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		<title><![CDATA[Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, S.A. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  At this time, we'll open the floor for questions. Operator instructions Our first question comes from Frederick Kirby [ph] with EverKey Global. Sir, you may begin. Frederick Kirby &#8211; EverKey Global  Hi, thank you. Congratulations guys on the fantastic results. It's Fred Kirby from EverKey...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:36:14 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Everest Re Group, Ltd Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Thank you. [Operator Instructions]. And we will go to Tom Cholnoky with Goldman Sachs.  Thomas V. Cholnoky - Goldman Sachs  Hi. Good morning everyone. I have three questions, if I can. I know you didn't want get too much into the asbestos study, but...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:11:35 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Risk and Capital Management: A New Perspective for Insurers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=144773]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This document discusses the evolving importance of risk and capital management for insurers. It addresses risk and its measurement as well as risk diversification and it lays out a framework for capital management. It describes how a holistic approach can help insurance companies achieve a variety of business benefits as...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Economic Capital: A Key Tool on the Fast Track for Risk-Based Decisions]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=159663]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As reported in Tillinghast's survey on Advanced Risk and Capital Management for Insurers, the findings showed a significant increase (20 percentage points) in the importance of capital management from 2002. Industry executives now recognize that integrating Economic Capital EC with their company's overall Enterprise Risk Management ERM program will lead...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Adding Value Through Risk and Capital Management]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=153295]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Integrated risk and capital management is emerging as a source of competitive advantage in the insurance industry. Insurers have come to recognize enterprise risk management as fundamental to creating and improving shareholder value through better risk-based decision making and capital allocation. This survey shows how the promise inherent in the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Spotlight on Risk and Capital Management for Insurers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=151244]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of high profile business failures and tougher regulations, insurers are under pressure to improve their risk and capital management. Falling interest rates and share prices have led to dramatic reductions in capital levels, and many organizations have been unprepared for new risks such as environmental disasters and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reinsurance Intermediaries Face New Expectations]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=139388]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Numerous forces are quickly reshaping risk and capital management decisions in the United Kingdom and Continental Europe. Thoroughly studying the strength of reinsurance markets and the security of reinsurance recoverable have also become more crucial, and more difficult, than in years past. Consequently, companies in the UK and Continental Europe...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Insurative Model: Integrating Risk Management and Capital Management]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=66571]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Capital management and risk management are two sides of the same coin. Conventional finance theory treats them separately. Capital management focuses on delivering the optimal balance sheet, composed of equity and debt, that minimizes the cost of capital. It is the domain of the CFO. Currently, the term "risk management"...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Set of New Methods and Tools for Enterprise Risk Capital Management and Portfolio Optimization]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=165553]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The focus of this paper is on some new developments in the methodologies for Enterprise Risk Management ERM. The paper presents a set of new methods and tools, including a universal risk measure tbr both assets and liabilities, a coherent method of determining the aggregate capital requirement for a firm,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Insurative Model]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=63397]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The article explains the Insurative Model which is useful in risk management. Capital management and risk management are two sides of the same coin. Conventional finance theory treats them separately. Capital management focuses on delivering the optimal balance sheet, composed of equity and debt, that minimizes the cost of capital....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2001 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tribune Company: PeopleSoft Human Capital Management Version 8.3 Training Initiative]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Head-quartered in Chicago, Tribune is one of the country's premier media companies, operating businesses in broadcasting and publishing. Tribune's decision to move its HR system online caused significant changes in many of its business processes. Employees needed to familiarize themselves with using a completely web-based system while still dealing with...]]></description>
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