Since its beginning in the ancient days of China and Babylon, the insurance industry's business model, along with its customer service practices, did not change drastically throughout its history.

Because of its complex nature, the industry stuck to known methods and used a mixture of older approaches in running business rather than progress with fresh, new approaches.

Then the internet arrived, and the way people and businesses interacted with each other changed forever — except for insurance. 

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