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Underwriting

Underwriting is becoming much more sophisticated. It's a transformation opening up opportunities like never before. It's also encountering challenges like never before, and as we saw with price walking, the impact can be immense. These posts give you an independent perspective on such developments.
153 posts
Underwriting
More Political Scrutiny of Insurance Pricing public
Underwriting • 3 min read

More Political Scrutiny of Insurance Pricing

The Treasury Committee’s session yesterday on insurance saw consumer groups, insurers and the regulator have their say on pricing in motor and home markets. Nothing revealing or new emerged, but what was very clear was that pressure on the sector to be more transparent is about to rise again.…
Duncan Minty
Duncan Minty •
The Ethnicity Penalty : What the BBC Research Points To public
Discrimination • 5 min read

The Ethnicity Penalty : What the BBC Research Points To

The debate about discriminatory pricing in UK motor insurance developed further this week, with a BBC news investigation publishing findings pretty much in line with what Citizens Advice have been reporting for two years now. What does this mean for UK motor insurers, and how should they respond?…
Duncan Minty
Duncan Minty •
Invisible Insurance - The Next Big Thing? public
Marketing • 4 min read

Invisible Insurance - The Next Big Thing?

Embedded insurance comes in three forms: soft, hard and invisible. Each comes with ethical implications, but none more so than invisible embedded. What does it mean to provide consumers with invisible insurance? Is it the future of distribution, or a disaster in the making? I explore it here.…
Duncan Minty
Duncan Minty •
Hardening Attitudes to Insurance Lobbying public
Regulation • 3 min read

Hardening Attitudes to Insurance Lobbying

Insurers invest a lot of money in trade bodies. Their role is to formulate sector level policy and lobby policy makers on members’ interests. However that lobbying seems to be having less impact. Insurers’ no longer have the most convincing message. The implications of this are significant.…
Duncan Minty
Duncan Minty •
Fairness as a Service : a Step Forward for Insurers public
Fairness • 8 min read

Fairness as a Service : a Step Forward for Insurers

A data and analytics provider to the insurance sector has launched fairness as a service. It’s orientated around the US requirement that insurers do not unfairly discriminate. It’s the sort of service that a recent UK Gov. report called for. I examine how it works and what it points to.…
Duncan Minty
Duncan Minty •
Tensions Around Insurance and Mental Health Apps public
Underwriting • 6 min read

Tensions Around Insurance and Mental Health Apps

The insurance sector is interested in mental health. Support for their employees and those of clients is part of this. There’s also an underwriting interest in how mental health presents. There are tensions around these two things though, with important ethical questions needing to be addressed.…
Duncan Minty
Duncan Minty •
Telematics + In-Car Sensing = Unique Ethical Issues public
Data Ethics • 7 min read

Telematics + In-Car Sensing = Unique Ethical Issues

Telematics and in-car sensors create huge amounts of data that can be used to gauge all sorts of things about the people in the car. Emotional AI is part of this, offering lots of potential, but also some highly emotive risks. I look at the key themes that insurers need to have on their radars.…
Duncan Minty
Duncan Minty •
Fairness, Digital and Target Markets public
Regulation • 4 min read

Fairness, Digital and Target Markets

Target markets are now a key feature of product governance. The problem is that they take shape on two levels. There’s the generic version for the regulator, and the decision systems one for consumers. In this gap can be found some of the key challenges being put to insurers.…
Duncan Minty
Duncan Minty •
ICO Consultation on Biometrics: Key Points for Insurers public
Data Ethics • 6 min read

ICO Consultation on Biometrics: Key Points for Insurers

The UK data protection regulator has issued draft guidance on the use of biometric data. It’s been delivered in a pretty ‘oven ready’ state, with two clear exposures for insurers. Are insurers prepared for the pretty fundamental questions they will now need to ask themselves?…
Duncan Minty
Duncan Minty •
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