Worldwide Insurance 2008 Top 10 Strategic Initiatives: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World of Insurance Opportunities

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• Financial Insights Opinion
• In This Report
  • Methodology
• Situation Overview
  • Shifting Landscape of Risk: Mad with Opportunities or Just Madness?
  • Figure: The Shrinking World of Risk
  • 2007: A Gathering Storm Facing Insurers
    • A P&C Insurance Perspective
    • Table: Potential P&C Liability Claims from Global Warming
    • An L&A Insurance Perspective
    • Table: Selected U.S. Demographic Attributes
  • 2008: Insurance Industry' s Tipping Point?
  • Table: U.S. IRA Assets by Type of Financial Institution, 2001-2006 ($B)
• Future Outlook
• Table: Top 10 Strategic Initiatives for the Global Insurance Industry for 2008
  • Top 10 Strategic Initiatives for 2008
    • Regulatory Compliance: Local Regulations, Global Impact
    • Table: Selected Global Regulatory Compliance Issues
    • Growth: Acquisitive and Organic Growth Both in Play
    • Figure: Mapping Customer Lifetime Value
    • Core Administrative Systems: Rationalization Finally Under Way?
    • Ease of Doing Business: EDB Cascades Throughout the Entire Value Chain
    • Figure: Selected Insurance Company Business Functions
    • Cost Improvement: Taking Center Stage
    • Figure: Insurance Industry BPO Investment Planning Horizon for Four Key Cross-Industry Functions
    • Risk Management: Responding to a Changing Landscape
    • Figure: Changing Landscape of Risk
    • Channel Management: The Quest for Balance
    • Figure: Distribution Channel Management Vision
    • Competitive Posture: Competing as an Enterprise
    • Figure: Competing as an Enterprise
    • Business Models: The New Strategic Focus
    • Figure: Business Models as Architectural Plans
    • Technology Refresh: The Web and Concomitant Business Applications Continue to Evolve
    • Figure: The Evolving Web
• Essential Guidance
  • Actions for Insurance Companies
  • Figure: Willingness to Pay the Price of Opportunity
  • Actions for Vendors
  • Table: 2008 Top 10 Strategic Initiatives by Business Discipline and Rank
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  • Related Research
  • Synopsis