In December, delegations from 192 countries will hold two weeks of talks in Copenhagen aimed at establishing a new global treaty on climate change. Six months after the publication of its third major report on climate change and insurance, ‘Coping with Climate Change: Risks and opportunities...

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 property market has been hit hard by the current recession, and impacts of the decline have seen deflation reach new levels. Many assume that recovery is around the corner – but what will happen if prices continue to fall? In this fourth instalment of our international series of...

The ageing population and its impact on financial services and insurance was the subject of a recent Thinkpiece by Jane Vass of Age Concern. However what about the impact of rising migration that also seems likely for Europe in the coming decades? How important will immigration be in picking up...