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By Marty Ellingsworth
Sep 24 2007 // The use of predictive analytics is truly enhancing speed and customer experience at the service delivery points in the value chain. Understanding behavioral patterns enables insurers to optimize their risk evaluation,...
Catastrophes: There is no free lunch
Sep 24 2007 // Any study that implies consumers and taxpayers have thousands of years to realize savings is immediately suspect. Since the devastating hurricane seasons of 2004 and 2005, some Florida politicians and a few insurers have...
The subprime mortgage mess and the professional liability insurance industry
Sep 24 2007 // According to the Bank of America, more than $1.3 trillion in adjustable rate mortgages — 70 percent of them subprime — will reset before the end of 2008. The collapse of the subprime mortgage lending industry...
Catastrophes: The time to act is now
Sep 24 2007 // Two years have passed since America’s most shocking wake-up call regarding the devastation that follows the force and fury of Mother Nature. Since that time, a variety of legislative proposals have been offered at...
Catastrophes: The time to act is now
Sep 24 2007 // Two years have passed since America’s most shocking wake-up call regarding the devastation that follows the force and fury of Mother Nature. Since that time, a variety of legislative proposals have been offered at...
The subprime mortgage mess and the professional liability market
Sep 24 2007 // The collapse of the subprime mortgage lending industry has dominated the headlines, led to turmoil in the credit and financial markets, and left the residential real estate marketplace in disarray. It has already generated...
Insurance industry bullish on coming year’s consolidation
Sep 24 2007 // Executives more optimistic about life/health insurance than property/casualty sector Insurance executives expect to see a significant increase in mergers and acquisitions in the next 12 months, according to a survey...
Predictive Analytics 2.0
Sep 24 2007 // Maximizing the science and art of business analysis with the next wave of data It is difficult to overstate the strides in efficiency being made by the insurance industry as a result of the effectiveness of predictive...
Making sense of the subprime mortgage mess
Sep 24 2007 // The collapse of the subprime mortgage lending industry has dominated the headlines, led to turmoil in the credit and financial markets, and left the residential real estate marketplace in disarray. It also has already...
News Currents
Sep 24 2007 // Industry skeptical, while Treasury opposes natural disaster pool Federal legislation that encourages states to pool their catastrophe pool risks and then transfer them to the private market has been greeted with a lukewarm...
Industry skeptical, while Treasury opposes natural disaster pool
Sep 24 2007 // Federal legislation that encourages states to pool their catastrophe pool risks and then transfer them to the private market has been greeted with a lukewarm insurance industry reaction at best and outright opposition from...
The subprime mortgage mess and the professional liability market
Sep 24 2007 // The collapse of the subprime mortgage lending industry has dominated the headlines, led to turmoil in the credit and financial markets, and left the residential real estate marketplace in disarray. It has already generated...
Catastrophes: The time to act is now
Sep 24 2007 // Two years have passed since America’s most shocking wake-up call regarding the devastation that follows the force and fury of Mother Nature. Since that time, a variety of legislative proposals have been offered at...
Catastrophes: The time to act is now
Sep 24 2007 // Reports show that the typical taxpaying American family paid more than $800 to cover costs associated with Hurricane Katrina. That is an enormous nationwide catastrophe tax. Two years have passed since America’s most...
Insurance industry bullish on coming year’s consolidation
Sep 24 2007 // Insurance executives expect to see a significant increase in mergers and acquisitions in the next 12 months, according to a survey conducted by KMPG LLP. In the next one to three years, most respondents believe the...
Making sense of the subprime mortgage mess
Sep 24 2007 // The collapse of the subprime mortgage lending industry has dominated the headlines, led to turmoil in the credit and financial markets, and left the residential real estate marketplace in disarray. It also has already...
Thriving in today’s challenging insurance environment
Sep 24 2007 // The insurance industry has witnessed a reduction in the number of markets, agents and brokers, and overall industry personnel in the past 10 years. Meanwhile, many markets continue to soften, competition has increased with...
Subprime Lending Crisis May Affect Industry After All
Sep 24 2007 // If terrorism presents some “uncertain” aspects, the subprime lending crisis does so in spades. Financial markets react negatively to uncertainty more than anything else, as no one knows what may happen. Why has...
Mass. Warned About Coastal Development and Insurance
Sep 20 2007 // A major hurricane making landfall in Massachusetts could cause billions of dollars worth of property damage while also severely straining the resources of the state’s residual homeowners’ insurance market, the...
Industry Confident in Terror Reinsurance Renewal Despite White House Veto Threat
Sep 20 2007 // Insurance industry lobbyists are confident there is enough backing in Congress for renewal of the federal terrorism reinsurance program and enough support to override a threatened presidential veto if necessary. The...
