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2007

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2007 Investment Profile of the Life Insurance Industry - Ready for the Coming Challenges
2007 Investment Profile of the Life Insurance Industry - Ready for the Coming Challenges
This study examines life insurer investment practices and analyzes investment strategies for the period 2002-2006. The study analyzes 433 of the larg...
12/12/2007
$1,750.00
2007 Medical Malpractice - Getting Ahead of the Curve
2007 Medical Malpractice - Getting Ahead of the Curve
Medical malpractice is a line of increasing importance  to its insureds  the insurance industry  and to a general public that depends on the medical ...
11/20/2007
$1,750.00
2007 Successful Small Life Companies - Remaining Nimble in a Supersized World
2007 Successful Small Life Companies - Remaining Nimble in a Supersized World
In this study of successful small life companies  Conning analyzed 191 small life and annuity companies and stratified them by peer groupings.  The s...
11/15/2007
$1,750.00
2007 Life Settlement Market - Increasing Capital and Investor Demand
2007 Life Settlement Market - Increasing Capital and Investor Demand
Conning’s study analyzes the current life settlement market and its growth potential  with estimates and supporting argument. This review makes it cl...
09/26/2007
$1,750.00
2007 Property-Casualty Surplus Lines - Profiting from the Right Strategy
2007 Property-Casualty Surplus Lines - Profiting from the Right Strategy
Reported direct premium written in nonlicensed (nonadmitted) property-casualty insurers was about $29 billion for 2006  based on preliminary reported...
08/17/2007
$1,750.00
2007 The Economics of Personal Auto Distribution - Competing in a Softening Market
2007 The Economics of Personal Auto Distribution - Competing in a Softening Market
This study evaluates the different distribution channels available to personal automobile insurers  focusing on the differences between independent a...
07/25/2007
$1,750.00
2007 Workers Compensation - Getting a Handle on Severity
2007 Workers Compensation - Getting a Handle on Severity
The workers’ compensation line has regained profitability with a 2006 combined ratio of 98%—a historical low. Price increases  and the resulting incr...
07/13/2007
$1,750.00
2007 Property-Casualty Loss Reserves - Strong But Beginning to Fade
2007 Property-Casualty Loss Reserves - Strong But Beginning to Fade
In this study  Conning analyzes Schedule P data from aggregated industry statutory statements and presents its findings along with historical industr...
06/12/2007
$1,750.00
2007 At the Retirement Product Crossroads - Are Insurers Ready for 2011
2007 At the Retirement Product Crossroads - Are Insurers Ready for 2011
This study focuses on how the insurers’ strategic model may change as Boomers begin to retire. The pivot point for potential changes to the insurers’...
04/30/2007
$1,750.00
2007 Emerging Trends in U.S. Life Reinsurance - Challenge or Opportunity
2007 Emerging Trends in U.S. Life Reinsurance - Challenge or Opportunity
In this study of the U.S. life reinsurance  Conning focuses on a number of significant changes that have taken place over the past few years. Additio...
03/30/2007
$1,750.00
2007 The Surety Market - Taking Care of Business
2007 The Surety Market - Taking Care of Business
With impact well beyond its size  surety is an important line within the commercial property-casualty insurance business. The surety segment went thr...
03/13/2007
$1,750.00
2007 Merger and Acquisitions and Public Equity Offerings - 2007 Edition
2007 Merger and Acquisitions and Public Equity Offerings - 2007 Edition
The buildup of capital and expectations for lower but still profitable results appear to support an environment conducive to accelerated merger and a...
03/07/2007
$1,750.00
2007 Arbitrage and Antiselection in Life Insurance - The Information Opportunity
2007 Arbitrage and Antiselection in Life Insurance - The Information Opportunity
In life insurance  as in the rest of the insurance industry  the main defense to antiselection is underwriting—a tool as old as the insurance industr...
01/02/2007
$1,750.00