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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...

  Tags: Towers Perrin, Decision-making, Risk Management, Strategy, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Insurance, Security, Management, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance

• 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...

  Tags: Towers Perrin, Insurance, Hurricane Katrina, Analysis, Financial Planning, Strategy, Financial Services, Security, Finance, Management

• ERM: From Compliance to Value

  BNET - 2005-08-01

  Growing demands from shareholders for senior management to take enterprise risk management ERM more seriously has at last formalized the essential connection between a company's business operations and its overall risk management program. A unifying framework can help companies identify and articulate risks consistently across the enterprise and evaluate alternative...

  Tags: Towers Perrin, Risk, Compliance, Capital Structure, ERM, Capital Structures, Strategy, Enterprise Risk Management, Security, Finance, Management, Business Security, Business Operations

• Knowledge and Courage: The Keys to Success

  BNET - 2005-06-17

  Risk assessment involves both identifying significant risk factors that are correlated with insurance losses and claims, and determining how those risk factors are interrelated. This article indicates that complete and accurate risk assessment offers an insurer a real competitive advantage in pricing, but only if the insurer also has the...

  Tags: Risk Assessment, Towers Perrin, Knowledge, Insurance Company, Courage, Insurance, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Management, Finance

• Property/Casualty Insurance: Casualty Cats in a Post-Andrew World

  BNET - 2005-06-17

  Fifteen years ago, a way of estimating the emerging mass tort liabilities was required. However, it took a hurricane to help casualty exposure-based models gain acceptance. The paper depicts that Hurricane Andrew restructured the property insurance industry nearly as thoroughly as it rearranged south Florida, and the insurance industry has...

  Tags: Towers Perrin, Hurricane, Insurance, Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Management

• The Coming Talent Crisis - Is Your Organization Ready?

  BNET - 2004-10-01

  As the baby boom generation approaches retirement, some companies are beginning to wonder where tomorrow's workforce will come from. How would one meet their 10- or even five-year business plans when the mature workers move on, taking with them a lifetime of skills, experience and knowledge about their business, industry...

  Tags: Talent, Towers Perrin, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Payroll Solutions, Strategy, Human Resources, Management

• Insurance Industry Trends to Watch

  BNET - 2004-01-01

  According to Tillinghast, the insurance industry is at a critical juncture with issues surrounding consolidation, pricing, legislative reforms and capital concerns shaping the market for 2004. The industry is ripe for realignment, and most companies won't have the option of sitting on the sidelines. Given operating and financial pressures, insurers...

  Tags: Towers Perrin, Insurance, Financial Planning, Strategy, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Management

• How Communication Professionals Improve Performance

  BNET - 2003-01-01

  The presentation gives the overview of the study, methodology and defines the future of communications. It focuses on few points that an individual can do to improve their effectiveness. Communication professionals are gaining credibility in their organization, communication function helps managers and leadership to communication more effectively. It discusses the...

  Tags: Towers Perrin, Performance, Communication Professional, Leadership, Performance Management, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing

• ERM - A Status Report

  BNET - 2002-04-01

  Owning or running a business, especially an insurance business, has never been riskier. The risks include a flagging economy, turmoil in the equity markets, international terrorism, rumors of war and blatant malfeasance by corporate executives. Against this backdrop, it is not surprising that this paper presents a benchmarking study of...

  Tags: Towers Perrin, Risk, ERM, Status Report, Enterprise Risk Management, Insurance, Financial Planning, Strategy, Business Security, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Management

• The Lessons of September 11

  BNET - 2002-01-01

  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...

  Tags: Business Operations, Business Security, Corporate Insurance, Enterprise Risk Management, Insurance Industry, Management, Strategy, Towers Perrin