soft market


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Related to soft market: Negotiated Market, Narrow market
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Noun1.soft market - a market in which more people want to sell than want to buy
buyer's market, buyers' market
market, marketplace, market place - the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold; "without competition there would be no market"; "they were driven from the marketplace"
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But program administrators continue to be plagued by the soft market, which shows little sign of any hardening.
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Interviews with leading independent agents and several company CEOs revealed that the price-cutting wars of the soft market are ending, the article states.
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Starting early is especially important in a soft market as insurers introduce new policies and/or change terms and conditions to compete for your business.
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