European captives : a growth market during a challenging time?

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<abstract displayLabel="Summary">Stricter solency standards and the ongoing economic crisis pose long-term and immediate challenges to the European captive insurance market. The introduction of the Solvency II Directive is clearly the biggest hurdle in both the medium and the long term, while the economic conditions faced by parent companies are the most urgent immediate issue for captives</abstract>
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