How will the credit crisis affect protection sales?
Hands up, whoever thinks the country is not marching straight into a recession? Okay, if any of you just raised your palms, then I will ask you to kindly go to the back of the class because it is obvious that you have not been paying attention recently. Just look at some recent headlines in the news: - On the 22 August, the Office of National Statistics said economic growth in the UK ground to a complete halt between April and June, contradicting their original estimate of a +0.2% increase. - On the 18 August, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) predicted that the defining characte...
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