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Innovation key in developing markets

08 June 2010

In yesterday’s CEO Panel at the IIS Seminar, Mapfre’s José Manuel Martínez underlined the increasing role of emerging markets to the insurance industry.

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In yesterday’s CEO Panel at the IIS Seminar, Mapfre’s José Manuel Martínez underlined the increasing role of emerging markets to the insurance industry.

He said that insurance is an essential driver of worldwide economic development, providing more than 7% of the world’s GDP. He said growth in the developing world is 21%, compared with 1.4% in the developed world....


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