Pub date: 11 May 2012 Latin America / Argentina Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks At first glance, the newsflow from Argentina's insurance sector in Q211 looks good. There has been strong growth in premiums in both the non-life and the life segments thr... Read More
Pub date: 28 Nov 2011 Asia / Australia Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks A casual glance at Australia’s insurance sector suggests that, relative to others in the Asia-Pacific (specifically Northeast Asia), it is fairly large and very mature. Ma... Read More
Pub date: 20 Apr 2012 Middle East / Bahrain Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks The latest results and comments indicate that 2011 was a highly challenging, but not universally disastrous, year for Bahrain's insurance sector. We believe that premiums ... Read More
Pub date: 03 Nov 2011 Caribbean / Bermuda Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks Bermuda is the world’s premier offshore insurance centre and it is expected to remain so for the foreseeable future. Other jurisdictions have had success in attracting int... Read More
Pub date: 30 Apr 2012 Latin America / Brazil Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks As of April 2012, the latest data from Brazil' s leading insurance companies (in relation to calendar 2011 and Q411) confirms our view that the country is home to one of t... Read More
Pub date: 02 Mar 2012 Europe / Bulgaria Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks As of late January 2012, the latest data that has been published by Bulgaria's insurance regulator continues to portray a market that is small, stagnant (at best), fragmen... Read More
Pub date: 18 May 2012 North America / Canada Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks Over the last two years, a recurrent theme in BMI's reports on Canada's insurance sector has been its strength in global terms. In November 2011, this strength remains evi... Read More
Pub date: 28 Nov 2011 Caribbean / Trinidad & Tobago Insurance Industry Report
As a regional market for insurance, the Caribbean remains something of a backwater, notwithstanding that the combined population of the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago is about 1... Read More
Pub date: 22 Mar 2012 Asia / China Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks The premiums written by China's life insurers in 2011 were about 10% lower than they had been in the preceding year. At a time of lingering inflation and volatile financia... Read More
Pub date: 04 May 2012 Europe / Croatia Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks The Croatia Insurance Report considers the prospects for both life and non-life insurers in that country. The latest statistics from HANFA, the financial regulator, indica... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Europe / Czech Republic Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks At a first glance, the Czech Republic appears to be a medium-sized market for insurance that is growing only moderately and that could be vulnerable to unfavourable econom... Read More
Pub date: 27 Apr 2012 Africa / Egypt Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks Thanks, in part, to the political unrest that has swept Egypt since early 2011, the insurance sector has moved from an era of growth to one of stagnation. Prior to late 20... Read More
Pub date: 18 Nov 2011 Europe / Estonia Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks Estonia is par excellence an example of a Central and Eastern European country where the vast majority of players in the insurance sector see the sector in regional terms,... Read More
Pub date: 18 Nov 2011 Europe / Germany Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks In global terms, Germany has a clear competitive advantage as a provider of insurance solutions. This has developed over the long-term as a result of the key protagonists ... Read More
Pub date: 02 Mar 2012 Europe / Greece Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks As of early 2012, the situation and prospects of Greece's insurance sector remains, like much of the economy, in the shadow of the country's financial crisis. As major inv... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Asia / Hong Kong Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks. As of early 2012, Hong Kong's insurance sector continues to stand out - relative to others that are surveyed by BMI - for its strength and dynamism. In the first nine mon... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Europe / Hungary Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks As of February 2012, it appears appropriate to describe Hungary's insurance sector as being resilient in the face of adverse developments in the political arena and a stil... Read More
Pub date: 30 Mar 2012 Asia / India Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks As of early 2012, the short-term outlook for India's life segment continues to be dominated by rules, introduced by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRD... Read More
Pub date: 30 Mar 2012 Asia / Indonesia Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks We remain of the view that Indonesia is one of the most exciting markets for life insurance globally. By most standards, it is large in absolute terms. It appears set to c... Read More
Pub date: 04 Apr 2012 Middle East / Iran Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks As of early 2012, the data published by Bimeh Markazi Iran, the insurance regulator, suggests that total premiums increased by 27% in Iranian year 1389, which ended in Mar... Read More
Pub date: 25 Nov 2011 Middle East / Israel Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks Israel’s complex geo-political history is reflected in the structure of the insurance sector. Although the trade associations identify 14 different players, the majority o... Read More
Pub date: 18 May 2012 Asia / Japan Insurance Industry Report
Table: Japan?s Total Premiums 2008-2016 JPY , % chg y-o-y JPY per % of GDP US$, % chg y-o-y US$ per EUR, % chg y-o-y EUR per f = BMI forecast. Source: BMI, FSAopportunities. Because of their dominatio... Read More
Pub date: 05 Dec 2011 Middle East / Lebanon Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks At first glance, it is obvious that many of the weaknesses that are common to (almost) all the national insurance markets of the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region f... Read More
Pub date: 18 Nov 2011 Europe / Kazakhstan Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks In past years, we have described Kazakhstan’s insurance sector as being ‘idiosyncratic’. This, in our view, remains a fair descriptor. As is the case in Russia, Ukraine an... Read More
Pub date: 27 Apr 2012 Africa / Kenya Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks Writing in March 2012, we remain of the view that Kenya's insurance sector is dynamic and resilient. Although the insurance companies are small organisations by most stand... Read More
Pub date: 13 Apr 2012 Middle East / Kuwait Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks In theory, Kuwait should be home to one of the Middle East's leading insurance sectors. Thanks to energy exports, the economy has consistently performed well over the long... Read More
Pub date: 21 Nov 2011 Europe / Latvia Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks Latvia’s insurance sector is – and will remain – small by any standard. In part because of the dislocations suffered by the economy over the last three years, premiums are... Read More
Pub date: 21 Nov 2011 Europe / Lithuania Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks Lithuania’s small and crowded insurance sector is enjoying across-the-board growth, with premiums in both the non-life and the life segments rising at low double-digit rat... Read More
