Accountability • 3 min read Ethics and Underwriting – Part 5 – social value and why insurance has become so relied upon. This series on the ethical responsibilities associated with underwriting will draw to a close with a question that is somewhat…
Data Ethics • 3 min read Ethics and Underwriting – Part 4 – will client information be the next great challenge? Every underwriter relies on having good quality information about its clients in order to assess the risk they’re presenting.…
Fairness • 3 min read Ethics and Underwriting – Part3 – Fairness puts Distribution firmly onto the ethical radar An underwriter will invariably design and price a particular type of policy with at least one eye on how it’…
Fairness • 3 min read Ethics and Underwriting – Part2 – the huge implications of pricing, pooling and differentiation With so much variety of risk and variety of policyholder, the way in which underwriters approach their setting of premiums…
Underwriting • 2 min read Ethics and Underwriting – Pt1 – how the policy is designed really matters. The ethical issues that matter most to insurance underwriting don’t just emerge when the policy is rated and distributed.…
Underwriting • 1 min read Ethics and Underwriting – five themes every insurer needs to consider Over the last couple of years, I’ve looked at the ethical dimension to a variety of underwriting practices. These…
Data Ethics • 2 min read Why underwriters need to use predictive analytics with care Insurers have always used claims data to understand the future likelihood of this or that type of policyholder making this…
Data Ethics • 2 min read One vital rule for insurers to remember about predictive analytics A software firm estimates that one in ten insurance claims are fraudulent and that its models can point insurers towards…
Claims • 1 min read Ethics and Claims – 5 big issues Insurers should Focus on The way in which claims are handled says a lot about the values that the insurer involved works to. References…