Editor’s letter - September 2013
“It appears, at least at first glance, that insurers are staying true to their word that they are no longer chasing volume”
The greatest fear for a journalist in August is that there will be next to nothing to write about. However, there has certainly been plenty going on in brokerland during what is traditionally termed the “silly season”. Admittedly, new product and scheme launches were thin on the ground, probably due to insurers believing that brokers would be away sunning themselves on beaches. But outside of this the pace of news – from Applied Systems buying Insurecom to the slew of insurer results – has been
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