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Insurance firms provide new cover in uncertain times

Companies are protecting themselves against the threat of rising protectionism and upheaval to their operations

Published Tue, Apr 25, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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    Zurich

    ROCKED by a shake-up in the Western political order, companies are buying more insurance to protect themselves against the threat of rising protectionism and upheaval to their operations in emerging markets.

    Insurers said that demand is being driven by uncertainty over the consequences of a string of events in the developed world - from Donald Trump's election in the United States and Britain's vote to quit the European Union last year to the presidential election process now underway in France.

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