Description: This article by Carlos Arocha explores the protection gap throughout Latin America for coverage against natural catastrophic events. As climate change has increased both the frequency and severity of these events, coverage gaps have weighed on both household and public sector economics. In the article, Carlos highlights different methods for evaluating the size of this protection gap, and discusses a number of different ideas for closing this gap, through private sector initiatives, public sector changes, or private-public partnerships.

Description: This article outlines and summarizes research from Swiss Re about the prevalence of the Health Protection Gap throughout Asia, with a particular focus on China. Authors Robert Burr and David Zhang share key statistics on the scope of the gap, which is more than 800Bn USD in China alone, and discuss the role that technology and private-public partnership can play in reducing this gap over time. Readers will come away with an understanding of the scale of the problem within the Asia region as well as new ideas on how to solve similar problems within their own region.

Description: This article looks at internet term sales results.

Description: Recent news about the NTM section

Description: This article presents a fable about the issues that arise between marketers and actuaries in the product development process.

Description: This article discusses the health of the Kenyan economy including their insurance market and insurance product trends.

Description: This article is the abstract from a paper that provides methods and formulas for calculating active life reserves for credit insurance.

Description: This article is about the relationship of brand advertising to direct marketing and how to bridge the gap.

Description: This article is about how telemarketers can incorporate technology to assure compliance with Do Not Call lists.

Description: This article presents information about the various cohorts within society today, e.g. Baby Boomers or Gen-X, and how these groups can affect a marketing program.