Ageas's Bart De Smet on why insurers don't need start-ups to innovate
The hype around insurtech start-ups should not overshadow the in-house innovations coming from incumbent insurance companies, writes Ageas’s CEO Bart De Smet, defending the ‘internal incubator’ model.
While start-ups in the insurance industry have been somewhat slower off the mark compared to other sectors, they are playing an increasingly influential role in the development of insurance. How, when
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