NU Online News Service, April 23, 1:06 p.m. EDT

The insurance industry will need to improve risk management, technology and cost-cutting strategies to survive the "deepest financial crisis and recession in two generations," a consulting firm is advising.

PricewaterhouseCoopers in its "Top Nine Insurance Industry Issues in 2009: Crisis and Change," report outlines challenges facing the industry in the current economy, and recommends steps in several business areas to guide insurers through the turmoil.

Want to continue reading?
Become a Free PropertyCasualty360 Digital Reader

Your access to unlimited PropertyCasualty360 content isn’t changing.
Once you are an ALM digital member, you’ll receive:

  • Breaking insurance news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Weekly Insurance Speak podcast featuring exclusive interviews with industry leaders
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical converage of the employee benefits and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, BenefitsPRO and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.