This issue of Insurance Adviser includes:
- Building a presence in emerging markets. As Europe and the US battle recession and marginal insurance growth, global insurance players are flooding into emerging markets in Asia and Latin America – but there are risks.
- Battling against the current. Claims costs are rising, investment returns are dismal and premium prices are low. So what are the prospects for casualty insurance?
- Negotiating a shifting landscape. Ciarán Breen, director of Ireland’s State Claims Agency, talks about the agency’s success in changing the approach to personal injury claims and looks at the challenges ahead.
- Steep climb out of catastrophe. The Lloyd’s market has undergone something of a renaissance over the past decade but now it must scale significant hurdles and strengthen its reputation for innovation if it is to maintain success in coming years.
- Tapping into cyber risks. Cyber incidents causing high potential losses are increasingly a concern for businesses but a possible boon for insurers. The burgeoning UK market is still immature but insurers are now offering a wide range of products.
- In practice. The rising cost of motor insurance threatens to price some motorists off Britain’s roads. DAC Beachcroft’s Andrew Parker says tackling the problem will need a sustained effort from the industry and the Government