New regulator could result in Euro tied agent model
The increased focus on policyholders by the incoming regulator The Consumer Protection Agency could lead to a greater infiltration of the European tied agent model in the UK, according to Higos Insurance Services managing director Ian Gosden.
"I think ultimately we will go down the European route and there will be tied agents," Mr Gosden told Post.
"If you go into a town in the continent it has got a tied agent insurance broker. And you
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