20th Anniversary: iPipeline's Ian Teague on harnessing tech

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Fiona Murphy speaks to Ian Teague, Managing Director, iPipeline UK.

  What for you has been the biggest protection innovation over the past 20 years and why? We are just entering a new era. An era where technology, data analytics and artificial intelligence are making enormous improvements in the way we engage with and advise consumers on protection. We are beginning to harness these changes, enabling our industry to compete with the way other sectors market and sell their products and services. We are not just competing with other financial services businesses for consumer share of wallet, we are competing with phones, with streaming services, ...

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