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With insurers seeking to cut costs, legal spend is an obvious target. Companies are now looking beyond the 'magic circle' firms, seeking fixed rate deals and even cutting outsourced work altogether, writes Victoria Riccalton.

Lawyers are not known for their low charges, yet until recently virtually all insurance companies were accepting the bills from their legal advisers with barely any resistance. Comprising work ranging

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