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The insurance market splits into commoditised and specialist products. Commoditised products, such as car or home insurance, are standardised, widely available and easy to price. Competition is intens

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The real-estate investment trust (Reit) segment of the UK equity market has been on life support for much of the past five years and it’s easy to understand why investors have decided to give the sect