Europe's insurers draw a bead on 1992. From: The Economist (US) | Date: October 28, 1989 | COPYRIGHT 1989 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Europe's insurers draw a bead on 1992

BY INTERNATIONAL standards, Europe's 2,000-odd insurance companies are small fry. Only the biggest, West Germany's Allianz, makes it into the world's top 15 ranked by net premium income. Even so, Allianz and some nine other companies that will be made big or bigger by acquisition and alliance--including Italy's Assicurazioni Generali, UAP from France and Britain's Prudential and Royal Insurance--will come to dominate the European mark...

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