The Investment Problems of an Insurance Company
Author : Theodore T. Scudder
Publisher :
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 35,60 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Insurance
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Author : Theodore T. Scudder
Publisher :
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 35,60 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Insurance
ISBN :
Author : Theodore T. Scudder
Publisher :
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 23,46 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Insurance companies
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Author : Archie John Nichols
Publisher :
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 13,19 MB
Release : 1951
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Author : Nigel Davies
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 20,13 MB
Release : 2003-07-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1451856008
This paper explores insurance as a source of financial system vulnerability. It provides a brief overview of the insurance industry and reviews the risks it faces, as well as several recent failures of insurance companies that had systemic implications. Assimilation of banking-type activities by life insurers appears to be the key systemic vulnerability. Building on this experience and the experience gained under the FSAP, the paper proposes key indicators that should be compiled and used for surveillance of financial soundness of insurance companies and the insurance sector as a whole.
Author : William LeRoy Lobb
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 27,72 MB
Release : 1949
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Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 18,8 MB
Release : 2011-01-28
Category :
ISBN : 9264092218
This special report assesses the impact of the crisis on the insurance sector and reviews policy responses within OECD countries.
Author : David F. Babbel
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 31,2 MB
Release : 1999-02-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781883249472
Investment Management for Insurers details all phases of the investment management process for insurers as well as fixed income instruments and derivatives and state-of-the-art analytical tools for valuing securities and measuring risk. Complete coverage includes: a general overview of issues, fixed income products, valuation, measuring and controlling interest rate risk, and equity portfolio management.
Author : C. Kempler
Publisher : Springer
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 48,6 MB
Release : 2010-11-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0230117376
Many risks face the global insurance industry today, including the aging populations of developed countries, competition from other financial institutions, and both disparate and quickly changing regulatory demands, to name a few. The book s contributors offer their unique perspectives on challenges confronting the insurance industry and how attendant risks can be most effectively managed.
Author : Wynant James Williams (Jr.)
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 22,48 MB
Release : 1936
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Author : J. David Cummins
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 41,60 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1461550459
Major challenges for life insurance companies have been posed by an unprecedented wave of mergers and acquisitions in the insurance industry and the emergence of non-traditional competitors such as banks, mutual fund companies and investment advisory firms. This is the first book to analyze the determinants of firm performance in the life insurance industry by identifying the `best practices' employed by leading insurers to succeed in this dynamic business environment. The book draws upon data from insurer financial statements as well as upon an extensive survey of life insurer management practices and strategic choices in distribution systems, information technology, mergers and acquisitions, human resources and financial strategies. Generic strategies such as cost leadership, customer focus, and product differentiation are analyzed as well as strategic practices specific to the insurance industry. Best practices are identified by measuring the economic efficiency of insurers and by comparing firms across the industry. Both cost and revenue efficiency are measured relative to best practice efficient frontiers consisting of the industry's dominant life insurance firms. Economies of scale and the effects of mergers and acquisitions on efficiency are also analyzed. Financial strategies are examined with specific reference to pricing policy, valuation of assets and liabilities, and the current state of firm-level risk management systems. The benchmarks established are the result of extensive fieldwork that identifies key financial risks and methodologies to both measure and manage them at the firm level. The results discussed in the book indicate that firm performance is significantly correlated with management practices and strategic choices. Thus, life insurers can improve profitability by adopting optimal combinations of strategies. The book contains important new material on the effects of strategic choices in product distribution systems, information technology, mergers and acquisitions, human resources, and financial risk management policies. In the area of efficiency, the methodology provides a new approach for identifying peer groups of insurers and measuring the performance of individual insurers relative to their peer group. On the topics of risk and pricing, new insights are offered relative to current methodologies and in regard to areas where improvement is clearly warranted. The book concludes with an analysis of the future opportunities and challenges in the life insurance industry facing managers, and the strategic options available to them to cope with these changes.