Trust

Trust is what someone gives you. What you do to earn it encompasses a host of themes and issues. You can get up to speed on them here

3 posts

Regulation • 3 min read

The Huge Health Data Disruption has Arrived

The final wording of the EU’s Health Data Space regulation is out, and the implications for insurers are significant. Not only is there a prohibition on insurers’ use of secondary health data, but as I anticipated, what counts as such data is wide. Insurers need to move with care here.…

Duncan Minty • 26 Mar 2025

Data Ethics • 3 min read

Whose data should an insurer trust?

Whose data should an insurer trust? Data provided by consumers, or data supplied by the insurer’s data broker? A prominent data broker to the UK market is saying that their data is accurate and can be trusted; and that the same cannot be said of data provided by the consumer. Are they correct?…

Duncan Minty • 25 Aug 2022

Data Ethics • 5 min read

Data Published on Public Concerns about Location Data

The UK Government’s Geospatial Commission has published statistics in support of its recent survey of public attitudes to how location data is used. I identify four key findings for insurers and highlight a trend that insurers should take note of.…

Duncan Minty • 14 Mar 2022