Brokers who learn to exploit customer data will gain an edge over their competitors, according to Simon Hancock, technical director of Neural Technologies.

In a dramatically changing market where ecommerce is now the new market for the millennium, he told delegates that making the push for market share has never been more fierce. In this market brokers need to position and develop products to match customer's needs.

He said: "Put your customers at the centre of your organisation and get to know each and every one of them. If not, your competitors soon will."

He added that new advanced technology, inspired by the biological brain will help brokers gain further insight. Neural computing, he said, provides character recognition and predicts customer purchasing by using historical data to make predictions about the future. It can also detect potential fraudulent trading by automatically identifying any data that is unusual.


The 2025 Insurance Times Awards took place on the evening of Wednesday 3rd December in the iconic Great Room of London’s Grosvenor House.

Hosted by comedian and actor Tom Allen, 34 Gold, 23 Silver and 22 Bronze awards were handed out across an amazing 34 categories recognising brilliance and innovation right across the breadth of UK general insurance.
Many congratulations to all the worthy winners and as always, huge thanks to our sponsors for their support and our judges for their expertise.

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