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Insurance Regulation & Accounting

Costs and market impacts

It has become an (almost) accepted fact that FSA regulation will increase general insurers’ cost bases. But what will the costs be, and how will this affect the market? In this article, Dr John Spicer , a senior consultant at Europe Economics, discusses how the new proposals could be received by consumers, and how the competitive process could change to either your benefit, or your loss.

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