Global Industry

2012 Global Insurance Outlook: Deloitte

Submitted by matt on Tue, 01/31/2012

Insurance companies across the industry will have to overcome significant hurdles as they look to bolster their top- and bottom-lines in 2012.

Growth Anticipated for Indian Insurers, but Frustrations Remain

Submitted by matt on Tue, 01/17/2012

A new special report on India's insurance market from A.M. Best

Life Insurance and the Actuarial Profession in India - A Decade After Liberalization

Submitted by matt on Tue, 12/13/2011

The actuarial Profession in india has witnessed a sea change in the decade after insurance liberalization. it has gone from being described as a “moribund profession” to being a “dynamic and lucrative” one.

Only in the Heat of the Moment? A Study of the Relation between Weather and Mortality in Germany

Submitted by matt on Tue, 10/18/2011

This research focuses on the relation between heat events and the distribution of mortality rates. The main goals are to clarify whether heat immediately leads to an increase in daily mortality and, if so, which term structure of the relation can be singled out.

Guaranteed Benefits for Income Protection

Submitted by matt on Tue, 10/04/2011

In traditional Income Protection (IP) product design it is relatively common for payable benefits to be reduced at the time of a claim.

Insurers Seek New Underwriting Practices in Competitive Asia Markets

Submitted by matt on Mon, 09/05/2011

Life insurance companies are looking into sound and innovative underwriting practices in a race to offer new products, serve customers and maintain persistency in Asia's rapidly expanding and changing marketplace, according to panelists participating in a Best's Review's webinar.

The Growth of Takaful

Submitted by matt on Mon, 09/05/2011

The evolution of a system of insurance that adheres to the teachings of Islam reflects the expansion of financial opportunities in the Muslim world.

Takaful: Insurance as close to cost as possible

Submitted by Kathleen McGrath on Wed, 08/10/2011

Debo Ajayi, Lead and Managing Consultant of Milliman's Dubai office, discusses the inherent fairness and transparency of Takaful insurance.

Summary of The Global Family Takaful Report 2011

Submitted by Kathleen McGrath on Wed, 08/10/2011

Milliman presents the first exclusive Global Family Takaful Report, focusing on the recent developments within family Takaful. With global family Takaful contributions currently estimated at US$1.7 billion, Milliman projects a 250% increase within the next five years to US$4.3 billion. The growth in family Takaful thus far outweighs both general Takaful growth as well as global conventional life insurance growth.

Celent Study: China’s Life Insurance Market Experiences Dip

Submitted by Kathleen McGrath on Wed, 08/10/2011

Since 2011, premium income in China’s life insurance market has declined due to nascent regulatory activity according to a report, China Insurance Market and Technology Trends 2011, authored by Wenli Yuan, a Senior Analyst with Celent’s Asian Financial Services Group, Celent, Boston MA.

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