12 April 2017Insurance

Wafer thin margins become 'new normal' in energy market

Despite a plethora of challenges including low oil prices, cost control pressures, workforce layoffs, onerous legislation/regulation and the escalating risk of cyber-attacks, margins for energy insurers remain wafer thin, a situation that could become the ‘new normal’ for the market.

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