It’s Not The Score, It’s The Trip

BRIAN O’HARA is the former chairman of XL Capital, Ltd., now known as XL Group, PLC. He served as chairman of XL’s board of directors from 2008 to 2009. He served as president and CEO of XL from 1994 to 2008. In 1986, Mr. O’Hara joined XL Insurance as its founding president and chief operating officer. He is a prior chairman of the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR) and former director of the Geneva Association. Mr. O’Hara has been founding director of the Bermuda Community Foundation since 2013, a director and member of the Executive Committee of the United States Chamber of Commerce, director emeritus of the School of Risk Management at St. John’s University, director of Roundtable Healthcare Private Equity Partners, and a trustee of the Bermuda Institute of Oceanic Studies (BIOS).

FOREWORD PREFACE INTRODUCTION GOOD LUCK RUNS IN THE FAMILY, 1948–1965 TESTING MY LUCK, 1966–1970 TURNING FUN INTO PROFIT, 1970–1979 GOING DOWN THE ROAD—NO SIMPLE HIGHWAY, 1979–1989 BUY OR BE BOUGHT, 1990–1999 LEADING THE INDUSTRY, 1999–2003 NAVIGATING ROUGH WATERS, 2003–2006 PLAN B, 2007–2008 NOW WHAT? 2008–2011 EPILOGUE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR