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With the media spotlight focusing on the more controversial practices within the insurance industry, Nick Starling tells Johanna Gornitzki of his plans to steer it in the right direction

Still wearing some of the make-up from his GMTV interview that took place earlier in the day, Nick Starling arrives at the Association of British Insurers (ABI) foyer with a smile and a firm handshake. "The interview this morning was really difficult as they put me in the sofa next to a person who had had their critical illness (CI) insurance claim declined. That was really tough," he admits, but adds that he still does not "for a nano second" regret taking on the job at the ABI. Like so many people in the insurance industry, Starling did not deliberately set out to specialise in insuranc...

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