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Fair and square over care

With the increasingly colossal amounts of money involved in catastrophic injury claims, establishing the level of care necessary and who should foot the care bill - a large part of the damages awarded - is vitally important, says Philip Tracey.

FSA must not penalise charity

Regulating insurance strives to alleviate risk for the consumer, but David Hoyle wonders if is it a catch-22 situation, as the FSA's plans could actually reduce rather than increase access to affordable insurance for some sections of society.

The strain in Spain

The Spanish life market is currently experiencing growth, however, profitability is under great strain - mainly due to past performance and falling equities. Rainer Helfenstein explains the reasons behind the state of the sector.

CFA: time for negotiations

Many insurers are blaming the no win, no fee industry for the ramping of compensation costs. Mark Langford believes it is time they came to the negotiating table.

Feeling the heat

Along with the liability crisis, regulation, flooding and long-tail losses, the hot topic this year has been the fall in investment returns, which has hit capacity in the market hard and seen underwriters burnt. Hugo Cranmore examines how the industry…

Life can only get better

This year saw the life balloon burst as insurers watched the huge reserves they amassed in the late 1990s disappear almost overnight in the post-11 September stock market slump. With consumer confidence flagging due to the Equitable debacle, stakeholder…

Capital idea

The £14.25bn for Lloyd's capacity in 2003 represents a record figure for the market. But where will it come from and will it be enough to sustain the market in the long term? Carmine Papa reports.

Premium growth slows

A new report from Swiss Re shows just how hard the world's insurers were hit by claims and stock market turmoil in 2001. Ulrike Birkmaier and Camille Codoni crunch the numbers.

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