Treasury Committee questions ABI on coronavirus response
Treasury Committee chair Mel Stride has asked Association of British Insurers director general, Huw Evans, to address queries on the insurance response to the coronavirus pandemic.
In a letter to Evans, dated 25 March, Stride requested data on insurer responses to the Covid-19 crisis.
The committee is investigating the economic impact of coronavirus.
Stride wrote: “It is a
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