ABI's James Dalton on sorting out the discount rate mess

James Dalton

I am living the discount rate at the moment. I have lost count of the number of meetings I have attended, legal opinions I have read and conversations with insurance company CEOs I have had on this complex issue.

All very necessary of course, given the massive importance that this change in discount rate has for our industry and customers, not to mention other bodies like the NHS. As we switch from

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