Profile: This time it's personal
Eight leading lights from the personal insurance world tell Ida Axling what challenges the market faces and where the opportunities can be found
The personal lines insurance sector is rapidly changing with new legislation coming in, insurers pulling out of the broker distribution channel and emerging technology threatening to make the broker’s role less important.
Diving in to take a closer look at this part of the market, Insurance Age brought together experts from eight firms involved in personal lines to get an understanding of what the sector is like at the moment and ask them what future they see for brokers.
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