Pub date: 22 Mar 2012 Asia / Malaysia Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks A key trend over the last two years or so has been the sale by Malaysian interests (often financial holdings companies) of stakes in insurance companies (usually in the no... Read More
Pub date: 03 May 2012 Latin America / Mexico Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks At first glance, Mexico appears to be a medium-sized and quite rapidly growing market for both non-life and life insurance, with premiums growing at double digit rates in ... Read More
Pub date: 11 May 2012 Asia / New Zealand Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks The operating environment for New Zealand's non-life insurance segment continues to evolve in the wake of the enormous natural disasters of 2011. A year ago, in the afterm... Read More
Pub date: 16 Dec 2011 Africa / Nigeria Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights On Nigeria’s Insurance Sector An optimistic interpretation of the latest developments within and prospects for Nigeria’s insurance sector would emphasise actual and potential for growth... Read More
Pub date: 22 Dec 2011 Africa / Tunisia Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks The ‘Arab Spring’ – which has involved a civil war in Libya, serious unrest in Tunisia and mounting political tensions and risk in Algeria and Morocco – has overshadowed m... Read More
Pub date: 19 Apr 2012 Middle East / Oman Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks As of March 2012, it is clear that 2011 was not a vintage year for Oman's small, fragmented and highly competitive insurance sector. Although the premium growth varied mar... Read More
Pub date: 01 Dec 2011 Asia / Pakistan Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks Pakistan’s profound security and political problems, together with the widespread poverty of many of its households, have constrained the development of insurance over the... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Asia / Philippines Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks How the Philippines' insurance sector develops through 2012 will provide a useful indicator of overall trends in political, business and economic risk in the country. The ... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Europe / Poland Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks In the context of Central and Eastern Europe, Poland is often seen as the insurance market that is 'too large to ignore.' Aside from its absolute scale, it is still growin... Read More
Pub date: 18 Nov 2011 Middle East / Qatar Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks In the context of the Middle East & North Africa (MENA), Qatar’s insurance sector stands out for three reasons. First, the spectacular growth prospects of the overall econ... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Europe / Romania Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks Among the national insurance sectors that are profiled by BMI, Romania's is unusual in that it is shrinking by several metrics, including gross written premiums. For at le... Read More
Pub date: 02 Mar 2012 Europe / Russia Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks At first glance, Russia's insurance sector is one of the most exciting of any that is profiled by BMI. It is relatively large in absolute terms. The dynamics of Russia's e... Read More
Pub date: 19 Apr 2012 Middle East / Saudi Arabia Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks As of March 2012, the latest results from Saudi Arabia's listed insurance companies (in relation to 2011) highlight the weaknesses rather than the strength of the sector. ... Read More
Pub date: 18 Nov 2011 Europe / Serbia Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks At first glance, Serbia appears to be an unexciting and unpromising market for insurance. In absolute terms, it is small. Non-life premiums have been stagnant. There is no... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Asia / Singapore Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks In world terms, Singapore ranks as a medium-sized market for (re)insurance that, in spite of being well developed by most metrics, will likely to grow quite rapidly throug... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Europe / Slovakia Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks By the standards of its peers in Central and Eastern Europe, Slovakia's insurance sector is a relatively small market opportunity that is not growing quickly. As of Februa... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Europe / Slovenia Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks The financial reports of insurance market leader Triglav - the listed, but still majority state-owned composite and health insurer - in relation to calendar 2011 will prov... Read More
Pub date: 26 Apr 2012 Africa / South Africa Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks The latest results, in relation to 2011, published by South Africa's life companies highlight their strengths and competitive advantages in a global context. Most have ben... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Asia / South Korea Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks At first glance, South Korea looks like a typical North East Asian insurance market. High savings rates, government incentives for life insurance and underdeveloped financ... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Asia / Taiwan Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks Compared to the other countries whose insurance sectors are profiled by BMI, Taiwan stands out for two reasons. The first is that, by many metrics, and density (ie: premiu... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Asia / Thailand Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks We continue to rate Thailand as a medium-sized, but rapidly growing insurance market that is undergoing transition. Both segments are rising at double digit rates. In the ... Read More
Pub date: 02 Dec 2011 Europe / Turkey Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks Turkey’s insurance sector is unusual in the context of Central and Eastern Europe – and, indeed, the Middle East – in that it is both large in absolute terms and rapidly g... Read More
Pub date: 09 Dec 2011 Europe / Ukraine Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks Ukraine’s insurance sector enjoys few of the strengths of its counterpart in Russia and all of the weaknesses. As a result of a variety of problems – poverty, lack of unde... Read More
Pub date: 13 Apr 2012 Middle East / United Arab Emirates Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks As of March 2012, recent developments and the latest data serve to confirm our view that the UAE is one of the largest and most dynamic of the insurance markets of the Mid... Read More
Pub date: 18 Nov 2011 Europe / United Kingdom Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks 2011 will forever be seen as a challenging year for the UK’s insurance sector. Collectively, underwriters of risks through Lloyd’s – and the other major (re)insurance comp... Read More
Pub date: 18 May 2012 Global / North America Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights On The US Insurance Sector The second half of 2011 has not been a vintage period for any of the major segments of the massive US insurance sector. Insurers of all kinds are battling a n... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Asia / Vietnam Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks There was a time when Vietnam was one of the new frontiers of insurance in the Asia-Pacific - but the sector has moved into a more exciting phase of its development. Forei... Read More
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