Roundtable: Using data to defend your territory
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Insurers have been exploiting data for decades to underwrite risks. Could they use that know-how to market their products better - and stop tech giants from taking their customers?
Recent months have seen online retail giant Amazon cast its gaze over the insurance sector, with job adverts touting plans to “significantly grow” its insurance business and even rumours of the group
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