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(From Reinsurance)

Byline: Isobel McCalman.

How does the company's commercial specialism impact on your reinsurance buying strategy?

I would say that transparency is a principle feature of us as a reinsurance buyer. We offer a specialist proposition to our customers, whether it is in the Lloyd's syndicate or the insurance company, and we have built the business to operate structurally around those customer groups. This in turn makes it very easy to show a reinsurer what their exposure will be.

How do you organise your reinsurance buying?

We make sure we are doing the best thing depending on the product. We buy the ...

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