Insurance Insight September is now live with an in-depth interview RSA’s Latvian CEO Tara Kneafsey, a review of the Danish insurance market, and an analysis of where the best place is to headquarter a European insurer.
Latvia's insurance market is young and has been hit hard by the global recession, Tara Kneafsey, CEO of RSA Latvia, Balta, talks to Stephanie Denton about how the market has been able to innovate and how holding rates will be crucial to future survival.
Denmark's insurance market, although small, is singled out by some as the most sophisticated in Scandinavia. Ralph Savage reports on how the nation's players have performed off the back of a testing first half in 2010.
Choosing where to headquarter a business can be a challenge for any European insurer but as Jakki May explains the trend may well be to move away from UK dominance.
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