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Trust-building empowers strategies for sustainable growth

Trust-building empowers strategies for sustainable growth By Mary Trussell, Partner, KPMG in the UK “What are the fundamental characteristics required by our firm to survive and thrive over the next decade?” That’s the recurrent question that my colleagues and I hear from our clients across geographies and insurance lines.

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THE NEW WORLD INSURANCE ORDER

Michael J. Morrissey, IIS President and CEO Keynote - 13th Asia CEO Insurance Summit, March 21, 2013   When I am asked about a The new World Insurance Order, I am reminded that we insurers are not alone in this turbulent economic environment. Many, if not most industries, also uneasily face a truly new world. Why?

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Two Simple Phrases to Frame 2013: An M&A Update

March 2013 Fergal O'Shea and Andy Staudt Global mergers and acquisitions (M&As) will continue to be driven by market access and capital efficiency, creating opportunity for those insurers that can match these goals with their growth plans. Pushing ourselves to simplify, the two phrases we would use to describe global M&As in 2012 and our expectations for 2013 are market access and capital efficiency.

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Sustainability and Innovation to Capitalizing on Global Trends

The International Insurance Society’s 48th Annual Seminar in Rio de Janeiro June 17-20, 2012 focused on emerging insurance markets moving toward a more common approach to market structure, methods and regulation. The launch of the United Nations Environment Programme Financial Initiative Principles for Sustainable Insurance at the seminar acknowledged the key role insurance plays in sustainable economic development. Improved understanding of economic and environmental risks allows insurers to better manage ...

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Generate customized, comprehensive reports detailing the latest official statistics available and over ten years of historical data for over 170 countries.  Data includes written premiums by line of business for each country, combined ratios, country and company rankings, insurance penetration and economic data, building an accurate picture of market returns.

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IIS 48TH ANNUAL SEMINAR IN RIO

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ABOUT IIS

The IIS, founded in 1965, is the world’s largest and most prestigious industry organization, with almost 900 members representing global insurance leaders, international regulatory authorities and worldwide insurance scholars from over 90 countries.  Our mission is to facilitate cross-border exchange of ideas, development of global personal networks and to initiate practical and original research addressing critical issues facing the industry through the Shin Research Excellence Awards program. In ...More

RESEARCH REVIEW

A FIRM FOUNDATION: HOW INSURANCE SUPPORTS STATE ECONOMIESInsurance Information Institute, New York, New York http://www.iii.org ; Page N/A 
May 27, 2011   The Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) has recently updated several state editions of “A Firm Foundation:How Insurance Supports the Economy” (www.iii.org/economics). The publications focus on the insurance industry’s role as a key player in providing jobs, defraying the cost of disasters, and investing in state municipal bonds, ...More