Brokers issue retention rate warning over commercial insurance aggregation
Insurance firms looking to help aggregators target commercial insurance expansion in 2012 have been warned to check poor retention rates and increased fraud risks before over-committing themselves.
“Insurers need to consider all the implications and experiences from the personal lines side, such as an increase in fraud. Retention and claims rates are also not good. So there are some issues to
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