CII Introduction: The UK insurance sector lies at a critical juncture in its long and eventful history. On the one hand, insurers are feeling the recessionary pinch in the form of a capital squeeze and a hardening market, but they can still benefit from escaping the contagion in the global...

CII Introduction: how much financial services regulation is appropriate to protect the public while promoting a free market has been a key debate within the industry and government in recent years, especially after the financial crisis and on the eve of a general election.[...]

Will outsourcing be a winner or loser from the global crisis? This sector has been a major beneficiary of the boom in business services trade since the mid-1990s, coinciding with the rise of emerging market economies. This growth survived – indeed was arguably a beneficiary of – the last...

The current economicrecession that has gripped the world hasarrived with considerable ferocity, and thereseems little debate that the banking liquiditycrisis has demanded prompt and decisiveaction from states and internationalinstitutions alike. The question confrontingmany policy makers and...

Financial Secretary Stephen Timms considers Labour’s response to the financial crisis and looks forward to what his party is doing to secure the recovery.[...]