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Study Group: Independent Insurance Consultants(?)

Council Members in this Study Group: 334

This study group may include experts knowledgeable on commercial banking, retail banking, asset management, mortgages, consumer finance, exchanges, capital markets, transaction processing, credit cards, insurance, and business services.

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Amanda Atkins, Chief Executive Officer, Afinia Capital GroupAmanda Atkins
Chief Executive Officer
Afinia Capital Group

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...

Bilyana Savic
President
Insurance Insights

Bilyana Savic is the President of Insurance Insights. She is a consultant to insurance companies and insurance brokerage firms, specializing in the health insurance product categories of major medical, life, long term care, Medicare supplement, disability, accident and specified disease, but also with...

Robert Scherer
President
The Rockridge Group, Ltd

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....

Michael Cronin
President
Cronin Consulting Services, Inc.

Michael Cronin is a President of Cronin Consulting Services, an insurance consulting firm focused on product management primarily in personal lines and small commercial lines, with concentration in auto insurance. He specializes in the application of analytical and business process solutions to insurance...

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

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...

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Universal Life's Growth No Surprise | 06-19-2008
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

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 at an...

Is the current commercial lines soft market a repeat of personal auto in 1998? | 05-27-2008
Analysis of: MGAs Need To Prepare For Hard Market Now | www.propertyandcasualtyinsurancenews.com
Author: Michael Cronin, President, Cronin Consulting Services, Inc.

One observer notes that abundant capital and weak underwriting standards are leading to bad decisions in commercial lines insurance. If so, the current commercial lines soft market has parallels to the personal auto soft market of 1997-2000. Company management must be especially vigilant in this market...

GMAC Must Keep Insurance Rating Agencies Satisfied | 05-09-2008
Author: Michael Cronin, President, Cronin Consulting Services, Inc.

GMAC, LLC includes real estate financing, auto insurance financing, and insurance.  Insurance is delivering much needed income and stability while the mortgage business hemorrhages and the auto loan business stagnates.  But insurance requires a very stable capital structure, and the insurance...

Smart Homeowners Insurers Use More Than Cat Models | 04-29-2008
Analysis of: Insurers Overly Focused On Cat Models, Says Expert | www.propertyandcasualtyinsurancenews.com
Author: Michael Cronin, President, Cronin Consulting Services, Inc.

A recent news story quotes the insurance modeling pioneer Karen Clark as saying, with keen insight, that insurers rely too much on catastrophe models.  This analysis provides background on cat models and how homeowners insurers use them.  The analysis also offers suggestions...

10-15 billion dollar for jumbo loans may not be enough. | 04-21-2008
Analysis of: Freddie to Finance Jumbo Loans | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

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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