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August 04, 2010 at 08:00 PM
Insurance-banking combination strategies born since the recession started may have a greater chance of success than older combination efforts.
Analysts at Conning Research & Consulting, Hartford, present suggestion in a review of insurance-banking strategies.
The Glass Steagall Act of 1933 once kept banking and insurance businesses separate. The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999 eliminated that barrier, but many early integration efforts did poorly.
“Even before the financial crisis, the notion of financial supermarkets that had gained currency following the repeal of Glass-Steagall had begun to fade in the face of discouraging early results,” says Terence Martin, a co-author of the Conning commentary.
