Integrated services of financial institutions contribute to the quality and development of financial markets. The collaboration of banks and insurance companies through the bancassurance model, as the distribution channel of insurance products, results in reduction of business risk and costs of...

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...

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

The Spanish immigration phenomenon and its consequences for the insurance industry, The effect of immigration on the demographic time-bomb in Spain; The effect of immigration on the Spanish insurance market...

The subprime crisis which hit the United States in summer 2007 and morphed into a full blow global financial upheaval in autumn 2008 has taken a heavy toll on the insurance industry. Some industry players with significant financial markets and banking operations were seriously damaged by the...