Partners Life rejects restructure scepticism
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Partners Life rejects restructure scepticism

Partners’ Life’s managing director Naomi Ballantyne  has brushed off suggestions that there is more to the company’s restructure than a slowdown in medical insurance commissions.

Susan Edmunds
Tue, Apr 30th 2013 06:00AM
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