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Duncan Minty

Duncan Minty

Duncan has been researching and writing about ethics in insurance for over 20 years. As a Chartered Insurance Practitioner, he combines market knowledge with a strong and independent radar on ethics.
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Duncan Minty
• 1 min read

Exploring New Ideas in Insurance

The Insurance Law Center at the University of Connecticut is offering a series of talks on new ideas in insurance. These talks are covering a wider range of topics and while often relatively scholarly, they offer a deep dive into a topic that often has wider implications than you might think.…
Duncan Minty
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Accountability • 3 min read

How Good is the Swiss Digital Trust Label?

Swiss Re announced recently that its Magnum Go underwriting engine has been awarded the Swiss Digital Trust Label. It sounded impressive so I went to find out more about this label, through local contacts and online resources. What I found wasn’t quite as good as Swiss Re would like to think.…
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Checking Ethical Culture – Over-Optimism public
Ethical Culture • 2 min read

Checking Ethical Culture – Over-Optimism

Ethical culture is influenced by patterns of behaviour. One pattern that firms want to support is optimism – it helps drive teams forward. At the same time, it also needs to be managed. If left unchecked, over-optimism can introduce ethical risk.…
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Personalisation • 2 min read

Life and Motor Underwriting Start to Converge

Policyholders of US insurer John Hancock who have an Allstate Drivewise policy can now earn Vitality points on their life insurance for safe driving. It works in a rather analogue way at the moment, but it confirms a trend towards how you drive influencing the price and scope of your life cover.…
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The Big Ethical Challenge for Insurers in 2022 public
Data Ethics • 6 min read

The Big Ethical Challenge for Insurers in 2022

Insurers should move on from their recent focus on resilience and concentrate on adaptability. Social trends, market trends and regulatory trends all point to a flexibility to adapt mattering most. Insurers need to reflect this in their strategies, systems and continuity plans.…
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Review - The Tyranny of Merit public
Fairness • 3 min read

Review - The Tyranny of Merit

The fairness of merit is at the heart of the digital revolution happening in insurance at the moment. While not about insurance, this book delivers some important insights into key questions about the future of insurance and its relations with society.…
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