Throwback Thursday: Hiring spree & Norwich Union purchases
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to January 1985 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history when the year was starting with a hiring surge and Norwich Union was buying some prime City real estate.
10 January 1985: Jobs fillip
The start of 1985 was more favourable for job prospects in insurance than the beginning of 1984 was, according to a survey by Manpower.
More insurers intended to expand
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