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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
How Rules Reflect the Ethical Concerns of Consumers public
Regulation • 5 min read

How Rules Reflect the Ethical Concerns of Consumers

It’s common to hear people in the insurance sector talk about ‘rules, rules and more rules’. The EU AI Act is a typical development that can drive this sentiment. And rules they may be, but they are also more than that. Ethics allows you to recognise and unpick their different layers of meaning.…
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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 emerged, but what was clear was that pressure on the sector to be more transparent is about to rise again.…
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Are Insurers Ready for GDPR 2.0? public
Privacy • 6 min read

Are Insurers Ready for GDPR 2.0?

The GDPR felt pretty seismic when it came into force in 2018, but like many a step change in the law, it contained compromises. All things digital have moved on a lot since. As a result, the prospect of some form of GDPR 2.0 is on the horizon. So what does this mean for insurers?…
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A Lot of Life Insurers Are Navigating AI Blind public
Data Ethics • 4 min read

A Lot of Life Insurers Are Navigating AI Blind

A US regulatory organisation recently published a revealing survey about life insurers and their use of AI. For all the talk about responsible innovation, the reality in the life sector seems very different. Lack of accountability points to some serious problems ahead for life insurers.…
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Failings in Motor Claims Raise Accountability Questions public
Claims • 4 min read

Failings in Motor Claims Raise Accountability Questions

Several unfair practices have been identified in total loss claims in the UK motor insurance market. On the face of it, this seems like a numbers problem. Yet this is far from being a ‘which valuation is right’ issue. This is about people and how they decide to shape important decisions.…
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Building Fairness Feedback Loops into AI Systems public
Fairness • 3 min read

Building Fairness Feedback Loops into AI Systems

We are hearing a lot about AI ethics at the moment. It’s important, but still only one aspect of the situation. Another aspect would be the use of AI to facilitate more ethical decisions. By this, I don’t mean on a system wide basis, but in micro decision scenarios. It’s an idea worth exploring.…
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A Significant Development on Bias in US Insurance public
Discrimination • 4 min read

A Significant Development on Bias in US Insurance

Many in the sector are focussing on the ethics of AI decision systems. It’s important but an equally immediate issue is insurers’ use of secondary data. A recent legislative move in the US illustrates this. There are deep currents at play here. I unpick the layers and look at the implications.…
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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.…
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