Gen Re Publications: Gen Re Viewpoint

Gen Re Viewpoint: Workers' Compensation - Managing Through Tough Times (and Not Just Living Through Them) (size:0.69MB)

Issue: June, 2011 Language: English
Authors: Diane Brown, Lewis Palca
Summary: This Viewpoint on Workers' Compensation looks at the findings from the 2011 National Council on Compensation Insurance conference held in May. NCCI focused attention on what insurers already see in their own numbers--declining premium and investment income coupled with state rate pressures. In this article, we review the WC numbers from 2010, the implications for the insurance marketplace, and how some carriers are looking at 2011.

Gen Re Viewpoint: Workers' Compensation -- For Workers' Compensation, It's All About the Economy (size:0.36MB)

Issue: June, 2010 Language: English
Authors: Diane Brown, Lewis Palca
Summary: This Gen Re Viewpoint focuses on the 2010 National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) conference and the trends and issues facing insurers--declining premium and investment income coupled with state rate pressures. We review the numbers from 2009, the implications for the insurance marketplace, and how some carriers are looking at 2010 and beyond.

Gen Re Viewpoint: Dynamic Reinsurance Analysis (DRA) - Selecting an Excess of Loss Reinsurance Retention (size:0.18MB)

Issue: November, 2009 Language: English
Authors: John Campbell, Richard Santer
Summary: Insurers are often faced with a dilemma when selecting their reinsurance retention. This article addresses the retention decisions for non-catastrophe coverage.

Gen Re Viewpoint: EPLI - Risk Management Can Help Sell EPLI (size:0.23MB)

Issue: September, 2009 Language: English
Author: Mindy Pollack
Summary: This Viewpoint provides marketing points, a cost outline and the benefits of Gen Re's risk management services that are available to EPLI clients.

Gen Re Viewpoint: Personal Umbrella - You Don't Have to Be a Millionaire to Be Sued Like One (size:0.27MB)

Issue: September, 2009 Language: English
Author: Elizabeth Kramer
Summary: This Viewpoint highlights bad things can and do happen to good risks and discusses some of the exposures many Americans have that may put them at risk.

Gen Re Viewpoint: Workers' Compensation - Emerging Issues Ahead (size:2.82MB)

Issue: September, 2009 Language: English
Authors: Diane Brown, Charlie Kingdollar
Summary: This Viewpoint highlights three emerging issues topics that may soon impact insurers - Obesity, MRSA and Nanotechnology - and discusses ways Workers' Comp. insurers can respond to these emerging trends.

Gen Re Viewpoint: Workers' Compensation - Another Challenging Year for Workers' Compensation (size:0.25MB)

Issue: June, 2009 Language: English
Authors: Diane Brown, Lewis Palca
Summary: The Workers' Compensation market has held its own in a difficult economic year, but will insurers be able to make the same claim for 2009? This Viewpoint discusses NCCI information and Gen Re's look at the numbers.

Gen Re Viewpoint: Dynamic Reinsurance Analysis (DRA) - Using DRA to Improve Your Ceded Reinsurance (size:0.18MB)

Issue: September, 2008 Language: English
Author: Richard Santer
Summary: Reinsurance is often complicated and nearly always critical to an insurer's finances. Moreover, the final cost/benefit is not known for some years. This has led to more sophisticated financial analyses, such as Dynamic Reinsurance Analysis (DRA), to improve reinsurance buying decisions. In this publication, Rich Santer and John Campbell explain what DRA is, how and when it's used, and the benefits.

Gen Re Viewpoint: Workers' Compensation - Looking Back and Ahead - Taking the Pulse of Workers' Compensation Insurance (size:0.71MB)

Issue: September, 2008 Language: English
Authors: Diane Brown, Philip Clay
Summary: In this Gen Re Viewpoint,our Workers' Comp Team shares their thoughts on the challenges facing Workers' Compensation insurers, along with the views of industry groups and leaders on the health of this important product. The bottom line for 2007 was profit for most carriers in most states, but repeating that result for 2008 will take more diligence and discipline.

Gen Re Viewpoint: Medical Malpractice - Current Trends and Issues 2007 (size:0.77MB)

Issue: October, 2007 Language: English
Authors: Joseph Daubert, Philip Clay
Summary: This article gives an overview of the current Med Mal market, including a look at loss frequency trends and severity concerns.

Gen Re Viewpoint: Umbrella Insurance - Increasing Sales - A Bundle of Opportunities 2007 (size:0.23MB)

Issue: October, 2007 Language: English
Author: Elizabeth Kramer
Summary: This article explores the opportunities for personal lines carriers in cross-selling products and how the addition of umbrella to their core product suite is key to expanding their presence in the marketplace.

Gen Re Viewpoint: Personal Umbrella Insurance - Keeping up With Personal Wealth (Canada) (size:0,15MB)

Issue: February, 2007 Language: English
Authors: Elizabeth Kramer, Mary Williams
Summary: This article is about "Keeping Up with Personal Wealth," written for the Canadian PU line of business. Mary Williams and Liz Kramer present demographics about increasing wealth and the market for personal umbrella, along with Gen Re tools to help companies sell PU.

Gen Re Viewpoint: Property Facultative - The Impact of Rate Decreases (size:0.11MB)

Issue: December, 2006 Language: English
Summary: This flyer created by Global Property Facultative outlines the impact of a 10% rate decrease in the Commercial Property Insurance Industry.

Gen Re Viewpoint: Personal Umbrella Insurance - Keeping Up With Personal Wealth (size:0.64MB)

Issue: November, 2006 Language: English
Author: Elizabeth Kramer
Summary: This article is about "Keeping Up with Personal Wealth," written for the PU line of business. Liz Kramer presents demographics about increasing wealth and the market for personal umbrella, along with Gen Re tools to help companies sell PU.