In Series: Personal Lines: Proceed with caution

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As well as the benefits offered by increased data usage, personal lines insurers must consider its many pitfalls.

An increasing amount of data is being integrated into the personal lines underwriting process, with insurers supplementing policyholder information with third-party data to build up more detailed

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