French Presidential Elections and Life Insurance Business:
April 27, 2017
While the second round of French presidential elections is approaching, it is interesting to look at the reform proposals relating to life insurance of the two candidates still in the running: Emmanuel Macron (“En Marche!”) and his challenger Marine Le Pen (Front National).
It is worth noting the premiums collected in life insurance amounted to EUR1.632 billion at the end of 2016 (source FFSA). France has become the main market for Luxembourg insurers (EUR 6.9 billion collected in 2015). It is a …
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Facing up to the challenges of Brexit, hard or soft
April 26, 2017
A search for the phrase “hard Brexit” in Google returns more than 40 million results – not bad for an expression that is less than a year old. As formal negotiations now begin on the future relationship between the UK and the EU, it is clear that we must be prepared for a wide range […]
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Compliance & Risk, key to the life insurance digital revolution
Against a backcloth of growing digitalisation and increasingly tough regulations in the financial sector, a few pioneering companies are already surfing on the RegTech wave. Similar to FinTechs, InsurTechs or FundTech, these technologies are currently revolutionising the compliance & risk processes, with the ultimate aim of contributing new added value to companies onboarding the RegTech […]
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