Should the industry fear 'sleeping giant' Amazon’s first steps into insurance?

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After Amazon’s much anticipated entry into the UK insurance market fell a little short of the wow factor, Scott McGee explores the corporation’s chances at succeeding.

Ever since Amazon first hinted that it would be making an entry into the UK insurance market, the industry has kept a keen and nervous eye on the global giant.

The industry was right to watch because

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