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(From Reinsurance)

Byline: Isobel McCalman.

Research carried out on behalf of Xchanging*, last month, into the attitudes of the London insurance market towards outsourcing, reveals that there is still a wide spectrum of views on its desirability. A mixed group of participants in the market (managing agents, companies, brokers) were split when asked about whether they were considering outsourcing internal operations.

Just over 50% of those polled were definitely not considering it, saying they didn't want it, it never came up in conversation or they considered themselves to be adequately resourced internally.

Although nearly the same ...

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