UK: Insurer concern casts spotlight on Iceland

By: just-food.com | 10 October 2008

The news that one of the UK's three largest credit insurers, Coface, has withdrawn cover for suppliers of a number of Baugur-backed retailers has drawn UK food retailer Iceland's financial security into the spotlight.

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The news that one of the UK's three largest credit insurers, Coface, has withdrawn cover for suppliers of a number of Baugur-backed retailers has drawn UK food retailer Iceland's financial security into the spotlight.

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