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Regulation

Is regulation keeping up with the changes happening in the insurance market? Will an arsenal of SupTech tools soon put regulators inside your digital models? How will regulators handle the complexity of fairness, and the urgent calls to counter discrimination? There's a lot happening - read on!
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Regulation
The FCA’s Approach to AI is to be Audited public
Regulation • 5 min read

The FCA’s Approach to AI is to be Audited

The National Audit Office is to review the FCA’s approach to artificial intelligence. A subsequent speech by the FCA’s chief executive set out their thinking on AI. It sounded very much like 'have cake and eat it’ thinking. Will the NAO call this out? If so, what will that mean for insurers?…
Duncan Minty
Duncan Minty •
Three Questions for Managing Legal/Ethical Boundaries public
Accountability • 3 min read

Three Questions for Managing Legal/Ethical Boundaries

The boundary between what’s ethical and what’s legal is said at times to be a fine one, at other times a blurry one. In these digital times, it is also a moving one. So how should an insurer handle this? A ‘wait and see’ approach is too ostrich like. Instead, try this approach to get you started.…
Duncan Minty
Duncan Minty •
The EU AI Act is full of Significance for Insurers public
Regulation • 8 min read

The EU AI Act is full of Significance for Insurers

As the EU works towards enactment of its AI regulations, the impacts for insurers are becoming more apparent. Some markets have been labelled high risk, while some technologies are being closed off. What insurers need to do now is understand how ethics is changing the sector’s digital landscape.…
Duncan Minty
Duncan Minty •
The Data Protection Risks from Discriminatory Pricing public
Privacy • 4 min read

The Data Protection Risks from Discriminatory Pricing

A key issue that insurers face when responding to concerns about discriminatory pricing is their handling of special category data. What is held and how it’s used are subject to all sorts of conditions. So what implications might this have for insurers and regulators?…
Duncan Minty
Duncan Minty •
Can Insurers Tackle Discriminatory Pricing in Time? public
Discrimination • 7 min read

Can Insurers Tackle Discriminatory Pricing in Time?

The hugely significant issue of discriminatory pricing has entered its second phase, with Citizens Advice issuing a report on what it expects the regulator and insurers to do next. It’s an intriguing report, full of expectations, pathways and warnings. So what does it add up to?…
Duncan Minty
Duncan Minty •
Is Insurance prepared for a Consumer Advocate? public
Accountability • 4 min read

Is Insurance prepared for a Consumer Advocate?

Some business sectors in the UK have a consumer advocate appointed by the Government. Should one be appointed for insurance, the impact on the sector could be profound. With the power to pull data from firms and initiate regulatory reviews, transparency could be transformed.…
Duncan Minty
Duncan Minty •
Worrying Signs of Regulatory Drift on Data public
Regulation • 3 min read

Worrying Signs of Regulatory Drift on Data

Is the FCA drifting off course on data and analytics? A recent speech seems to point to this. For insurers, the ‘false sense of security’ this creates matters less in the short term, more in the mid to long term. It introduces a systemic risk into the digital transformation happening in insurance.…
Duncan Minty
Duncan Minty •
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