Biba 2012: 'not a time to despair' Andrew Marr tells delegates

Biba conference 2012

Andrew Marr told delegates at the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (Biba) 2012 conference that the insurance industry has “strong parallels” with the media world.

“A good journalist is very well informed and is able to bring to a reader or a viewer real information that is relevant. And now we’re starting to discover that people can get that information for free,” he said.

Mr Marr said this was a similar situation to the one that brokers now find themselves in.

He also pointed out another similarity between the two industries, with a reference to the ongoing Leveson Inquiry: “As brokers, and as people in the insurance industry generally, you are aware of

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