A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of social inflation: Zurich

Social inflation may be coming to Europe in force on the back of regulatory changes with the capacity to create a “cultural shift” towards class actions that might already be drawing the attention of litigation financiers, top officials at Zurich Insurance Group have warned.

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