Finance 431 Risk Management and Insurance – Property Casualty Insurance Brokerage
RMI-Insurance Brokerage Our agenda today –Review insurance distribution –A group project in class –The brokerage business Background Current events Thoughts for the future
RMI-Distribution Review of distribution in the insurance industry –Independent agents and brokers –Exclusive agencies/captive agencies –Direct marketing sales
RMI-Distribution Insurance distribution –Some stats How many producers in the U.S. Is it changing –Personal lines v property casualty Agents Brokers
RMI Insurance distribution –Agent v broker The distinction Real v theoretical –What do customers think Agent v broker –What do companies think Agent v broker
RMI –Insurance Brokerage In class problem set
RMI-Insurance Brokerage Who are Insurance brokers –There are national and regional firms –Names in the news Marsh AON Willis May others large and small
RMI-Insurance Brokerage What is the role of an insurance intermediary –Traditional –Changing role of the intermediary Responding to changing customer needs Value added services
RMI-Insurance Brokerage How are insurance intermediaries compensated Who pays for all this –Commissions –Fees –Special arrangements Customers Insurance companies
RMI-Insurance Brokerage Current events-what is all the fuss about –Review of what’s been happening Investigations of insurance industry practices Investigation of “ bad guys”
RMI-Insurance Brokerage Transparency and disclosure –What’s important Cost v benefit –Industry response CIAB RIMS NAIC Financial Services –Sarbanes-Oxley –GLB
RMI-Insurance Brokerage How are agents and brokers regulated –State regulation –Financial services modernization
RMI-Insurance Brokerage Some thoughts on changes in the industry –Products and services –Distribution channels –Intermediaries –The economics
RMI-Insurance Brokerage Questions Next class