Benelux White Papers

This quarterly Lloyd's report reviews Europe's major insurance markets according to national hot topics, insurance, reinsurance, broking and regulatory developments. Nations covered include: Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the UK. VIEW SUMMARY

This 452 page report aims to provide an analysis of how and why RBS failed. It identifies the multiple factors which combined to produce RBS’s failure, including errors of judgement and execution made by its executives and management, which resulted in a UK government bailout costing £45.5bn. VIEW SUMMARY

Produced by the European insurance and reinsurance federation, the CEA, this report analyses provisional data from its 32 member associations. The report features sections on: premiums; insurance density and penetration; insurers' investment portfolios; market operators and business line statistics. VIEW SUMMARY

In October 2008, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) failed and had to be part-nationalised. Why did this failure occur? Many accounts of the events refer to RBS’s record £40.7bn operating loss for the calendar year 2008. But that loss is not in itself an adequate explanation of failure. VIEW SUMMARY

The Ageas Annual Report 2010 includes the Report of the Board of Directors of Ageas, the Ageas Consolidated Financial Statements 2010, with comparative figures for 2009, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). VIEW SUMMARY

Brit Insurance Holdings NV Annual Report 2010: 'Providing Protection for business' VIEW SUMMARY

Independent analysis of the European Commission’s project to update the 2002 Insurance Mediation Directive (IMD1): VIEW SUMMARY

Country Profiles provides individual summaries for Lloyd’s key territories. These profiles contain factsheets on the economy, insurance market and Lloyd’s business. This analyst report focuses on Luxembourg. VIEW SUMMARY

Country Profiles provides individual summaries for Lloyd’s key territories. These profiles contain factsheets on the economy, insurance market and Lloyd’s business. This analyst report focuses on the Netherlands. VIEW SUMMARY

Country Profiles provides individual summaries for Lloyd’s key territories. These profiles contain factsheets on the economy, insurance market and Lloyd’s business. This analyst report focuses on Belgium. VIEW SUMMARY