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Profit margin compression expected, as falling rates likely to hike combined

In spite of introducing major changes, Fitch and S&P say insurer ratings won't change

U.S. insurers that have built internal economic capital models to satisfy rating agency and regulatory requirements have only done part of the work needed to get full value from such models,

In October 2005, Standard & Poor's first introduced an enterprise risk management component to its ratings analysis, and the firm is currently working on revisions to its insurer capital model. Steve

The term "economic" means that assets and liabilities are set at fair market value, as opposed to reported values (set according to statutory accounting principles or generally accepted accounting

"A little risk management avoids a lot of fan cleaning," joked CNA's chairman and CEO, Steve Lilienthal, during a discussion about enterprise risk management at last month's International Insurance

In building Prism, "we've really come to appreciate what makes a good, robust economic stochastic model. We're in a really good spot now having gone through all this work. [And] where we see

Standard & Poor's has changed the rating outlooks for Munich Reinsurance Co. and its U.S. affiliate American Re-Insurance from stable to positive and indicated the two firms might qualify for a "doub