I know that my hon. Friend has a financial background. Does he accept that, if he were managing an insurance book, it would be very tempting—indeed, almost obligatory—to reach a settlement and to make the payments? Insurers are not being vicious or in some way prejudicial if they just pay the settlement. That is how a business is managed—it just has to cut its losses at some point.
Civil Liability Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Kwasi Kwarteng
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 23 October 2018.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Legislative Grand Committee proceedings (HC) on Civil Liability Bill [Lords].
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