Emphasis 2010/1

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In This Issue...

This year, Emphasis celebrates 25 years of bringing readers clarity and perspective on a range of complex insurance industry issues.

A Safety Belt for Asset Risk Management

By Carl Hess
While many insurance risks are generally predictable, asset and other business risks have traditionally been subject to greater uncertainty. However, recent events suggest that identifi cation and analysis of even the least predictable risks have improved.

Toward a Global Solvency Standard V

By Mike Lombardi, Naren Persad and Andrew F. Giffin
Solvency II, IAIS standards and other regulatory developments, along with parallel developments of international accounting standards and performance measures, are moving insurers and reinsurers steadily toward a common global solvency standard.

Insurance Accounting: The Implications

By Alexander Dollhopf and Kamran Foroughi
Insurers will face unprecedented change in the way they report their business under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and U.S. GAAP. But how useful will the information be?

Price Optimization for New Business Profit and Growth

By Angel Marin and Thomas Bayley
Non-life companies want to maximize profits from new business. Price optimization can make the difference.

Europe in 2010: Post-Crisis, Pre-Solvency II

By Fergal O’Shea and Ewa Machlarz
What is the outlook for the European insurance sector in 2010?

Windpool Exposure Risk Management

By Ming Li and Zack Schmiesing
Windpool operations and assessments are changing the face of property catastrophe risk management in the United States.

The Last Word: With Emphasis on Thought Leadership

By Patricia Guinn