What a softer market means for the private client market
Trade Voice: Suzi Rackley, member of the CII Broking Community board and client director at Howden Private Clients, looks at what signs of a softer market mean for insurers, brokers and customers.
The insurance market cycle has been ebbing and flowing for many years. Anyone old enough, like me, will remember the last two periods we entered into a hard market, 1985 to 1987 and 2001 to 2004, and
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