Changes in the Life Insurance Industry: Efficiency, Technology and Risk Management
Best practices are identified by measuring the economic efficiency of insurers and by comparing firms across the industry. Both cost and revenue efficiency are measured relative to best practice efficient frontiers consisting of the industry's dominant life insurance firms. Economies of scale a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1999, 1999
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1999 |
| Series: | Innovations in Financial Markets and Institutions
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Life Insurance: The State of the Industry
- 2 The Industry Speaks: Results of the WFIC Insurance Survey
- 3 Efficiency in the U.S. Life Insurance Industry: Are Insurers Minimizing Costs and Maximizing Revenues?
- 4 Efficiency and Competitiveness in the U.S. Life Insurance Industry: Corporate, Product, and Distribution Strategies
- 5 Life Insurance Mergers and Acquisitions
- 6 Strategy, Human Resource Management, and the Performance of Life Insurance Firms
- 7 The Impact of the Information Technology Management Practices on the Performance of Life Insurance Companies
- 8 Toward a Unified Valuation Model for Life Insurers
- 9 An Analysis of the Financial Risk Management Process Used by Life Insurers
- 10 Challenges and Issues for Growth in the Life Industry