New Book Shares Insider View of Insurance Industry

admin | November 25, 2009

This new book by author and CEO Alton R. Cogert takes readers on a journey with an insurance company chief investment officer that is coping with some of the deepest challenges of his career.

While telling his fictional story, Uncertain Times shows how to develop, improve and streamline the investment process of a company in this unique and complex industry.

Whether you work for an insurer, regulate insurers, provide services to insurers or — like everyone else — are a policyholder concerned about how your insurer is run, this book will be invaluable to you. For example, health insurance is a key part of one of the greatest challenges facing the United States today. However, one area of interest, the relative safety and security amongst the companies providing health insurance, has not been discussed to any degree.

In fact, the safety and security of all of our institutions are continually being questioned in these challenging financial times. And insurance companies support many major aspects of our lives. We rely on them, but few people understand the process by which insurance companies invest their assets in order to guarantee policyholders’ benefits.

Cogert, is President and CEO of Strategic Asset Alliance, the leading investment consulting firm for insurers. Founded in 1994, the firm focuses on improving the investment process of insurers, since solid investment results flow from a successful process. Mr. Cogert holds a BS from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Marshall School of the University of Southern California. For more information, visit http://www.saai.com.