, the heart-wrenching decisions to let people go will stay with me forever.

The elimination of unnecessary collateral requirements on foreign insurers and reinsurers is not only beneficial for the individual companies, but for the industry as a whole.

I'm going to explore the possibility that my future work could be in public service rather than corporate work.

I have no political ambitions whatsoever. My ambitions are all about what XL can become.

Those who have gone through a divorce know the pain and special challenges of raising a child under such circumstances.

To be around someone whose self-confidence is more than what our first glance led us to expect is seductive.

Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.

When I got married, I hired a great choir - the St. James Choir, an all-black gospel choir - to sing at my wedding.

Animals have few rights, but they have every right to be here

I spent six years in the army. That's the reason I am like a drill sergeant sometimes.

Rested, Refreshed, and Ready to run, the three Rs of peak performance.

Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend a little then to break

I'd say to myself: "This is my dream, this is my wish." Because a wish is more than a wish. It is a goal. It is something your conscious and subconscious can help make reality.

Give your teachers the respect they deserve, because they are the ones who can help you get where you need to go.

When you combine the great stories from the comics with the action and visual excitement of the movies, it doesn't get any better!