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- Tillinghast - Towers Perrin Launches Capital Management Practice to Help Insurers Worldwide Boost Capital Productivity, Company Value
- NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--June 16, 1998--Tillinghast - Towers Perrin has established a worldwide capital management practice that helps insurers achieve more effective utilization of their capital. As the insurance industry continues to consolidate, insurers realize that achieving higher capital productivity and company value has become a critical factor of success.
- Research articles 1998-06-16
- Spotlight on Risk and Capital Management for Insurers
- 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...
- White papers 2004-09-22
- Adding Value Through Risk and Capital Management
- 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...
- White papers 2005-02-07
- Risk and Capital Management: A New Perspective for Insurers
- 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...
- White papers 2005-08-01
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- Endurance Specialty Holdings Announces Additional Capital Management Steps: 19% Rise in Dividend, Increase in Share Repurchase Authorization
- PEMBROKE, Bermuda -- Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:ENH), a Bermuda-based provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the Company to engage in two capital management activities. The Company's Board of Directors has approved an increase of 2,000,000 shares to...
- Research articles 2005-02-16
- A.M. Best Comments On State Farm Florida's Capital Management Efforts
- OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. acknowledges State Farm Florida Insurance Company's State Farm Florida Winterhaven FL capital management efforts following hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne, which resulted in a significant decline in capital. These capital management efforts included the contribution of $250 million from its parent company, State...
- Research articles 2004-10-22
- A.M. Best Comments On Nationwide Insurance Company of Florida's Capital Management Efforts
- OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. and Nationwide Insurance Company of Florida NICOF (Columbus, OH) have had capital management discussions following hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne, which resulted in pre-tax losses, net of recoveries, from the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund FHCF, which are significant to the capital position of...
- Research articles 2004-10-20
- A.M. Best Comments on Allstate Floridian's Capital Management Efforts
- OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. acknowledges Allstate Floridian Insurance Group's Allstate Floridian (Northbrook, IL) capital management efforts following Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne. These hurricanes resulted in an estimated $811 million in after-tax incurred losses, net of recoveries from the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund FHCF. The capital management...
- Research articles 2004-10-18
- 21st Century Insurance CFO Resigns to Accept Position with Capital Research and Management Company
- WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. -- 21st Century Insurance Group (NYSE:TW) President and Chief Executive Officer Bruce Marlow today announced the resignation of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Carmelo Spinella. Mr. Spinella will be joining Capital Research and Management Company, manager of the American Funds, a family of mutual funds...
- Research articles 2004-09-10
- A.M. Best Affirms Rating of GCAN Insurance Company
- OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A Excellent of GCAN Insurance Company Toronto following the announcement that the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan OTPP had acquired the ownership of the company from Torquest Partners Value Fund L.P., Newport Capital Insurance Limited Partnership, CIBC Capital...
- Research articles 2005-10-12
- Preliminary Due Diligence of DFA Insurance Company
- This paper is a DFA case study of a hypothetical insurance company, DFAIC. The study was completed using American Re-Insurance's proprietary DFA model. The company data used was provided them Call Paper request. The study evaluated capital adequacy, capital allocation, and underwriting performance issues. Also, strategies regarding asset allocation and...
- White papers 2002-07-24
- TORQUEST PARTNERS Inc. and GCAN Insurance Company: Canadian Financial Investors Acquire Gerling Insurance Group's Canadian Property & Casualty Insurance Operations.
- TORONTO, ONTARIO, Jun 30, 2003 CCNMatthews via COMTEX TORQUEST PARTNERS Inc., Newport Partners Inc., CIBC Capital Partners, a division of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, and company senior management ("the Investors") announced today that they have acquired Gerling Canada Insurance Company. ...
- Research articles 2003-06-30
- Practical ERM Applications: Assessing Capital Adequacy
- The first step in effective capital management is the assessment of the necessary level of overall capital with which to run the enterprise. The role of capital in the determination of adequate capital levels is industry-specific. To keep the discussion grounded in practical reality, a process is outlined for assessing...
- White papers 2002-09-01
- AdvanTech Solutions - SM - Evolves and Repositions Itself as Human Capital Management Company
- Business Editors TAMPA, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 17, 2002 AdvanTech SolutionsSM, a dominant force in the Professional Employer Organization PEO industry since its 1999 inception, today announced that the organization is repositioning itself as a Human Capital Management Company. The business model of the "old economy" PEO has historically...
- Research articles 2002-10-17
- Riskclick Receives $8.2 Million in Third Round Funding from Advent Venture Partners, BA Capital Partners Europe, Amadeus Capital Partners and Frank Bonsal, Jr.; Company Appoints New Executives to Build New BPM Applications, Accelerate Growth
- NEW YORK -- Riskclick, a leader in Business Process Management BPM solutions for the insurance industry, announced today that it has received $8.2 million in growth stage funding from Advent Venture Partners and the company's founding investors, BA Capital Partners Europe and Amadeus Capital Partners. The investment round is also...
- Research articles 2005-05-23
- St. Paul, Minn.-Based Advantus Capital Management Makes the Most of Its Assets.
- Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 7--St. Paul-based Advantus Capital Management has been making some quiet changes. Advantus, the asset-management arm of St. Paul-based Minnesota Life Insurance, has increased its staff, narrowed its focus and brought in ...
- Research articles 2002-07-07
- Transcend Services, Inc. Completes $2.4 Million Equity Financing; Also Announces New Sales Activity For Contract Management And Transcription
- ATLANTA--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 6, 1996--TRANSCEND SERVICES, INC. (NASDAQ:TRCR), has completed a private equity financing, issuing common stock (at a price of $4.44 per common share) and warrants, that has raised $2.4 million for the Company. These capital funds, which will be used for general working capital purposes, provide the Company...
- Research articles 1996-09-06
- HHG sells British life insurance business
- SYDNEY AFP — British-based wealth management and insurance group HHG Plc. is to sell its Life Services business to a venture capital group for 1.025 billion pounds (1.97 billion US dollars). HHG, which has dual listings in Australia and Britain, said 875 million pounds of the sale proceeds would...
- Research articles 2004-12-09
- Financial Regulation and Supervision after the Crisis: The Role of the Federal Reserve
- At the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 54th Economic Conference, Chatham, MassachusettsOctober 23, 2009 The theme of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's Economic Conference this year–reevaluating regulatory, supervisory, and central banking policies in the wake of the crisis–is certainly timely. Not much more than a year ago, we and...
- News items 2009-10-23
- Suncorp posts $348 million net profit
- By a staff reporter, with AAP Suncorp-Metway Ltd says it will focus on its core banking and insurance divisions this financial year, as it recorded a substantial drop in net profit on volatile investment and credit markets, and major insurance claims. The regional lender and insurer posted a net profit...
- News items 2009-08-24
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