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News - Biba offers to step in over Zurich row.

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The British Insurance Brokers' Association has offered to intervene in the row over Zurich's decision to cancel its agency with broker Folgate, if asked.

Following a meeting between the two parties this week to discuss the run-off of the business, Folgate chief executive Andy Homer slammed Zurich's tactics of using rival brokers to attack its clients, branding the insurer's actions as "unprecedented".

He added: "The insurance company, with all its resources, is attacking the livelihood of a broker. For an insurance company to write direct to a ...

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