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- Insurance Company Growth & Profitability
- The insurance industry is in a state of change. Convergence, globalization and consolidation - as well as new technologies and changing demographics - are impacting the pace and level of change. As a result, insurance companies will be challenged to remain competitive and, ultimately, to thrive. Effective management of capital...
- Case studies 2003-05-05
- Terrorism Modelling: An Insoluble Problem?
- The events of September 11 highlighted how unpredictable and devastating terrorist attacks can be. The insurance industry is now trying to find if such attacks can be predicted and priced for. This article reports that in a race against both time and each other, the risk modeling agencies say they...
- White papers 2002-07-01
- Outsourcing Technology Overseas on Behalf of the United States Property Casualty Insurance Industry
- The United States insurance industry has continued to look for new ways to increase profitability, whether it is in designing new ways to produce revenue, or introduce project management to the equation to reduce expenses. The document emphasizes that outsourcing reduces expenses. Many of the advantages of outsourcing technology have...
- White papers 2004-09-11
- The Lessons of September 11
- The civilized world is coming to terms with the human and economic losses from the terrorist attacks of September 11. The insurance industry has begun asking itself some important questions: What lessons can one learn from this tragedy? Could one have been better prepared to manage the consequences of this...
- White papers 2002-01-01
- How Insurers Pay Their Top Executives
- Executive compensation may have generated more media attention, governmental scrutiny and shareholder activism over the last two years than at any time during the past. Although few complaints were heard about excessive pay when the stock market was rising, some critics are now singling out executive compensation as the major...
- White papers 2003-03-01
- Modeling the Solvency Impact of TRIA on the Workers Compensation Insurance Industry
- The enterprise in a rating bureau risk model is the insurance industry. This paper describes how statewide or national loss exceedance curve output from a catastrophe model for workers compensation losses from terrorist attacks can be combined with insurance industry financial data in a basic model to estimate the financial...
- White papers 2005-04-15
- And Now for the Next 20 Years?
- The insurance industry has seen a great deal of change over the past 20 years such as product innovation, geographic expansion, industry restructuring, unprecedented risks and company failures. And it is now at an inflection point in the role it plays in the broader business community. Insurance currently underpins every...
- White papers 2005-06-17
- Operational Risks in the Insurance Industry
- This paper provides information on operational risk in the US insurance industry and presents evidence on the stock market impact that operational loss events have on the affected, publicly-traded insurers and on the industry as a whole. The author finds that operational loss events have significant negative effects on the...
- White papers 2003-09-28
- How To Find A Job In Insurance
- Do you have your insurance license and are ready to take the industry by storm? Are you an experienced agent, adjuster, underwriter, or broker looking for an exciting new challenge? Regardless of the level of your insurance industry experience, looking for a new job can be a time-consuming and frequently...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Obama Cranks Up Financial Reform Drive
- By Kevin DrawbaughWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration stepped up its push for tougher bank and financial firm rules on Thursday, scheduling a briefing for lobbyists, with a focus on insurance oversight, and sending a top regulator to a Senate hearing to discuss plans for regulating derivatives markets.The briefing, expected...
- News items 2009-06-04
- Is There a Role for Government Provision of Terrorism Reinsurance?
- The insurance industry has recently promoted legislation that, if enacted, would lead to a government backdrop for terrorism reinsurance. In essence, the federal government would reinsure the reinsurance companies for its terrorism losses. This paper considers four possible rationales for a government backdrop. Each rationale relies on the presence of...
- White papers 2002-04-11
- Natural Catastrophes and Man-Made Disasters in 2003: Many Fatalities, Comparatively Moderate Insured Losses
- In the long term, climate protection measures are necessary to buck the trend of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, scaling back the use of fossil fuels, developing new technologies. In the short and medium term, the trend can be slowed by influencing settlement patterns and enforcing appropriate construction standards as well...
- White papers 2004-03-31
- Nuclear Risk in Property Insurance and Limitations of Insurability
- The international insurance industry has been screening its existing terms and conditions for potentially ruinous risks and has identified certain weak points. The report believes that one of the most perilous shortcomings in traditional property insurance and reinsurance concerns inadequate nuclear risk exclusions. Insurance portfolios have always been exposed to...
- White papers 2003-10-29
- Managing The Uncertainties: The Current State Of The Insurance Market
- The insurance industry has experienced a severe financial impact because of the events of September 11th. The magnitude and outcome of this impact cannot be measured for months, perhaps years; however, the near-term affects will have significant implications for all businesses in all industries. There are many challenges ahead for...
- White papers 2002-04-01
- High-profile Insurer Settlements Highlight Need for Better Technology
- One of the more significant health care stories of the past few months has been the settlement several leading insurance companies have made with physician groups regarding reimbursement. The charge from physician organizations was simply that insurers were denying legitimate claims, down-coding and as a result, significantly and maliciously underpaying....
- White papers 2003-07-14
- The Terrorism Threat to Insurance Markets
- The weeks since September 11 have seen representatives of one industry after another traveling to Washington to propose government solutions to the business problems they face after the attacks. Perhaps second only to the airline industry in the intensity and immediacy of its effort has been the insurance industry. Within...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Mold: 5 Reasons Why It Is Not The ?Next Asbestos?
- Mold has been the subject of much discussion lately within the insurance industry, as well as by others affected in their own right, such as lawyers, environmental consultants and consumer groups. While mold is certainly a cause for legitimate concern by the insurance industry, there are several reasons why the...
- White papers 2002-05-07
- Leveraging Customer Value Management
- The insurance industry, long considered a rock of stability, is now facing major challenges brought about by various factors. How insurance firms respond to these challenges in this economic landscape can have repercussions affecting not only short-term profitability, but also long-term financial prosperity and survival. From the insurance industry's perspective...
- White papers 2003-11-10
- Toxic Mold Claims Demand Insurer Action
- This article discusses how toxic mold claims demand insurer action. To encourage good tenant and employee relations and for legal protection, building occupants should be notified of large-scale toxic mold remediation, along with a description of the remedial measures to be taken with a timetable for completion. The insurance industry...
- White papers 2002-08-01
- Macroeconomic Variables and the Demand for Life Insurance in Malaysia
- Economic environments have a profound effect on the growth of the insurance industry. History has shown that, although the performance of the insurance industry is closely linked to economic conditions, the life business has been able to survive in different economic environments. The insurance industry as a whole and the...
- White papers 2003-08-29
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