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...

The Chartered Insurance Institute is the world’s leading professional body for insurance and financial services with 95,000 members in more than 150 countries. We are committed to protecting the public interest by maintaining the highest standards of professional and technical competence and...

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...

Egal ob eine Unternehmung einen neuen Standort aufbaut oder eine bestehende Lokation verlegt, sie muss sich jedes Mal damit auseinandersetzen, nach welchen Kriterien die Standortwahl erfolgen soll. Nachdem die Entscheidungskriterien feststehen, können die verschiedenen zur Auswahl stehenden...

The temptation for more protectionism has to be resisted. National reactions that try to hinder international capital flows or prevent foreign activities from being carried out in an efficient and fair manner weill reduce the benefits that the international economic cooperation has brought to...

Introduction to FSCS, Financial Services Regulation in UK, The COMP Rules, EU Insurance Guarantee Schemes...

Financial Services Plurilateral Request; The Recent CTFS Meetings; CTFS Informals; CTFS Mandate; Status Quo in CTFS...

Trade in Financial Services:• Highly regulated sector• Sector opened in last quarter of 20thcentury• Some sub-sectors operate on aglobal basis• Market share of foreign-ownedinsurance companies in Europe 41%,Latin America 47% and Asia 12%...