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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...

  Tags: Towers Perrin, Insurance, Financial Planning, Investment, Financial Services, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance

• A Principles-Based Reserves and Capital Standard: A New Standard for Determining Capital and Reserves Will Reshape the U.S. Life Insurance Business and Change the Competitive Landscape

  BNET - 2006-08-24

  The introduction of a Principles-Based Approach PBA to determine statutory reserves and minimum capital for all life and annuity business represents a watershed event for the U.S. life insurance industry. It comes as other parts of the world proceed on different paths toward a global standard that replaces fixed ratios...

  Tags: Towers Perrin, Annuity, Reserve, Investment, Finance

• Third Quarter 2005 Results for Defined Benefit Pension Plans in Selected Countries

  BNET - 2005-11-10

  This article reviews how global capital market performance in the third quarter of 2005 affected pension plans in major retirement markets worldwide. The impact of capital markets on these pension plans is twofold: On fund assets as a direct result of investment performance and on plan liabilities (as measured under...

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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...

  Tags: Towers Perrin, Acquisition, Performance, Pricing Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Pricing, Corporate Law, Insurance, Marketing Research, Investment, Finance, Marketing, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance

• 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...

  Tags: Towers Perrin, Investment, Risk Management, Survey, Life Insurance, Investment Risk, Insurance, Financial Planning, Productivity, Marketing Research, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Marketing

• Preparing for C-3 Phase II RBC - From Development to Implementation

  BNET - 2005-09-01

  The move to C-3 Phase II RBC is a significant undertaking that will require input from several areas of the company. This article summarizes changes in C-3 Phase II RBC and discusses the implications for life insurers. RBC C-3 Phase II refers to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC's)...

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• Prescribed U.S. Statutory and Tax Interest Rates for the Valuation of Life Insurance and Annuity Products

  BNET - 2005-07-01

  The Revenue Act of 1987 amended section 807d(2)B of the Internal Revenue Code and set the interest rate used in the calculation of tax reserves to be the greater of the applicable federal interest rate or the prevailing maximum statutory valuation rate for the contract's calendar year of issue. This...

  Tags: Towers Perrin, Valuation, Annuity, Interest Rate, Life Insurance, Investment, Taxes, Financial Planning, Finance

• Lower Statutory Valuation Interest Rates in 2006: What Are the Implications for Life Insurers?

  BNET - 2005-07-01

  The maximum statutory valuation interest rates for life insurance contracts will decrease starting with policies issued in 2006. This article discusses how the reduced rates will affect some long duration life products and the possible relief offered by switching valuation and nonforfeiture mortality from 1980 to 2001. The comparisons presented...

  Tags: Towers Perrin, Valuation, Life Insurance, Investment, Insurance, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance

• The Fortune 100: Pension Funding Shortfalls Decline, But Deferred Costs Continue to Rise

  BNET - 2005-01-14

  The paper depicts that in past years, pension plans, which have long operated in relative obscurity, have become headline news. Between 2000 and 2002, sharply declining investment returns and low interest rates converged to push pension plan assets down and liabilities up, sending funded ratios to their lowest levels in...

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