Countdown to EIS: Q&A with keynote speaker Bart De Smet

Bart De Smet

Bart De Smet, group chief executive officer for Ageas is the keynote speaker at Insurance Strategy Europe taking place in Brussels on Wednesday 21 and Thursday 23 March. In the first of a series of articles counting down to the event Insurance Insight spoke to him to find his views on the European market.

What are the biggest challenges facing the European Insurance market currently?
The most overwhelming challenge facing the insurance industry and its customers is, of course, the economy. The European

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