The economic crisis in the late 2000s had a transformative effect on insurance and financial industry trends. While the crisis prompted the collapse of a string of financial institutions, it also challenged the accepted economic ideology in the West of finance capitalism. While across the world we saw greater government intervention, the general consensus is that the global crisis has created a new philosophy of eclectic pragmatism.
One of the big concerns of modern corporations is the issue of responsibility and accountability regarding social and environmental decisions. Ernst & Young have printed a white paper showing that in 2010, there was a rise in shareholder resolutions which specifically emphasized the environment or similar issues of company accountability. Last year saw 191 resolutions over the 150 in the previous year.
It is claimed social and environmental concerns are on the verge of a breakthrough in corporate America. Social responsibility resolutions have been gaining steady support from investors for the past six years. Twenty six per cent of ExxonMobil investors voted for the company to reveal more information to the public about its hydraulic fracturing process. This method of pumping high-pressure fluid through rock fractures to extract oil and natural gas is claimed to cause environmental damage.
Also the global economic situation changed the views of many corporations concerning unlimited and exponential expansion. There is now a greater focus on maintaining long-term growth and steady prosperity that can be resilient in changing economic climates. This is the new model replacing the strategy of hitting overly ambitious growth targets by any means necessary.
Corporations have faltered and in some cases collapsed as a result of unrealistic growth projects that bet heavily on markets and regions or because they could not sustain expansion in a turbulent economic climate. The modern corporate strategy of sustainability requires strong leaders who can appease investor expectations and locate where the new engines of growth will begin.
Many commentators have estimated the price of insurance will increase as a result of the numerous natural disasters across the globe. In early 2011 there was an array of tragic events in Japan, New Zealand and Australia, devastating communities and rocketing insurance claims.
Lloyds of London, the largest insurance market in the world, said the series of disasters such as earthquakes and floods were likely to firm up insurance rates as companies look to recoup their losses. Caitlin, one of the largest insurers operating in the market, said a broad rise in rates across the market would be expected due to the high number of catastrophe losses in the first quarter of 2011.
One of the big concerns of modern corporations is the issue of responsibility and accountability regarding social and environmental decisions. Ernst & Young have printed a white paper showing that in 2010, there was a rise in shareholder resolutions which specifically emphasized the environment or similar issues of company accountability. Last year saw 191 resolutions over the 150 in the previous year.
It is claimed social and environmental concerns are on the verge of a breakthrough in corporate America. Social responsibility resolutions have been gaining steady support from investors for the past six years. Twenty six per cent of ExxonMobil investors voted for the company to reveal more information to the public about its hydraulic fracturing process. This method of pumping high-pressure fluid through rock fractures to extract oil and natural gas is claimed to cause environmental damage.
Also the global economic situation changed the views of many corporations concerning unlimited and exponential expansion. There is now a greater focus on maintaining long-term growth and steady prosperity that can be resilient in changing economic climates. This is the new model replacing the strategy of hitting overly ambitious growth targets by any means necessary.
Corporations have faltered and in some cases collapsed as a result of unrealistic growth projects that bet heavily on markets and regions or because they could not sustain expansion in a turbulent economic climate. The modern corporate strategy of sustainability requires strong leaders who can appease investor expectations and locate where the new engines of growth will begin.
Many commentators have estimated the price of insurance will increase as a result of the numerous natural disasters across the globe. In early 2011 there was an array of tragic events in Japan, New Zealand and Australia, devastating communities and rocketing insurance claims.
Lloyds of London, the largest insurance market in the world, said the series of disasters such as earthquakes and floods were likely to firm up insurance rates as companies look to recoup their losses. Caitlin, one of the largest insurers operating in the market, said a broad rise in rates across the market would be expected due to the high number of catastrophe losses in the first quarter of 2011.
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