July 18, 2012
A bulletin from the insurance think tank The Geneva Association notes that “leaders of the insurance industry have significant concerns about the effects of inappropriate regulation and the effects of the current economic crisis,” according to a survey it conducted. …
June 8, 2012
International insurance economics think tank, The Geneva Association, has appointed John H. Fitzpatrick Secretary General and Managing Director. He has spent his entire career in insurance and financial services, serving as CFO of two publicly listed corporations, Kemper Corporation in …
May 2, 2012
The Swiss-based insurance think tank Geneva Association has followed up on its recent report as to whether or not some insurers should be considered as G-SIFI’s (globally systemic important financial institutions). The Association has sent a letter to the Federal …
April 13, 2012
A report from the Geneva Association, “Reflections on a High-Quality G-SIFI Designation Process in Insurance,” authored by Daniel Haefeli and Patrick M. Liedtke, gives some meaningful insights into the process of defining what is – and is not – a …
March 9, 2012
The latest report from the Geneva Association , No. 5 in the current series – Extreme events and insurance: 2011 annus horribilis -, describes the global impact of the major 2011 natural catastrophes, and analyzes the role and mechanisms of …
January 19, 2012
A newly published study from insurance think tank the Geneva Association analyzes the principle concerns facing the industry in 2012. The current global financial instability tops the list. It’s closely followed by concerns over governmental management of natural catastrophe risk …
November 2, 2011
In an open letter The Geneva Association directly addressed the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of the G-20 before their meeting in Cannes, France. It pointed out that amidst all of the concerns over the global economy in general, …
July 8, 2011
International insurance think tank, The Geneva Association, announced the appointment of former Secretary General of the International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI) and Deputy Director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Donald Inscoe, as Head of Institutional Relations. He …
March 25, 2011
The Geneva Association, an important international insurance think tank, announced that Brian Atchinson has been appointed as Acting Head of Institutional Relations. He is a former President of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and a former superintendent of …