Amazon put on 'beauty parade' to pitch as motor MGA
Exclusive: Amazon put on a ‘beauty parade’ to insurers last December with the intention of pitching itself as a motor managing general agent.
The tech giant approached a range of UK insurers last December in order to put together a panel and offer a motor insurance policy via its website, Post understands.
It comes after Amazon was
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