In deep trouble?
Radical change is sweeping through the UK insurance market. Cost saving is the merger mantra, and reinsurers are feeling the effect. Adrian Leonard asks if there is any light at the end of the tunnel.
Although low rates are tempting many UK insurers to lower theattachment points of their reinsurance cover, mergers and the relentless
soft market brought their total spending on property
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