Future planning

Set against the backdrop of the largest global recession since the 1930s and widespread economic uncertainty, the third annual Life & Pensions insurance industry rankings shows a sector torn between picking up the pieces of the past year and looking forward to the future.

While many believe the economic crisis to be banking-led – indeed, senior members of the insurance industry have referred to it as ‘the banking crisis’ – it is manifest that the fallout from the collapse of Lehman Brothers in