UK Broker Summit 2015: Brokers square up to technological challenge
Panellists argue aggregators and driverless cars will change not destroy business.
A panel of brokers at Insurance Age's UK Broker Summit 2015 believe there will still be a place for them in the market despite the growing influence of technology.
Mark Bower-Dyke, chairman and CEO of Bewiser Insurance, said aggregators have changed the way things are done and brokers are more affiliated to one or two carriers within the small commercial space.
But he reflected: "In real terms we don't sell a product, we don't sell anything that anyone can see - we sell a promise."
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