Telematics will be much more influential than people think
Telematics features regularly now in the business and technology media. And
academic institutions are having their say too, examining its…
Autonomy
Autonomy is both simple and complex, ephemeral yet ever present. It’s rarely invoked in an insurance context outside of self-driving vehicles. Yet it’s an ethical issue that is becoming central to the debate on how insurance evolves.
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Data and analytics: the problem that insurers will have with identity
Insurance is changing. It’s moving in new directions, pursuing new ideas, new
models, new technologies. All very exciting, but…
Consent: part of the changing landscape of insurance regulation
Consent is a term rarely mentioned in insurance circles, yet it lies at the
heart of every policy sold by…
Insurance, data and a politician – a cautionary tale about privacy
One of the privacy issues that the insurance sector will increasingly be
confronted with over the next few years is…
Privacy, identification and the challenges insurers face
Insurers have always needed to know something about us in order to assess the
risk we’re seeking insurance for.…
Privacy, identification and the need to know: who decides?
In this second of three posts about privacy and identification, I’ll look at how
identification can also encompass how…
Privacy and Identification – pt4 – we all like to put our best side forward
Our personal identify is perhaps our most treasured possession. It defines who
we are and reflects how we want others…
Privacy and Secondary Use pt2: referral fees and slippery slopes
Secondary use has been a problematic ethical issue for insurers. On the one
hand, insurers reply on information from the…
Privacy and Secondary Use : pt1 : Context, consent and control
We all prefer to exercise some control over what information we divulge about
ourselves and the uses to which that…