About thirty attendees were seated around a long conference table. Behind them, a window displayed a sweeping view of the London skyline, its historic spires competing for attention with modern monuments to international finance. The most important members of the cargo syndicate were RSA Insurance Group (formerly Royal and Sun Alliance), Zurich Insurance Group, and Allianz, three industry behemoths with combined assets of more than $1 trillion. All had sent senior executives. Also present were Talbot’s Paul Cunningham and other members of the hull syndicate, alongside a supporting cast of
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