The insurance industry has a global reach. Insurers and reinsurers are critically important to the world economy. They assume and transfer all manner of risk across the globe, and serve as an enormous investor base for the world’s capital markets and beyond. Risk is increasingly shared globally among traditional and new market entrants. Risk generated in one part of the world is distributed immediately across multiple continents to other market participants, whether they be other insurers, reinsurers, private equity sponsors or capital market investors. The insurance industry is constantly evolving and requires regulatory regimes and market participants to adapt on a frequent basis. Regulatory issues arising in one market may influence the way in which similar regulatory concerns are addressed in other markets. To understand the insurance industry, one must have a solid understanding of global developments. We prepared this publication as a tool to assist readers in obtaining such understanding.
We realize that no one publication could provide adequate coverage to each and every recent global development without becoming cumbersome. Accordingly, this publication attempts to provide an overview of major legal and market developments in the global insurance industry arising over the past year. We have focused on developments in the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Asia and other markets with intense insurance activity, such as Bermuda.
We hope you enjoy this edition of the
Sidley Global Insurance Review.
