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INSURANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY ANALYSIS, MARKET RESEARCH,
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Glossary
Find definitions of the most important
terms pertaining to the Advertising & Brading Industry.
Insurance Industry Trends
View emerging trends and statistics
in the following areas:
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- Aging Populations Create Challenges and Opportunities
for the Insurance Industry
- Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Cost Insurers
a Bundle and Drive Changes in the Industry
- Selling Insurance to Consumers in Discount
Stores May Grow
- Bid-Rigging, Contingent Fee and Misleading
Accounting Scandals Rock the Insurance Industry
- Sophisticated Risk Management and Prevention
Programs Lead to Lower Losses
- Independent Agencies Continue to Dominate
Commercial Insurance but Play a Lesser Role in Personal
Lines
- Direct Selling and E-Commerce Grow
- Technology Drives Efficiencies in Back Office
Tasks, Underwriting, Agency Networks and Customer Service
- Homeowner’s Insurance Passes More
Risk to the Policy Holders and Relies on Sophisticated Risk
Analysis Tools to Set Rates
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- Insurance Industry Mergers and Acquisitions Continue
- No End in Sight to the Growth of Specialized Insurance
Lines
- Variable Annuity Accounts Top $1.1 Trillion in the U.S.,
While Costs and Sales Practices are Scrutinized
- Major U.S., Japanese and European Insurance Firms See
Vast Promise in the Chinese Market
- Continued Rise in Health Care Costs
- Employers Push Health Care Costs onto Employees
- Health Savings Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts
Gain Traction
- Managed Care Becomes More Patient-Friendly
- Growing Use of Managed Care by Medicare
- Malpractice Suits Are Blamed for Rising Health Care Costs
- Medicare Changes Include Drug Benefits for Seniors for
the First Time
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Insurance
Industry Statistics
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Insurance Contacts and Associations
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