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London market to gain from Dodd-Frank

05 August 2010

New changes to financial services legislation in the US will increase business opportunities for the London market and make it easier for companies to insure US risks, believes Dave Matcham, chief executive officer of the International Underwriting Association.

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New changes to financial services legislation in the US will increase business opportunities for the London market and make it easier for companies to insure US risks, believes Dave Matcham, chief executive officer of the International Underwriting Association.

Matcham has welcomed US President Barack Obama’s signing of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. One part of the act is designed to eliminate inefficient regulation of both surplus lines and reinsurance business....


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