Having shut down its price comparison site for motor insurance, Google Compare, earlier this year the tech giant seems to be back in the Insurance hunt with the CEO of Google France admitting that the firm is looking to establish partnerships between insurance companies and some of its businesses including Nest.
"With some of the things we have done around Nest, we have been working with insurers in France like AXA and Allianz to develop bundles of products which blend technology and hardware with insurance," Leeder said during a panel discussion at the reinsurance industry's annual meeting in Monte Carlo on Tuesday.
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