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Business knowledge for IT in insurance : a complete handbook for IT professionals.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Essvale Corp.,
©2009.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Bizle professional series.
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| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Overview of Insurance ""; ""Introduction""; ""Definition of Insurance ""; ""Definition of Indemnity""; ""Different Variations of Premiums ""; ""History of Insurance""; ""Insurance Classifications ""; ""The Global Insurance Market""; ""The World�s Largest Insurance Companies ""; ""Types of Insurance Products""; ""Introduction ""; ""Life Insurance""; ""Non-life Insurance""; ""Market Segmentation""; ""Distribution Channels""; ""Overview of Reinsurance""; ""Introduction ""; ""Brokers vs Direct Writers ""
- ""Definition of Reinsurance""""Functions of Reinsurance""; ""Providers of Reinsurance""; ""Purchasers of Reinsurance""; ""Nature of Reinsurance Contracts""; ""Types/Forms of Reinsurance""; ""Benefits of Reinsurance""; ""The Business Environment ""; ""Introduction""; ""Environmental Factors Affecting the Insurance Industry""; ""Competitive Landscape""; ""Profile of Major Insurers around the World""; ""Rating Agencies""; ""Insurer Financial Strength Ratings""; ""Trends in Insurance""; ""Introduction""; ""The Introduction of Solvency II""; ""Introduction of MiFID""
- ""Enforcement of AML/KYC in Insurance""""Introduction of Islamic Insurance""; ""Popularity of Bancassurance""; ""Growth of the Insurance Securitisation Market""; ""Rise of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs)""; ""Insurers Targeting the High Net Worth Market Segment""; ""Business Processes in Insurance""; ""Introduction""; ""Role of Capital and Surplus""; ""Underwriting""; ""The Application Process""; ""Claims Administration""; ""Pricing and Product Development""; ""Brokerage""; ""Risk and Insurance""; ""Introduction""; ""Definition of Risk in Insurance""; ""The Workings of Insurance""
- ""Risk Classification""""Insurance from a Risk Perspective""; ""Theoretical Underpinnings of Risk in Insurance""; ""Features of Insurable Risk""; ""Limits on Policy Benefits""; ""The Role of the Actuary""; ""Risk Management in Reinsurance""; ""Common Systems used in Insurance""; ""Introduction""; ""History of the IT Function in Insurance""; ""Legacy Systems in Insurance""; ""Profile of a System""; ""Other Systems""; ""IT Projects""; ""Introduction""; ""Green IT""; ""Implementation of Thin-Client Computing""; ""Virtualisation""; ""Selection of the Right Virtualisation Technology""
- ""Conclusion""""Methodology, Skills and Tools""; ""Introduction""; ""Overview of Mainframe Technologies""; ""Methodologies""; ""Business and Systems Analysis Methods""; ""Testing Methods""; ""Tools""; ""Common IT Skills Required""; ""Soft Skills""; ""Commonly Used Terminology""; ""Introduction""; ""List of Terms""; ""The Future""; ""The Future: What does it hold for IT and Business in Insurance?""; ""Future Insurance Demand and Supply Trends""; ""Continued Financial Services Integration""; ""SWFs Investing in Insurance Firms""; ""Increasing Role of Technology in Insurance""
- ""Emerging Insurance Centres
- Spotlight on Bahrain""