COMMERCIAL BROKING - Mergers hit brokers hard.
The spate of insurer mergers has had a major impact on brokers. Professional Broking asked regional brokers whether they were happy with the post-merger service from insurers. Tim Collison reports.
The commercial insurance market has seen unprecedented levels ofchange over the last two or three years. Virtually all the major carriers
have been involved in mergers and acquisitions, and so too have many of
the national brokers. This market upheaval has been a mixed blessing for
regional and provincial brokers. On the one hand, they have been able to
pick up accounts and staff from their larger counterparts whose attentions
have been focussed on merging and restructuring. On the other
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