View from the Top: Don’t allow price talk to drown out the quality of insurance
As the insurance market shifts into a new phase, competition intensifies and price becomes the dominant factor in decision-making, Richard Coleman, managing director of Ecclesiastical, argues while affordability matters the real value of insurance lies in the quality of coverage, service, and advice.
While a number of inflationary pressures remain, it is clear we’re moving into a new phase of the insurance cycle.
Some, but not all, markets are seeing an increase in competition as we move into a
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