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• Towers Perrin and Microsoft Unveil High-Performance Computing Solution for Financial Modeling

  - 2008-05-21

  MoSes[TM] HPC Integration Supports Windows Computer Cluster Server for Improved Scalability and Run-Time

  Tags: financial, high-performance, high-performance computing, Microsoft Corp., Towers Perrin

• Towers Perrin Survey Indicates Increase in Companies' Use of Value-Based Measures for Financial Reporting

  - 2007-08-09

  CFOs Concerned Cost of SOX Compliance Outweighs Benefits

  Tags: financial, financial reporting, survey, Towers Perrin

• Towers Perrin and CFO Research Services Joint Study Finds Many Corporations Slow to Embrace Financial Solutions to Pension Risks

  - 2007-04-11

  Defined Benefit Pension Plans Show Staying Power

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• Are You Prepared for the Financial Impact of Retained Terrorism Losses? TRIEA Retention Terrorism Reinsurance Facility

  BNET - 2006-08-03

  The need for a TRIEA Retention Terrorism Reinsurance Facility has never been more urgent. Though the federal government provides a backstop, the retained portion for carriers is climbing. Rating agencies, equity analysts and boards of directors have growing concerns that these increased retentions, coupled with certain uncovered lines, could have...

  Tags: Towers Perrin, Financial, Terrorism, Homeland Security, Government

• Towers Perrin Analysis of Expected Changes in Pension Accounting Finds Dramatic Impact Likely on Companies' Financial Statements; Changes Could Erase $180 Billion in Shareholders' Equity for the Fortune 100

  - 2006-01-30

  STAMFORD, Conn. -- Based on an analysis of changes in the accounting rules for pensions and other postretirement benefits expected to be proposed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB in March, Towers Perrin found that the Fortune 100 companies that sponsor defined benefit plans would have been required to...

  Tags: accounting, analysis, equity, financial, financial statement, shareholder, Towers Perrin

• TRACS: The Road to Successful Captive Management

  BNET - 2005-08-03

  Captives are created to serve their owner-policyholders. Traditional insurance solvency and ratio standards may not apply to them. Tillinghast Recognized and Accepted Captive Standards TRACS was developed to help captives prudently manage and benchmark their operation. This paper concentrates on the captive as a special-purpose vehicle for insuring and retaining...

  Tags: Towers Perrin, Financial, Captive, Insurance, Financial Planning, Financial Accounting, Quality, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance

• Universal Life Products: Keeping the Focus on Financial Risks and Returns

  BNET - 2005-02-01

  Universal Life UL products have become hot sellers in the U.S. life market, largely as a result of extended No-Lapse Guarantees NLGs specifying that the policy will remain in force if certain conditions are met, even if the regular policy account reaches zero value. Some industry observers are concerned about...

  Tags: Towers Perrin, Financial, Product, Financial Accounting, Finance

• Promising Cross-Selling Strategies at Financial Services Companies Often Bog Down in Execution, Respondents to Towers Perrin Survey Confirm

  - 2004-07-21

  Cross-selling ranks as a top strategic priority at financial services companies, but numerous barriers, including lack of product knowledge and sales manager support, stand in the way of success, according to a new survey from Towers Perrin.

  Tags: financial, financial service, survey, Towers Perrin

• People On The Move: Education specialist Ellston joins Mercers.(Brief Article)

  - 2004-02-09

  Mercer Human Resource Consulting has recruited Clive Ellston as a European principal from Towers Perrin, where he was a senior consultant responsible for developing a financial education service for executives and employees. He will be involved in providing specialised consultancy advice to executives...

  Tags: FINANCE, financial, Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Towers Perrin

• People on the move: People news in brief.(financial services appointments )(Brief Article)

  - 2003-02-01

  - PricewaterhouseCoopers has recruited three actuaries to its retirement practice. Andrew Bennett from Towers Perrin, Steve Longworth formerly of Deloitte & Touche and Stuart Fitzgibbons of Watson Wyatt have joined the occupational pensions team. - Mike Jones of Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow was awarded...

  Tags: actuary, financial, MARKETING, Mellon Financial Corp., Towers Perrin