Description: Discussion of the introduction of the Euro and its impact on European cooperation and its impact on the ability of the United States and its currency to dominate the world's political and financial system.

Description: Hubert Mueller describes why unit-linked products are increasingly popular in Europe and provides his outlook for continued growth.

Description: A discussion of the future of the Brazilian Health Market with a focus on the legislation which passed in June 1998 to regulate the private health insurance industry

Description: This document contains material excerpted from a speech given on June 17, 1997 by Tom Kelly, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of LIMRA International, at a LOMA/LIMRA Strategic Issues Conference in Singapore. It focuses on the life insurance industry around the world and some of the forces driving change and their implications.

Description: This article contains material excerpted from a speech given on June 17, 1997 by Tom Kelly, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of LIMRA International, at a LOMA/LIMRA Strategic Issues Conference in Singapore. The article includes demographic and economic data for various countries to illustrate the potential for growth in various Asian markets.

Description: A discussion of pension reform in China at the time of the July 1997 introduction of a new unified pension system.

Description: Insurance Regulation in Spain In response to the 1995 Ordinance on the Supervision of Private Insurers, the Direccion General de Seguros DGS has proposed a sweeping new set of regulations. These regulations replace the 1985 and 1986 regulations their amendments and are intended bring Spanish regulation and practice line with the European Community EC directives. This article reviews some key aspects of the new Spanish regulation and discusses possible responses by the insurance market.

Description: Part One of a three part discussion of A Social Security System for the 21st Century, this part focuses the broader international, social, political, cultural and economic trends that will govern the viability and sustainability of a social security system in the 21st century.

Description: A discussion of the Brazilian Health Industry

Description: Part Two of a 3 part discussion of: Social Security System for the 21st Century. This part outlines some of the key characteristics of the viable social security system of the 21st century.