Ready and stable
His boss Andrew Torrance recently quipped that boring is the new sexy, which is why Allianz Insurance's commercial boss, Chris Hanks, boasts of the benefits of stability at the group. He is also a firm believer in training and development, as Sarah Hills discovered.
With all the bad news on the state of the economy, many might assume the insurance sector is feeling the pinch. According to Allianz Insurance's head of commercial, people should assume again" he is
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