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Celent Insurance Reports
Celent - Research and Analysis on the Insurance Industry

• Insurance in Hong Kong: Market and IT Overview
  The life insurance business currently dominates Hong Kongs insurance industry and is a major source of growth, occupying a 70% market share. Property and casualty insurance have experienced a slower growth rate.
• Insurance Data Mastery Strategies
  With the current economic crisis a focus of all insurance planning, data mastery remains a top priority.
• Top Trends in UK Distribution: A General Insurance View
  Distribution of insurance products continues to evolve, is diverse, and favors low-cost channels.
• Capturing the Strategic Value of IT: A Review of IT Investment Evaluation Methods
  As the role of IT evolves and transforms the way insurance companies conduct business, decisions related to IT investments receive more attention. When defining actions and investments supporting their overall strategy, the crucial issue for insurers is to define which range of projects they should give top priority.
• Insurance in France: Market and IT Overview
  France is the fourth largest insurance market in the world, experiencing an average growth rate of 8% during the last five years. French insurance companies have already adopted technology at a high level, but there are some domains where adjustments and initiatives could add value to organizations.
• The Ideal Producer Portal: From Cost of Doing Business to Industry Differentiator
  The producer portal has emerged as a critical channel of interaction that few insurers can afford to ignore.
• L Assurance en Inde: Apercu du Marche et des Technologies
  L Inde va continuer a assister a l explosion de la croissance du marche de l assurance ainsi qu a une augmentation des depenses informatiques qui devraient depasser les 9 milliards d USD d ici a 2012.
• Will Your Policy Administration System Support Your Future Growth? Measuring Scalability and Performance Property Casualty Edition
  When preparing for a major software acquisition insurers must not only review requirements and functionality but also guarantee that a vendors system will grow with the business and remain valuable over a period of many years.
• Will Your Policy Administration System Support Your Future Growth? Measuring Scalability and Performance Life Health Edition
  When preparing for a major software acquisition insurers must not only review requirements and functionality but also guarantee that a vendors system will grow with the business and remain valuable over a period of many years.
• Rating in the UK General Insurance Market
  The evolution of pricing and rating approaches is now starting to overwhelm the technology that supports it. Insurers must look to update their supporting technology to deal with increasing complexity.
• Thin Clients and Business Continuity Planning: Evaluating the Potential
  BCP/BCM has brought the issue of maintaining user access to the forefront. Thin clients are garnering attention as a solution, but the virtual desktop may be more suitable in certain cases.
• The Business Case for Modern Policy Administration Systems
  The transformational nature of policy administration replacement requires careful management of expectations and a thorough understanding of business case elements.
• Solvabilite II: Apercu et Impact sur l Informatique
  Celent looks at how a business rules management solution has enabled Travelers to increase the flow of new business by over 50%.
• Business Rules and Underwriting Automation at Travelers
  Celent looks at how a business rules management solution has enabled Travelers to increase the flow of new business by over 50%.
• Capturing the Opportunity in the US Mass Affluent Segment
  The mass affluent client segment offers financial services firms one of the best opportunities to compete and profit today.
• Insurance in Russia: Market and IT Overview
  The challenges faced by the Russian economy and particularly its insurance industry are numerous, but local companies have proved that they are eager to change and tackle the barriers to their success.
• La Bancassurance dans le Monde: Lecons de la Chine, de l Inde, de l Europe et des Etats-Unis
  Le succes de la bancassurance et les attentes relatives a son developpement varient tres fortement en fonction des localisations geographiques.
• China Insurance Market and Technology Overview 2008
  The need for insurance in China is expanding due to rapid economic growth and increased income.
• IT Spending Trends in the Japanese Insurance Industry
  IT investment in Japan's insurance sector is expected to reach JPY 757 billion by March 2008, and JPY 811 billion by March 2012, for a compound annual growth rate of 1.7%. 2012 will be a turning point in IT investment growth, after which a gradual slowdown will occur until spending reaches a steady level.
• Selling Life Insurance in Rural India
  Rural India is the next frontier for life insurance companies. Cost-effective distribution channels and client awareness will be critical to success in this market.
• Nouvelles Technologies dans l'Assurance Auto: Quel futur pour les Assureurs ?
  Les nouvelles technologies comme l enregistrement des donnees de evenements et la telematique peuvent permettre de ameliorer la rentabilite de l assurance automobile.
• Solvency II: Overview and Impact on IT
  Insurers willing to take advantage of the challenges posed by Solvency II should focus on aligning their IT architecture, treating data as a strategic asset, enabling advanced IT risk management tools, and promoting frictionless communication.
• Vehicle Data and Telematics: What Does the Future Hold for the Insurer?
  New technologies such as event data recording and telematics can improve profitability in the motor insurance business.
• Pathology of the US Mortgage Crisis
  In the past nine months the global credit market saw a flight from uncertainty that dislocated market liquidity, caused enormous writedowns across asset classes and geographies, panic interest rate cuts in the US, and the fall of Bear Stearns, the once fifth-largest US investment bank.
• Insurance CIO/CTO Pressures, Priorities, Projects, and Plans 2008: The View Across the Atlantic
  The annual US and European CIO/CTO surveys from Celent saw insurance executives on both sides of the Atlantic continuing to focus on improving the customer/broker experience by investing in new business solutions, upgrading core systems, and streamlining operations. However, US CIOs show greater concern about the impact of a softening market in the coming year.
• Core Claims System Replacement: A European Health Insurance Business Case
  An IT system alignment at a European insurer is profiled in light of the Celent Technology Foundations of Advantage.
• Bancassurance Global Update: Lessons from Around the World in China, India, Europe, and US
  The success of bancassurance and expectations regarding future growth rates vary tremendously across regions.
• L Assurance en Ukraine: Apercu du Marche et des Technologies informatiques
  Le marche de l assurance en Ukraine va connaitre de nouveaux changements et, selon Celent, les compagnies d assurance devraient voir leurs depenses i