When we imagine a ‘connected home', remote control of alarms, lighting, heating and hot water immediately comes to mind. And who wouldn't want technology to help us make running a home easier? But if you asked a consumer how they would describe a connected insurance home they're likely to look at you blankly, shrug their shoulders and say, "I don't know". So with such unclear consumer needs could the connected home be a game changer for brokers and insurers when there are predicted estimates of 13 billion connected objects by 2020 in a market worth around $263bn?