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Research and Markets: South Africa Insurance Report Q1 2010
DUBLIN --(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/de68d1/south_africa_insur) has announced the addition of the "South Africa Insurance Report Q1 2010" report to their offering.
South Africa Insurance Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, insurance associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on South Africa's insurance industry.
Since the Q309 report, the main changes have been a review of the company profiles both local and multinational. We have also included a large quantity of new data. In virtually all cases the regulator or trade association has published final premium figures for 2008, which was not necessarily the case when we prepared the Q309 reports. In many instances we have revised our projections of non-life penetration and life density. This is because it has become clear that the linear progressions that we had been expecting for most countries are not an accurate reflection of what has been happening in recent months. As a consequence, we have much greater confidence in our forecasts of premium income for 2009.
Early 2009 in many ways was a challenging but far from disastrous period for the major protagonists in most insurance markets. Notwithstanding the fact that particular non-life markets suffered as a result of a slump in the number of cars registered, and correspondingly lower demand for compulsory third party motor (CTPM) insurance and voluntary motor insurance, global non-life premiums generally held up well despite the global economic downturn. In contrast, life premiums were lower in most markets in Q109 than they had been in Q108. This was largely the result of the past volatility in global equity markets, although there were also other problems. Conditions remain fair in the global reinsurance market.
In terms of the major regions whose insurance markets are covered Latin America and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) stood out in terms of growth in premiums, in non-life insurance in particular but also in life insurance. Conditions were far more mixed in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), particularly in non-life insurance where the downturn in car registrations hit hard, and Asia Pacific, where various factors caused fall in life premiums in many markets.
Key Topics Covered:
Executive Summary
The Sector At A Glance
SWOT Analysis
Global Outlook
Middle East And North Africa Overview
Projections And Forecasts
Country Update
Insurance Business Environment Rating
Regional Context
Major Players In South Africa's Insurance Sector
Analysis Of Regional Competitive Conditions
Company Profiles
Country Snapshot: South Africa Demographic Data
Methodology
Companies Mentioned:
AIG
Global Alliance
Guardrisk
HDI-Gerling
Hollard
Liberty Group SA
Metropolitan
Momentum Group
Munich Re
Mutual & Federal
Nedgroup Life
Old Mutual
OUTsurance
Sanlam
Santam
Zurich SA
For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/de68d1/south_africa_insur
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