Research and Markets: Insurance and Reinsurance Industries going Through Period of Significant Change

Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c22214) has announced the addition of International Reinsurance Review 2005/06 to their offering

Just five or ten years ago the international insurance industry in London was a very different proposition to the one that exists today. Dramatic changes in the nature of the business have resulted in a much smaller number of larger multinational operations. While the number of individual companies is now much fewer as a result of consolidation, the size of the market is greater. Indeed, premiums written in the London company market have never been higher. Such evolutionary change, however, means today's companies have different needs and requirements from their representative association.
- Dave Matcham, Chief Executive, International Underwriting Association

The need for true (re)insurance professionals to be kept up to date on a multitude of issues has never been more important in maintaining a competitive edge.

The past year has certainly not been the easiest of times for the insurance and reinsurance industries. Amidst poor investment returns and dropping share prices, however, certain areas still give reason for optimism within the industry. The continued success of the convergence of the financial and insurance industries, an active IPO market, new regulatory guidelines and developments in IT have all taken the market forward in the last twelve months as the industry goes through a period of significant change.

In such an environment the need for expert and reliable partners is paramount. As an array of new products become available to the market, the need of insurers, reinsurers, brokers, banks, risk managers, consultants, IT firms, accountants and lawyers etc to portray their message and strategy to potential and existing clients has never been greater. In order to enable the buy and sell sides of the market to determine who the correct partners are in today's markets, the International Reinsurance Review 2005/06 as an essential reference tool for market professionals.

The second edition of the Reinsurance Review will serve as the definitive guide to this growth area of insurance and to its leading players worldwide. Published as a series of individual chapters, the review reports on international and regional developments as well as offering country and sector specific analysis.

The International Reinsurance Review 2005/06 covers market sectors and countries/regions including: emerging markets, run-off, training, regulatory reforms, technology, medical science, Sweden, Germany, Spain, Turkey, South Africa and Latin America.

Who should read this report?

- Chairman and CEOs,
- Managing and Financial Directors
- Chief Underwriters
- Insurance & Reinsurance Managers
- Brokers
- Risk Managers
- Consultants

Topics covered in the report:-

- Foreword By International Underwriting Association (IUA)
- Bancassurance in South Africa; evolving through the decades
- Chartered Insurance Institute training the insurance world
- Contract, regulatory and coverage issues of global import
- Corporate governance: improving transparency and accountability in the reinsurance business in Latin America
- Effects of the Swedish Bill on insurance mediation; what a car dealer should know!
- Ends or service? - a review of the run off year
- Global market, regulatory reforms means greater use of standards in reinsurance
- How the next wave of technology will affect the reinsurance industry
- Is there a Swedish reinsurance law?
- Life insurance in Germany. Major issues of its present developments
- Reinsurance merging and expanding around the world
- Spanish insurance law: Case law 2004
- Spinal injury- developments in medical science and their implications
- The choice you have (still!)
- The insurance sector in emerging markets- growth's new frontier
- The run off puzzle
- The Turkish insurance industry within the Turkish economy

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Laura Wood
Senior Manager
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