Background
Rabe, Thomas was born in 1965 in Luxembourg-Ville.
Rabe, Thomas was born in 1965 in Luxembourg-Ville.
Universität zu Köln (Diploma in Economics, 1989. Doctoral Studies, 1995).
Worked at Forrester Norall & Sutton (Brussels) specializing in Firm engaged in European Commission/European Union and International Practice but not authorized to appear before the Belgian Courts. Experience: Directorate General for Financial Institutions and Company Law, Commission of the European Communities, 1989-1990. Head of Division for Financial Controlling, Financial Department, Treuhandanstalt, Berlin, 1991-1993.
Outside Consultant on Contractual Savings, World Bank, in Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands, 1992-1993.
Head of Acquisitions, Beteiligungsgesellschaft Neue Länder GmbH & Company Knight of the Order of the Garter, 1993-1994. Author: "Kapitalanlagevorschriften für Versicherungsunternehmen in den Mitgliedstaaten der EG," Versicherungswirtschaft 1990.
"Gegenseitige Anerkennung und Herkunftskontrolle im EG-Binnenversicherungsmarkt," Versicherungswirtschaft, 1990. "Der europäische Versicherungsmarkt und seine Auswirkungen für die Assekuranz," Versicherungsbetriebe, 1991.
"Life Insurance Regulation in the United Kingdom and Germany," Financial Regulation - Changing the Rules of the Game, The World Bank, edited by Dimitri Vittas, 1992.
"Wozu dienen die Vorschläge für eine dritte EG-Richtliniengeneration?" Versicherungswirtschaft, 1992. "European Commission Insurance Law," Butterworth European Law Service, 1992-1993. "Der Europäische Versicherungsmarkt," Bonn, 1993.
"Annual Accounts," Kluwer Amsterdam Financial Series, 1992, Edited by Matijn van Empel and Humbert Drabbe.
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