The following trends are provided in our research products:
1. Introduction to the Insurance Industry
2. Aging Populations Create Challenges and Opportunities for the Insurance Industry
3. Selling Insurance to Consumers in Discount Stores May Grow
4. Sophisticated Risk Management and Prevention Programs Lead to Lower Losses
5. Independent Agencies Continue to Dominate Commercial Insurance, but Play a Lesser Role in Personal Lines
6. Insurance Direct Selling and E-Commerce Grow
7. Technology Drives Efficiencies in Back Office Tasks, Underwriting, Agency Networks and Customer Service
8. Homeowner’s Insurance Passes More Risk to the Policy Holders and Relies on Sophisticated Risk Analysis Tools to Set Rates
9. Insurance Industry Reform May Be on the Horizon
10. Insurance Industry Mergers and Acquisitions Continue
11. No End in Sight to the Growth of Specialized Insurance Lines
12. Variable Annuity Accounts Top $1.4 Trillion in the U.S., While Costs and Sales Practices are Scrutinized
13. Major U.S., Japanese and European Insurance Firms See Vast Promise in the Chinese Market
14. Insurers Target Developing Markets
15. Continued Rise in Health Care Costs
16. Employers Push Health Care Costs onto Employees
17. Health Savings Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts Put Responsibility on the Patient
18. Malpractice Suits Are Blamed for Rising Health Care Costs/Tort Reform Is Capping Awards for Damages
19. Medicare Changes Include Drug Benefits for Seniors/Medicare Advantage Offers Private Fee for Service Plans
20. Hedge Funds Enter the Reinsurance Field in a Big Way
21. Credit Default Swaps (CDS) Soar into the Trillions of Dollars
Insurance business statistics analyzed
The following statistical tables are provided in our research products:
1. Insurance Industry Overview > (View Sample Data)
2. Top Ten Insurance-Related Merger & Acquisition Deals, U.S.: 2007
3. Top 25 Global Insurance Companies by Revenues: 2007
4. Top 10 U.S.-Based Publicly-Traded Insurance Companies by Revenues: 2007
5. Top 20 Global Property & Casualty Insurance Companies by Revenues: 2007
6. Assets & Liabilities of U.S. Property-Casualty Insurance Companies: 2002-2nd Quarter 2008
7. Typical U.S. Automobile Insurance Costs per Year: 2008
8. Top 20 Global Life Insurance Companies by Revenues: 2007
9. Assets & Liabilities of U.S. Life Insurance Companies: 2002-2nd Quarter 2008
10. Top 20 Global Health Insurance Companies by Revenues: 2007
11. Employers' Costs for Health Insurance, Amount & Percent of Total Compensation, U.S.: Selected Years 2003-2007
12. The Nation's Health Dollar: 2008 Where It Came From (Estimated)
13. People without Health Insurance for the Entire Year, U.S.: 2006-2007
14. Percent of Persons under Age 65 Years without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group & Sex: U.S.: 2007
15. Percent of Persons under Age 65 with Public Health Plan Coverage & Private Health Insurance Coverage by Age Group, U.S.: 1997-2007
16. Medicare Deductible, Co-Payment & Premium Amounts: 2009
17. Employment in the Insurance Industry, U.S.: 2001-2007
18. Employment & Earnings in Insurance Industry Occupations, U.S.: May 2007
Table of contents for the book version
A Short Insurance Industry Glossary
Introduction
How to use this book
Chapter 1: Major Trends Affecting the Insurance Industry
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Individual data profiles of the Insurance Industry for 300 firms are provided in our research products
> View Sample Profile
AAA
ACE LIMITED (ACE GROUP)
AEGON NV
AEGON USA
AETNA INC
AFLAC INC
AIG AMERICAN GENERAL
AIG SUNAMERICA INC
AIOI INSURANCE CO LTD
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Overview of Plunkett's Insurance Industry coverage
The insurance industry is rebounding from its poor financial results of a few years ago. Better risk management, higher premiums and increased use of underwriting information systems have led the way. Meanwhile, the insurance industry is increasingly globalized as cross-border investments and acquisitions continue at a rapid pace. Risk management consulting and analysis has become more sophisticated. In addition, a large number of related services and technologies have a major influence on the insurance and risk management business. These services include e-commerce, call centers and information technologies.
This carefully-researched book (which includes a database of leading companies on CD-ROM) is a complete insurance market research and business intelligence tool-- everything you need to know about the business of insurance and risk management, including:
1. Property & Casualty insurance
2. Life Insurance
3. Personal Lines
4. Specialty Lines
5. Annuities
6. Reinsurance
7. Health Insurance
8. Globalization of the insurance industry, including our profiles of the world’s leading international insurance firms
9. Insurance brokerage
10. Risk Management
11. Consulting
12. Significant trends in insurance information technologies
13. Risk analysis, call centers and other support services
14. Online insurance trends
15. Underwriting trends
16. Insurance industry software
You’ll find a complete overview, industry analysis and insurance market research report in one superb, value-priced package. It contains thousands of contacts for business and industry leaders, industry associations, Internet sites and other resources. This book also includes statistical tables, an industry glossary and thorough indexes. The corporate profiles section of the book includes our proprietary, in-depth profiles of the 300 leading companies in all facets of the insurance and risk management industry. Here you'll find complete profiles of the hot companies that are making news today, the largest, most successful corporations in the business. Purchasers of either the book or PDF version can receive a free copy of the company profiles database on CD-ROM, enabling key word search and export of key information, addresses, phone numbers and executive names with titles for every company profiled.
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Key Insurance Topics
Personal Lines
Homeowners
Auto
Health Insurance
Property and Casualty (PC) Insurance
Specialty Lines
Workers Comp
Underwriting
Consulting
Brokerage
Online Insurance
Life Insurance
Supplemental Insurance
Marketing
Consolidation
Profiles of Leading Companies
Executive Mailing List on CD-ROM
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