ABI: Insurers have key role to play in economic growth
Friday, 15 June 2012
8:07 AM
Responding to the speeches tonight at Mansion House, Otto Thoresen, Director General, ABI, said:
“The ABI welcomes the additional FPC objective to ensure continued growth of the economy. Insurers have a key role to play in this and it is vital that insurers are able to continue to invest in UK infrastructure and support the FPC objective of continued UK economic growth.”
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