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• Towers Perrin Commercial Insurance Pricing Study Reports Modest Price Decreases from 2006 to 2007

  - 2008-01-17

  Quarterly Pricing Survey Uses Data Directly From Insurers; Shows Price Declines Dramatically Less Than Reported in Other Studies

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• Risk Management In Strategic Decision Making

  BNET - 2007-03-01

  Risk management is not new. Insurance companies have been doing it for centuries. Unfortunately, they do not have an exemplary track record, as losses over the past decade have shown. Some risks have been badly managed and others completely overlooked. However, the industry's position has been changing rapidly over the...

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• Analyser to give free client review.

  - 2006-11-27

  FundsNetwork has created a free with profits review service with Cazalet Consulting and Towers Perrin Tillinghast. The Fidelity-owned investment platform will launch the service, developed with actuaries and stochastic modelling experts Towers Perrin Tillinghast and insurance and with profits specialists Cazalet Consulting, early...

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• Operational Due Diligence for Value

  BNET - 2006-08-24

  With hedge fund assets bulging and private equity firms proliferating, investor interest in the Property/Casualty (P/C) insurance industry is growing. As insurance companies find fewer opportunities for organic growth, internal strategic interest in acquisitions is also heating up. In this environment, some companies are evaluating whether this is the right...

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• Emerging health-care trends: insurance-cost increases slowing, but businesses want net decreases.(FOCUS: Health Care and Benefits, Insurance, Education, Training, Placement Services)

  - 2005-11-28

  Employee health-benefit cost ranked among the top issues facing Fairfield County businesses, with 70 percent of them saying they were "extremely concerned" about the soaring insurance premiums, according to a poll recently conducted by the Employee health-benefit cost ranked among the top issues facing ...

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• Elevate Claim Performance Via Technology

  BNET - 2005-11-07

  Over the last decade, insurers have responded to competitive pressures by emphasizing tighter expense management and pricing segmentation as key strategies leading to profitability. Top-performing carriers have also turned to data and technology, seeking opportunities to automate work, outsource noncore functions to lower cost resources, or internally shift work and...

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• Gaining Position With Technology

  BNET - 2005-11-07

  Telematics, the use of wireless communications and Global Positioning System GPS tracking, may change the way automobile insurance, both personal and commercial, is priced. Individual rating of a driver, to supplement class rating, now appears to be feasible. The paper highlights the profound changes in auto insurance market leadership that...

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• New NAIC Reporting Requirements for Risk Transfer

  BNET - 2005-11-01

  In response to increased focus on structured insurance and reinsurance contracts, a number of organizations have studied issues surrounding risk transfer. The U.S. National Association of Insurance Commissioners NAIC has approved several reporting requirements that will take effect for 2005. The newly required disclosures consist of three parts: additional General...

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• Life Insurance CFO Survey 12: Investment Risk Management

  BNET - 2005-11-01

  Investment risks represent a major financial risk exposure to life insurers. The survey depicted in this paper finds that companies' overall approaches to investment risk management remain fairly traditional. Even so, insurers are beginning to use sophisticated tools and techniques to measure and model investment risk. They are also relying...

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• Hurricane Katrina: Analysis of the Impact on the Insurance Industry

  BNET - 2005-10-01

  Towers Perrin estimates direct industry loss from Katrina at $40 to $55 billion as of September 30, 2005. This paper presents an analysis which includes line-of business estimates; how losses will be split among insurers, reinsurers and capital markets; a look at hurricane frequency and severity; risk management implications; and...

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