Geneva Association News

Fitzpatrick is New Sec’ty. General, Managing Director Geneva Ass’n.

International insurance economics think tank, The Geneva Association, has appointed John H. Fitzpatrick Secretary General and Managing Director. He has spent his entire career in insurance and financial services, serving as CFO of two publicly listed corporations, Kemper Corporation in …

Geneva Association Reminds Federal Reserve Insurers Aren’t Banks

The Swiss-based insurance think tank Geneva Association has followed up on its recent report as to whether or not some insurers should be considered as G-SIFI’s (globally systemic important financial institutions). The Association has sent a letter to the Federal …

Are Some Insurers ‘Globally Systemic Important Financial Institutions?

A report from the Geneva Association, “Reflections on a High-Quality G-SIFI Designation Process in Insurance,” authored by Daniel Haefeli and Patrick M. Liedtke, gives some meaningful insights into the process of defining what is – and is not – a …

Geneva Association Report: 2011 an ‘Annus Horribilis’ for Insurance Industry

The latest report from the Geneva Association , No. 5 in the current series – Extreme events and insurance: 2011 annus horribilis -, describes the global impact of the major 2011 natural catastrophes, and analyzes the role and mechanisms of …

Financial Stability Tops List of Insurers’ Concerns: Geneva Association

A newly published study from insurance think tank the Geneva Association analyzes the principle concerns facing the industry in 2012. The current global financial instability tops the list. It’s closely followed by concerns over governmental management of natural catastrophe risk …

Helping Banks is Hurting Insurance Industry Geneva Association Tells G20

In an open letter The Geneva Association directly addressed the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of the G-20 before their meeting in Cannes, France. It pointed out that amidst all of the concerns over the global economy in general, …

Geneva Association Appoints Inscoe to Head Institutional Relations

International insurance think tank, The Geneva Association, announced the appointment of former Secretary General of the International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI) and Deputy Director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Donald Inscoe, as Head of Institutional Relations. He …

Former NAIC Pres. Atchinson to Head Geneva Ass’n. Institutional Relations

The Geneva Association, an important international insurance think tank, announced that Brian Atchinson has been appointed as Acting Head of Institutional Relations. He is a former President of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and a former superintendent of …