Sections
| Title | Starting Page | Number of Pages |
|---|
| CONTENTS | 7 | 2 |
| Chapter 1 | 9 | 22 |
| Introduction to the Insurance Industry | 9 | 3 |
| Aging Populations Create Challenges and Opportunities for the Insurance Industry | 12 | 1 |
| Sophisticated Risk Management and Prevention Programs Lead to Lower Losses | 13 | 1 |
| Risk Managers Seek Certification | 13 | 1 |
| Independent Agencies Continue to Dominate Commercial Insurance, but Play a Lesser Role in Personal Lines | 14 | 1 |
| Insurance Direct Selling and E-Commerce Grow | 14 | 1 |
| Technology Drives Efficiencies in Back Office Tasks, Underwriting, Agency Networks and Customer Service | 15 | 2 |
| Homeowner s Insurance Passes More Risk to the Policy Holders and Relies on Sophisticated Risk Analysis Tools to Set Rates | 17 | 1 |
| Insurance Industry Mergers and Acquisitions Continue After the Financial Crisis | 18 | 1 |
| No End in Sight to the Growth of Specialized Insurance Lines | 19 | 1 |
| Annuity Account Managers Create New Product Strategies | 19 | 1 |
| Major U.S., Japanese and European Insurance Firms See Vast Promise in the Chinese and Southeast Asian Market | 20 | 1 |
| Insurance Firms Target Markets in Emerging Nations | 21 | 1 |
| Continued Rise in Health Care Costs | 21 | 1 |
| U.S. Health Care Reform Act of 2010 Set to Bring Big Changes | 22 | 1 |
| Employers Push Health Care Costs onto Employees/On-Site Clinics Begin to Appear | 23 | 1 |
| Malpractice Suits Are Blamed for Rising Health Care Costs/Tort Reform Is Capping Awards for Damages | 24 | 2 |
| Hedge Funds Enter the Reinsurance Field in a Big Way | 26 | 1 |
| Credit Default Swaps (CDS) and Derivatives Soar into the Trillions of Dollars | 26 | 2 |
| Aging Populations, Baby Boomers Create Opportunities/U.S. Pension Accounts Top $16 Trillion | 28 | 1 |
| 2010 Reform Act Increases Regulation of Financial Industry, including Banks, Investment Companies and Insurance Firms | 29 | 2 |
| Chapter 2 | 31 | 25 |
| Insurance Industry Overview | 32 | 1 |
| Major Insurance-Related Merger &Acquisition Deals, U.S.: 2009 | 33 | 1 |
| Top 25 Global Insurance Companies by Revenues: 2009 | 34 | 1 |
| Top 20 Global Property &Casualty Insurance Companies by Revenues: 2009 | 35 | 1 |
| Assets &Liabilities of U.S. Property-Casualty Insurance Companies: 2004-2nd Quarter 2010 | 36 | 1 |
| Typical U.S. Automobile Insurance Costs, per Year: 2010 | 37 | 1 |
| Top 20 Global Life Insurance Companies by Revenues: 2009 | 38 | 1 |
| Assets &Liabilities of U.S. Life Insurance Companies: 2004-2nd Quarter 2010 | 39 | 1 |
| People without Health Insurance for the Entire Year, U.S.: 2008-2009 | 42 | 1 |
| Number &Percent of Persons of All Ages with and without Health Insurance Coverage, U.S.: 1999-2009 | 43 | 1 |
| Number &Percent of Persons of All Ages without Health Insurance Coverage, by Race/Ethnicity, U.S.: 2002-2009 | 44 | 1 |
| Number &Percent of Persons without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group, U.S.: 1999-2009 | 45 | 1 |
| Number &Percent of Persons without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group &Sex: U.S.: 2009 | 46 | 1 |
| Affordable Care Act Overview | 47 | 2 |
| Medical Care Benefits in the U.S.: Access, Participation and Take-Up Rates, March 2010 | 49 | 1 |
| Retirement Benefits in the U.S.: Access, Participation and Take-Up Rates, March 2010 | 50 | 1 |
| Life Expectancy at Age 65, U.S. | 51 | 1 |
| Employment in the Insurance Industry, U.S.: 2002-2009 | 52 | 1 |
| Employment &Earnings in Insurance Industry Occupations, U.S.: May 2009 | 53 | 3 |
