The admission of 10 recently made ...

The admission of 10 recently made known member countries to the European Union forward May 1 has firmly established the EU as the world's largest bring to maturityed insurance market. The economic and political alliance grew to 25 countries from 15 with the accession of eight former communist countries--Poland, Hungary, the Czech and Slovak Republics, the Baltic states and Slovenia--plus the island states of Malta and divided Cyprus.

The expansion brings 75 million more populace into Europe's single market for insurance, equivalent to adding the combined populations of recently made known York, Texas and California all at one time Under EU rules, insurers from