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Study Group: Independent Insurance Consultants

Council Members in this Study Group: 440

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Amanda Atkins, Chief Executive Officer, Afinia Capital GroupAmanda Atkins

Chief Executive Officer
Afinia Capital Group
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Amanda Atkins is the CEO of Afinia Capital Group. Afinia is backed by Deutsche Bank, Eos and Atkins Capital and assists insurance companies release capital and streamline mature or discontinued liabilities. Concurrently, she is the CEO of Atkins Capital, a consulting firm which provides financial,strategic...

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Andrew Barile, Founder, President, & Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Barile Consulting Corporation, Inc.Andrew Barile

Founder, President, & Chief Executive Officer
Andrew Barile Consulting Corporation, Inc.
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Andrew Barile is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Andrew Barile Consulting Corporation, an insurance and reinsurance consulting firm that services agencies, corporations, law firms, and insurance and reinsurance companies. Mr. Barile has built intricate knowledge of the insurance and reinsurance...

Robert Scherer

President
The Rockridge Group, Ltd
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Robert Scherer is the President of The Rockridge Group, an Illinois-based consulting firm specializing in the title insurance space. The Rockridge Group also gathers financial information from title insurers and compiles industry market share and financial data for the American Land Title Association....

Bilyana Savic, President, Insurance InsightsBilyana Savic

President
Insurance Insights
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Bilyana Savic is the President of Insurance Insights. She has over 16 years of experience in product development, project management, distribution growth, and market analysis for major medical, life, long term care, medicare supplement, disability, accident and specified disease. Bilyana has worked...

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Increased TPA Internal Claims Pressure

April 8, 2009

GLG Expert Contributor

Economic Downturn Presents Mixed Results for Workers' Comp Market | www.claimsjournal.com

The number of clams reported may have been reduced overall due to the recession. At the same time, the cost of each clam has increased putting pressure on the TPA's to handle more with less.    

Three Year Strategy Flawed by Not Including Redeployment Tactic

April 6, 2009

GLG Expert Contributor

Norwich Union announces plan to cut 1,700 jobs | business.timesonline.co.uk

The layoffs will be primarily in the Business Change and IT departments.  Of those positions eliminated 42% are contractors.  This is expected at the conclusion of a successful business change strategy. However, there 800 employees will also face the loss of their jobs.  On the surface...

Indian Economy strengthening: Mobile users in India - an indicative of Economy

October 23, 2008

GLG Expert Contributor

Slowdown? India adds 10 mn mobile users in Sept | www.business-standard.com

Indian economy is not slowing down even if global finacial market is in crises.  The indian population has been denied the access of the convenient and comfort of the land-line telephone facilities due to unaffordable high price to use them.  Now the introduction of mobile phone gives them...

Universal Life's Growth No Surprise

June 19, 2008

GLG Expert Contributor

Only Universal Life Sales Show Growth in the First Quarter in 2008, LIMRA Reports | www.insurancenewsnet.com

Purchasers with a permanent need for large amounts of life insurance coverage to fund estate liquidity or business succession requirements are turning more and more to the Secondary No Lapse Guaranteed Universal Life product. The traditional guarantees of Whole Life are provided by this product atan...

10-15 billion dollar for jumbo loans may not be enough.

April 21, 2008

GLG Expert Contributor

Freddie to Finance Jumbo Loans | online.wsj.com

What Freddie Mac is doing now is supposed to do 3 years ago (a call from Allen Greenspan in May 2005), specifically to liquidate substantially with little disruption to the housing market in 2005.  The call from Allen Greenspan came at the time when the combined holdings (of mortgages and mortgage...

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Members in this Study Group include these company types:

  • Insurance Consulting Firm

Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:

  • Consultant
  • Principal
  • President
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Managing Director
  • Owner
  • Director

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