Bancassurance in Europe: Past, Present and Future

FRANCO FIORDELISI Professor of Banking and Finance in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Rome III, Italy. He is also Visiting Research Fellow at Bangor Business School, Bangor University, UK, the Essex Finance Centre of the University of Essex, UK, the European Central Bank and the Olin Business School of the Washington University in St Louis, US. He is author of publications in several journals: Journal of Banking & Finance, Omega -- The International Journal of Management, European Financial Management, European Journal of Finance, Applied Economics, Applied Financial Economics. His recent books include Shareholder Value in European Banking, New Drivers of Performance in a Changing Financial World, Mergers and Acquisitions in European Banking, New Issues in Financial and Credit Markets and New Issues in Financial Institutions Management. ORNELLA RICCI Assistant Professor of Banking and Finance in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Rome III, Italy. Her main research interests focus on financial conglomeration and bancassurance. She is author of several publications on financial institutions, including articles in the European Journal of Finance and Applied Financial Economics.