Posts Tagged ‘profitability’
February 21st, 2013
Posted at 1:00 AM ET
Subhashish Dutta, Head of Global Research and Development and Thomas Clift, Managing Director
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Guy Carpenter’s GC ProfitPoint+ SM, delivers powerful portfolio planning and point-of-sale capabilities allowing insurers to set, calibrate and monitor risk management strategy. A single, easy-to-use solution, it enables line underwriters and agents to make informed decisions about individual policies by drawing on the robust analytical capabilities and insurance industry insight of Guy Carpenter. It crystallizes the business results of portfolio strategy that would otherwise take insurers weeks to analyze.
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Category: Property
Tagged: Clift (Thomas), Dutta (Subhashish), GC ProfitPoint+, Guy Carp, guycarp, portfolio management, profitability, Property, risk management
November 14th, 2012
Posted at 6:00 AM ET
As the insurance industry readies itself for January 1 renewals, expansion into new geographic markets and new product development will be the primary drivers of profitable growth, according to a new survey released today by Guy Carpenter.
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Category: Casualty, Property
Tagged: Andrew Marcell, capital, Casualty, Catastrophe, emerging markets, GC ProfitPoint+, Guy Carp, innovation, investment, macroeconomic, mergers, PCI, portfolio management, profitability, Property
October 31st, 2012
Posted at 1:00 AM ET
Subhashish Dutta, Head of Global Research and Development and Thomas Clift, Managing Director
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GC ProfitPoint+ SM, unveiled this week by Guy Carpenter, delivers powerful portfolio planning and point-of-sale capabilities allowing insurers to set, calibrate and monitor risk management strategy. A single, easy-to-use solution, it enables line underwriters and agents to make informed decisions about individual policies by drawing on the robust analytical capabilities and insurance industry insight of Guy Carpenter. It crystallizes the business results of portfolio strategy that would otherwise take insurers weeks to analyze.
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Category: Property
Tagged: Clift (Thomas), Dutta (Subhashish), GC ProfitPoint+, Guy Carp, guycarp, portfolio management, profitability, Property, risk management
October 29th, 2012
Posted at 7:00 AM ET
Guy Carpenter announced the release of GC ProfitPoint+ (1), an integrated portfolio management solution designed to help insurance companies improve profitability, enhance underwriting performance and drive growth.
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Category: Property, Top Stories
Tagged: Andrew Marcell, GC Analytics, GC ProfitPoint+, Guy Carp, John Tedeschi, portfolio management, profitability, Property, risk management
September 14th, 2012
Posted at 1:00 AM ET
Matthew Day, Senior Vice President
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Investment Performance
Although the 2011 investment return of 1.9 percent was weak relative to previous years, Lloyd’s conservative investment strategy has partially insulated it from some of the more damaging volatility seen across a number of markets since the onset of the financial crisis in 2008 and continuing through 2011.
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Category: Property
Tagged: Bermuda Composite, capital, Day (Matthew), European Composite, Guy Carp, investment, investment gains, Lloyd's, loss reserves, macroeconomic, profitability, Property, Reins Markets, Reinsurance Composite, SHF, UK
September 13th, 2012
Posted at 1:00 AM ET
Matthew Day, Senior Vice President
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After experiencing its single biggest catastrophe year ever in 2011, Lloyd’s expects market conditions to remain tough in 2012. Fears of a double-dip recession have made investors very cautious, particularly in Europe, and the Eurozone crisis has slowed insurance growth in the region. Looking forward, Lloyd’s has warned that the difficult global economic conditions may mean that the insurance cycle will be slower to turn than in the past.
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Category: Property
Tagged: capital, Catastrophes, Day (Matthew), Guy Carp, investment gains, Lloyd's, macroeconomic, nat cat, profitability, Property, Reins Markets, Revenues, UK
June 4th, 2012
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Guy Carpenter Global Reinsurance Composite, Combined Ratio, 2004 - Q1 2012

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Category: Chart Room, Property, Reins Markets
Tagged: Casualty, Chart Room, Global Composite, Guy Carp, profitability, Property, Reins Markets, Reinsurance Composite
March 6th, 2012
Posted at 1:00 AM ET
Operating Platform
Carriers continue to maintain flexibility regarding their requirements for the services they expect their PA/MGA partners to perform and what they feel they need to control. Consistently, respondent carriers expect their PAs/MGAs to underwrite (93 percent), rate, quote, bind business (93 percent) and issue and service policies (86 percent). Most of the other services, even though not required or expected of PA/MGAs, are often performed by them, a third party, or in many cases, the carriers’ themselves.
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Category: Casualty, Property
Tagged: Carl Bach, Casualty, Guy Carp, John Barrows, MGA, MGU, profitability, Property, risk management
January 4th, 2012
Posted at 1:00 AM ET
Guy Carpenter Global Head of Business Intelligence David Flandro discusses 3rd Quarter 2011 reinsurance sector financials, their impact on January 1 renewals and a preview of 4th Q data in this new GC Capital Ideas podcast. Download the interview in a file that will work with your computer or iPod.
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Category: Podcasts, Reins Markets
Tagged: capital, Catastrophes, David Flandro, Guy Carp, loss reserves, podcast, profitability, Property