London market throws off "macho" resistance tag
The London market is on track to manage the "vast majority" of its claims electronically by 2011 despite persistent resistance to change within the sector, London Market Group chairman Barnabas Hurst-Bannister has claimed.
Mr Hurst-Bannister told Post that the London market has made great strides in investing in technology in the last couple of years but some barriers to progress remain.
He said: "During 2010 we will
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