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The Big Question November 2021: How necessary is a network membership for brokers?

2021-10-27T11:07:00+01:00By Isobel Rafferty

This year’s BrokerFest 2021 conference debated the pros and cons of broker network membership. Here, Insurance Times asks the industry how much value these organisations can really bring to brokers?

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