After any natural or manmade disaster, the speed of recovery is affected by two things: the amount of damage sustained and the preparedness initiatives undertaken well in advance of the event.
Twenty universities from around the world have been designated by the International Insurance Society as Global Centers of Insurance Excellence (GCIE) in the program’s inaugural year.
Cybercrime is one of the biggest manmade risks we are facing this century, with businesses all over the world at risk – including in Denmark. With the frequency and severity of these attacks increasing, businesses need a robust, well-developed plan in place to survive a cyber crisis, including understanding their most valued assets, and making sure that they are fully protected. That includes having insurance in place for when things go wrong.
The Geneva Association and the International Insurance Society (IIS) have announced the 2017 recipient of their collaborative insurance research program, the Shin Research Excellence Awards.
Professor Georges Dionne of HEC Montreal has been elected as the 2017 John S. Bickley Founder's Award recipient for his many important accomplishments, including his extra-ordinary contributions to risk and insurance economics and education.
The International Insurance Society has announced the formation of the Global Centers of Insurance Excellence (GCIE), a certification program designed to recognize universities and colleges with outstanding Risk Management and Insurance programs and enhance their connections with the insurance industry.
Insurers and intermediaries know that innovation has the potential to disrupt their current business and operating models. And they know that they need to innovate faster than their competitors to defend and grow their business. Yet few have found a ‘winning formula’ for embedding innovation into their people, products or processes.
By Yang Xiaoling (Chief Digital Officer of China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co., Ltd.)
Jack Ma made a remark in 2008: “If the bank does not change, we will change the bank.”
In recent years, the Insurance Group at Wellington Management has seen a growing number of insurers express an interest in undertaking a strategic asset allocation (AA) study. The low-yield environment of the past few years, along with the core xed income-centric nature of insurance portfolios and a widely anticipated future rise in interest rates, all seem to be contributing to this surge in interest.