Levene laments 2010, the year of "direct hits"
The chairman of Lloyd’s has described 2010 as the year of “direct hits”.
Speaking at the New York city dinner Last night Lord Levene said: "Insurers rarely get the opportunity to celebrate the narrowly avoided disaster and I am glad that we took this opportunity last year
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