“But the traditional case could soon be superseded by the latest high-tech gadget,” Davies reports. “Lloyd’s of London will this month test whether Apple iPads could replace the paper slips containing all the information on bespoke policies sold at the 300-year-old insurance market.”
Davies reports, “Three brokers involved in the iPad trial – Marsh, Cooper Gay and RK Harrison – hope that Apple’s tablet computer will be able to carry all the documents that a broker needs to negotiate with underwriters, allowing both parties to review documents and annotate them where required… About 30 brokers will initially take part in a trial expected to last about three months, although others are expected to join in once it gets under way.”
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