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Growing Insurance Demand in Asia - Insurers Need Reinsurance With Staying Power [Video]

By Pietro Toffanello |February 24, 2015|English

While in Taipei for the November East Asia Insurance Congress, I was interviewed by AM Best TV. The theme of the conference - “Insurance at cross roads: Coping with change” - could not have been chosen better, thinking about how fast insurance...
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Are You Under-Leveraging Talent Due to Unconscious Bias?

By Tad Montross|February 08, 2015|English

As an underwriting company, our communications about biases to date have largely focused on underwriting. Another very important initiative for us is how the Human Element affects our decision making with regard to hiring and promotions. In 2013 the...
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Does Your Reinsurance Program Match Your Risk Appetite? [Infographic]

By Abe Kane|February 02, 2015|English

We've recently spoken to a number of captives and Risk Retention Groups that expressed concern with how their reinsurance programs would respond if they were to have adverse loss experience. It is particularly important to understand if your reinsurance...
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The Pros and Cons of (De)Centralization When Placing Facultative

By Chris Crowder|January 28, 2015|English

The following question was posed recently by a client: "Is it better to place Facultative from a centralized purchase point (i.e., Home Office), or on a decentralized basis (i.e., the Field)?" In considering the question, a colleague shared...
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Latin America - A Framework for Growth

By Joaquin Orejas |January 22, 2015|English

The Latin American insurance market has grown at an average annual rate of 17% over the last 10 years, from around USD42 billion to USD167 billion. Yet Latin America still accounts for only 4% of global insurance premium, well short of the region’s...
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Educating Millennials #1 - As an Industry, How Are We Training and Attracting Millennials as Employees?

By Sydonie Williams|January 19, 2015|English

Over the last decade, hiring trends in insurance have caused an impending "brain drain" and, with 59 being the average age of an insurance agency employee , there is now a huge focus on getting talented young people into the industry.1 One...
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