Knowledge

NMG Consulting offers clients an ‘information advantage’ drawn from our own research and analysis and our work with global industry leaders. Here’s some of our best thinking

February 7, 2022

Brand matters

Updated global brand rankings Property & Casualty Reinsurers, 2021 (including Specialty Lines)

February 7, 2022

International Adviser Study – Key Accounts

Positive sales momentum and faster-than-expected rotation to digital and remote models in 2021 underpins the international sector’s resilience in the face of macro challenges. NMG has conducted a proprietary key account study in the international adviser market since 2011, covering advisers based in international financial centres and in local catchment markets across Asia, the Middle […]

February 7, 2022

Funeral Insurance in South Africa: Market Review

The last few years have seen unprecedented challenges for the South African insurance industry. Although most of the attention is usually on the underwritten life insurance industry, Funeral Insurance – a non-underwritten, event-based life product – has also experienced a unique set of pressures. Market Sizing The last few years have seen unprecedented challenges for […]

January 28, 2022

Trends & Performance | 2021

Key themes Global overview Rising growth expectations Commercial pressures dominate Reinsurance prices have yet to peak Brand matters – reinsurers Competitive positioning – reinsurers Proposition/capability differentiation – reinsurers Brand matters – reinsurance brokers Anchor Global overview Public policy responses led to the Covid-19 pandemic being a bigger P&C event (than L&H) for the insurance industry. […]

January 4, 2022

Will insurers continue to dominate the Canadian Group Retirement market?

Many pension systems globally started with insurers dominating the competitive landscape, though insurers often struggled to retain their share as the markets matured

December 8, 2021

Growing advice risk gap for middle-class Australians

The growing gap between consumers’ protection needs and the risk advice industry’s capacity to meet them is the widest for advisers who service middle-class Australians