Andrew Wibberley: Insurance Street in the time of COVID-19

'We need to fight to keep business now'

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The protection industry should not shut its doors to those who need it most, warns Alea Risk director

These are tough times personally and for businesses. Difficult decisions are being made where the "least bad" option is being taken every day rather than the optimistic plans for innovation and growth we had intended. This is a time to be pragmatic and understanding, and to help our business neighbours as well as our physical ones. We all live in the same street. To the outsider this is a street they walk up every few years without thinking much about.  But secrets lie beneath. The reinsurer in their detached house up nods at others as they pass, struggling to remember their name f...

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