Viewpoints
A Win-Win for Government and Insurers: Partnering for Security
Despite the government shutdown, sometimes government gets it right. Recently, government appeared to truly appreciate the benefit of establishing public-private partnerships, including with ...
P/C Stock Valuations Not Going Anywhere: Conning Research
While property/casualty insurance stock valuation levels are finally exceeding book values after four years of below-book levels, a near-term return to higher historical valuation levels is unlikely, ...
Will Biggert-Waters Save the Flood Insurance Program? No, It’s Not Even Close
The Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act (Biggert-Waters) was enacted in 2012 with the goal of reforming and thereby saving the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). It is a well-meaning and ...
On the Regulation and the Facts
There was much coverage last month on the fifth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, but it was also the fifth anniversary of the U.S. government's intervention in AIG. While the issues at ...
85% of Insurers Won’t Write Terror If TRIA Not Renewed: Aon
Research by Aon shows that more than 85 percent of insurers will no longer insure terror risk if the federal backstop goes away. The brokerage firm revealed the conclusion based on its "market ...
Financial Stability Board’s Report Misses the Mark: PCI Executive Perspective
In the United States, football season has just arrived. In Europe, football season has been underway since August. While both are sports and both sports are called "football," they couldn't be more ...
Five Key Traits CEOs Look For When Hiring Talent
(This article is based on a presentation made by Libby at the IICF Women in Insurance Global Conference in New York on June 13, 2013.) CEOs are often grilled in boardrooms on innumerable challenges: ...
Rating S&P’s New Method: Transparency Improved, But Execution Consistency Falls Short
In May, Standard & Poor's confirmed that it had finalized a 10-month "Request for Comment" (RfC) process around proposed changes to the rating agency's criteria for rating insurers and ...