Merger heralds mega ambitions for online financial firm
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Merger heralds mega ambitions for online financial firm

Wellington-based online insurance firm Inform has merged with the like-minded Christchurch company LifeDirect in the first phase of creating a financial services "mega-site", according to director, Mark Solomon.

David Chaplin
Fri, Jun 5th 2009 05:30AM
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