Clear boost for household book
Allianz has grown its household book by almost £30m in the 18 months since the launch of its Clear household product. Gareth McChesney, head of portfolio management at Allianz Retail told Post that in December 2008 its household book in the broker market had a gross written premium of £47m. “If I look out today it is about £75m, which obviously shows the rates are competitive and the product is selling,” he said.
Mr McChesney said that Allianz hoped to achieve the same success with the Clear private car product, which has been launched via Insurecom following a pilot stage.
"We have put a couple of additional
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