Opinion: Free trade

Delegates gathering in Singapore for the Singapore International
Reinsurance Conference (SIRC) will, of course, have the 1.1
renewals uppermost on their minds.
But they will also be looking to discuss and digest the changing
regulatory framework across much of Asia's fast-growing
reinsurance industry.
Successful mature businesses in continental Europe, London and
Bermuda provide an obvious model of what can be achieved by states
keen to nurture the sector.
Multi-billion dollar franchises have be