1 November 2015Insurance

Capacity-demand imbalance more pronounced in Asia

The oversupply of capacity and the resulting challenges it causes is more pronounced in Asia than other parts of the world because of the concerted effort made by many market practitioners to capitalise on the region’s economic strength, Andy Caldwell, deputy active underwriter Syndicate 1955, Barbican Insurance Group, told SIRC Today.

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