Underwriters and brokers to face post-Protect Duty learning curve, says Aon's Bolton
Consensus on how to underwrite casualty programmes affected by the proposed counterterrorism Protect Duty will take time to develop, Aon’s director of GBC crisis solutions Scott Bolton has said.
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