China cools off bancassurances.
The China Insurance Regulatory Commission is requiring domestic insurers to strengthen their risk management by consolidating business structures and slowing growth ha the investment-linked bancassurance market over the next four months. According to CIRC, in the first seven months of 2008, premium income in China's life insurance...

Research and Markets Adds Report: North America Insurance Sectors.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-16 October 2008-Research and Markets Adds Report: North America Insurance Sectors(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "North America Insurance Sectors: A Company and Industry Analysis (July 2008)" report to its offerings. In a release,...

Detariffing does not mean free-for-all.
Byline: Shaji Vikraman & Mayur Shetty There has been a re-rating of India's insurance potential following the exceptional performance of the industry. This is generating a second wave of companies which are looking at entering the Indian insurance market. In an interview with CS Rao,...

Bond notes.
Crisil Rating Citicorp Finance (India) Crisil has assigned a 'AAAr/Stable' rating to the Rs 250-crore equity-linked debentures and reaffirmed the Rs 2,800-crore NCD issue and P1+ rating for the Rs 1,000-crore short-term debt programme of Citicorp Finance (India). This rating indicates the "highest...

Chapter 4: Analysis techniques.
Insurance companies price the policies they sell based on the statistical prediction of the amount of benefits they eventually will have to pay out. If the insurer collects more premium than it makes payments, then it makes what is called an underwriting profit. Insurance companies also invest the premiums...

Is Your Captive In Good Shape?
Originally published in the Captive Review, Guernsey Report, October 2008 Glyn Smith of Heath Lambert tells us how to give your captive a health check to ensure its future A CAPTIVE should be a long-term, dynamic tool used as an integral part of a comprehensive...

Research and Markets Adds Report: Non-Life Insurance Market in Australia.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-25 November 2008-Research and Markets Adds Report: Non-Life Insurance Market in Australia(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Non-Life Insurance in Australia" report to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report...

Acting big but thinking small: big carriers, geared toward larger companies, may discover they are out of their element when seeking opportunities in the small business marketplace.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Is small business a logical market extension for major commercial insurance carriers or a different space where few of their strengths apply? That critical question is increasingly surfacing as commercial carriers pursue small business. Seeking new growth avenues outside of their highly cyclical...

S&P Lowers Ratings on Ssangyong Fire, Daehan to 'CCCpi'.
TOKYO, May 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's today lowered its 'pi' financial strength ratings on Ssangyong Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. and Daehan Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. to triple-'Cpi' from single-'Bpi'. The downgrades reflect the companies' weakened capitalization -- the ability...

S&P Affirms BBB+ Ratings on Suez Canal; Outlook Stable.
LONDON, May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's today affirmed its triple-'B'-plus long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Egypt-based Suez Canal Insurance (Suez), based on the company's extremely strong capitalization, strong operating performance, and strong business position in the Egyptian insurance market. Partially offsetting...