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Ashar Group: Brokers and Co-opetition in the Life Settlement Industry
Braun, Alexander; Cohen, Lauren H.; Malloy, Christopher J.; Xu, JiahuaCase HBS-218109-EFinanceConnecting life insurance policyholders with potential investors (called Life Settlement Providers), Ashar Group plays a pivotal role in the industry. Its current position is however increasingly being challenged by consumer-direct models, led by major providers seeking to shortcut brokers. Ashar faces a strategic dilemma in cooperating --- but also competing --- with these providers. Maintaining a mutually beneficial dynamic with policyholders, ...Starting at €8.20
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Business Intelligence Advisors (BIA), Inc.: Finding the Hidden Meaning in Corporate Disclosures
Cohen, Lauren H.; Malloy, Christopher J.Case HBS-212031-EFinanceBusiness Intelligence Advisors, Inc. (BIA) was an investment research firm that had developed methods to help professional investors discern when CEOs and other executives in publicly traded firms "either lacked confidence in or were conveying less than complete or reliable information" in their public statements. BIA aimed to give its clients a better way of interpreting information provided in analyst calls, media interviews, and other events w...Starting at €8.20
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Chaudhary Group: Rebuilding Nepal (B)
Malloy, Christopher J.; Cohen, Lauren H.; Sobti, InakshiCase HBS-218110-EEntrepreneurshipThis B case is a supplement to the Chaudhary Group: Rebuilding Nepal case. Having successfully spearheaded relief work in the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake the Chaudhary Foundation envisions creating a more comprehensive and sustainable development model. They are keen to build a model village that integrates components of shelter, education, skill development and livelihood creation and affords residents a basic standard of living. What shou...Starting at €5.74
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Introduction to Life Settlements
Braun, Alexander; Cohen, Lauren H.; Malloy, Christopher J.; Xu, JiahuaCase HBS-218127-EFinanceLife insurance is an asset owned by the majority of American adults (61%). Note that this 61% penetration rate is essentially at parity with home ownership (64%), and higher than that of 401(k) retirement account ownership (53%). Life settlements, or life insurance settlements, allow individuals to sell their life insurance policy in a secondary market. A life insurance policy is a tradable asset, for many individuals possibly the most valuable o...Starting at €8.20