" The State of the Financial Services Industry 2006", Mercer Oliver Wyman, 2006.

ECONOMIST: Sources and acknowledgements

The acquisition is the biggest yet of a British life company with closed books, according to Anthony Stevens of Mercer Oliver Wyman, a consultancy.

ECONOMIST: British life insurance

Before Liddy came along, Allstate was a slow-acting, highly bureaucratic organization, says Steven Kauderer, managing director of the North American insurance practice at consultant Mercer Oliver Wyman.

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