eBook Changes in the Life Insurance Industry: Efficiency, Technology and Risk Management (Innovations in Financial Markets and Institutions) download
by J. David Cummins,Anthony M. Santomero
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Author: J. David Cummins,Anthony M. Santomero
Publisher: Springer; 1999 edition (December 31, 1999)
Language: English
Pages: 369
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Rating: 4.7
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Innovations in Financial Markets and Institutions. Innovations in Financial Markets and Institutions. Major challenges for life insurance companies have been posed by an unprecedented wave of mergers and acquisitions in the insurance industry and the emergence of non-traditional competitors such as banks, mutual fund companies and investment advisory firms. This is the first book to analyze the determinants of firm performance in the life insurance industry by identifying the & practices' employed by leading insurers to succeed in this dynamic business environment.
Start by marking Changes in the Life Insurance Industry: Efficiency . On the topics of risk and pricing, new insights are offered relative to current methodologies and in regard to areas where improvement i. .
Start by marking Changes in the Life Insurance Industry: Efficiency, Technology and Risk Management as Want to Read: Want to Read savin. ant to Read. On the topics of risk and pricing, new insights are offered relative to current methodologies and in regard to areas where improvement is clearly warranted.
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The book's writing style clearly signals that it is targeting a hybrid audience of academics and practitioners.
This volume is organized in 10 independent but related chapters devoted to enhance our understanding of the challenges facing life insurers in their quest for a successful strategy. The book's writing style clearly signals that it is targeting a hybrid audience of academics and practitioners. The price to pay is that the more technical material is kept to a minimum.
New markets for financial futures and options are mainly markets for intermediaries .
New markets for financial futures and options are mainly markets for intermediaries rather than individuals or firms. These changes are difficult to reconcile with the traditional theories. The industry's cost pressures, greater financial risk, and expanding geographic scope have forced the states to dramatically revamp the insurance regulatory framework. Industry criticisms of some of these regulatory reforms also are discussed.
Inc1udes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-1-4613-7293-6 ISBN 978-1-4615-5045-7 (eBook) DOI 1. 7 1. Insurance, Life - United States.
Santomero, Financial Risk Management: The Whys and Hows, Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments, volume 4, number 5, 1995, pp. 1–14. 7. We distinguish here between the basic financial services offered by financial institutions and the six core functions outlined by Merton and by Merton and Bodie that a financial system provides.
The European transaction banking industry is undergoing a major transformation.
While McKinsey expects fintech innovation in transaction banking to continue to accelerate, the applications offered by fintechs are still in an early stage of development, with no concrete examples reaching large-scale adoption. The European transaction banking industry is undergoing a major transformation.
A wonderful overview of financial risk management. Some of the real life examples in each chapter in this book aren't as good as others I read. I am not a financial analyst, but I can appreciate the clearly described systems put in place to adjust for risk. The book certainly gives the reader a greater appreciation of what financial analysts are considering when they look at a company's balance sheet.