No longer blinded by Independent

Now the criminal proceedings are out of the way, and the guilty put away, it is perhaps timely to reflect on the five or six years leading up to the collapse of the ill-fated Independent Insurance.

Many a broker willingly accepted ridiculous, and unnecessarily low, levels of premium rating - and elevated levels of remuneration - during those times, while at the same time taking full advantage of free world class, corporate hospitality at the drop of a hat.

The whole charade, which included three