Council Members in this Study Group: 47
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Amanda AtkinsChief 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...
Andrew BarileFounder, 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...
Chief Executive Officer
E. Horvath & Associates ![]()
Ernest Horvath, PhD, is currently the Chief Executive Officer of E. Horvath & Associates, a reinsurance consultancy company. Dr. Horvath was previously the Vice Chairman - Head of Zurich Office at Flagstone Re. He was also the Managing Director of Converium, Bermuda Branch, which belongs to Converium,...
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HMO shares rise after Obama health reform speech
September 10, 2009
HMO Shares Rise - Threat or Opportunity | www.reuters.com
New pushes into the individual market by Aetna and Cigna, along with United, Humana, Blue Cross, etc prove real opportunity to capture 45,000,000 - 85,000,000 uninsured lives. The big unknown is how Not For Profit enterprise will access capital for Surplus reserves less expensively than Federal plans....
June 25, 2009
We don't win in State Farm vs. Charlie Crist | www.orlandosentinel.com
State Farm is renewing most windstorm risk west of US1 in Miami State Farm is renewing "all other perils" and dumping Wind east of US1. State Farm has many loyal but frightened (20-40 year old) agency owners whose existence is threatened if State Farm abandons Homeowners, so it is unlikely. Gov. Christ...
June 25, 2009
We don't win in State Farm vs. Charlie Crist | www.orlandosentinel.com
State Farm is renewing most windstorm risk west of US1 in Miami State Farm is renewing "all other perils" and dumping Wind east of US1. State Farm has many loyal but frightened (20-40 year old) agency owners whose existence is threatened if State Farm abandons Homeowners, so it is unlikely. Gov. Christ...
June 4, 2009
How Bad Will it Get (for Aetna, Amerigroup, Coventry, Health Net, Health Spring, Humana, Kaiser, United and Wellpoint) | www.nxtbook.com
The perfect storm for reform is intensifying. We have been here before, but multiple factors will likely force real reforms that will challenge managed care corporate profits and even survival. The PE 2008 ratios are out and the rate of decline is more concerning than falling numbers for...
Will Feds Destroy Commercial Insurance?
May 21, 2009
Health Plans Would Add to Controls on Insurers | www.nytimes.com
The feds are no stranger to healthcare reform. It failed under Kennedy, Nixon, and Clinton. Common sense tells us that 20% (2009) indivudual, small group AND (10%-20%) large group premium increases, and cost-shift to commercial carriers is unsustainable. Looking at federal reform...
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| Reinsurance Consultants (EU) | 20 |
| Insurance Experts (EU) | 618 |
| Finite Reinsurance Experts | 26 |
| Insurance Run-off Experts | 43 |
| US P&C Insurance Pricing Trend Experts | 1850 |
| US Life Insurance Pricing Trend Experts | 11 |
| Independent Insurance Consultants | 440 |