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Insurance Edge
Risk-Focused Exams for Reinsurance: What's Going On?
Beginning in 2010, state insurance examiners will be conducting “Risk-Focused Examinations” per the new Financial Condition Examiners Handbook. This is a revised approach to the exam as examiners will be concentrating on reviewing a company’s procedures and internal controls over...
read moreSSAP 43R-Revised Loan-Backed and Structured Securities
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read moreInsurance SAS 70: A Move Toward Action in Governance
In this era of heightened compliance and governance, an insurance organization’s ongoing assessment of its internal control structure and effectiveness is a critical business initiative. Many leaders within the insurance industry have concluded that setting the proper tone at the...
read moreFDIC Policy Changes Offer Insurers Added Protection
Katherine Duckworth, Vice PresidentCitibank, N.A. Commercial Business Groupkathy.duckworth@citi.com, 312-627-5024 With today’s economic conditions, everyone is worried about the safety and soundness of their financial assets. This concern has made commercial and consumer banking customers nationwide increasingly aware of the significant...
read moreCorporate Bonds: Can Default History Predict the Future?
Elizabeth Henderson, CFA Director of Corporate Credit AAM Insurance Investment Management ehenderson@aamcompany.com, 312-263-2900 The rating agencies are predicting that defaults for speculative-grade bonds will peak somewhere between 14% and 16% in 2009. Many analysts and pundits are quick to point...
read moreMaximizing Tax Benefits of P&C Insurers’ Capital Losses
Douglas J. Youngren, JD, CPA Tax Partner dyoungren@BlackmanKallick.com, 312-980-2944In a year fraught with so many losses, is there anything in the current tax code that allows realized capital losses to offset underwriting income? Can those losses be carried back to offset...
read moreACH: The New Wave of Bank Fraud
Jeffery A. Dertz, CPAPartner, Insurance Practice jdertz@BlackmanKallick.com, 312-980-3224This Blackman Kallick article was published some time ago, but it has taken on new relevance in light of the changes in the U.S. economy and the corresponding increase in online fraud. The Automated...
read moreWinning the Pricing War Against Industry Giants: Offensive Strategies for Regional Insurers
Chris Hurst Towers Perrin chris.hurst@towersperrin.com, 314-719-5846 Klayton Southwood Towers Perrin klayton.southwood@towersperrin.com, 309-828-8351 Gone are the days of pricing personal auto insurance using only "traditional" rating variables such as driver age, gender, marital status and vehicle use. More than a decade...
read moreWhat Is the Value of Financial Planning to an Insurance Enterprise?
In some respects, financial planning for an insurance company is like running a manufacturing assembly line. As long as people work ahead of themselves, things tend to go smoothly. Assembly line workers run into trouble when they try to manage...
read moreFAS 157 Changes Fair Value Definition, Measurement and Disclosure
Jeffery A. Dertz, CPAPartner, Insurance Practicejdertz@BlackmanKallick.com, 312-980-3224In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements" (FAS 157). This new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after Nov. 15,...
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