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Insurance CIO Outlook | Monday, August 03, 2020

The data privacy saga is heating up, and insurers around the world are putting efforts to balance the need for data privacy
FREMONT , CA: Data privacy is quickly becoming a growing concern for insurers. In such a context, insurers find themselves in a position to revise their data privacy policies to remain compliant. New regulations, damaging media stories, costly litigation, and customer demand for privacy are fast-making compliance, an issue that insurers can no more ignore. Besides, laws and legal decisions, at both the federal and state levels are playing an important role in insurance data privacy.
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Data is an essential component across the entire insurance value chain, from prospecting to marketing, underwriting to claims, and more. Data is the air for insurers, and yet the industry is cautious and abides by the data protection laws coming into force around the world. Enforcement of data privacy laws is bringing a considerable cultural shift in the insurance industry. Insurers and brokers today are encouraging the insured to institute a proper plan and to look at the data they’ve got and what they would do with it. By having appropriate processes in place, liability is reduced significantly.
[vendor_logo_first]Insurers today are working together on things like crime prevention and improving the consumer experience with the use of data. With the never-fading cyber-crime scenario, there are unsolved questions giving control of personal data back to consumers, while keeping them secure. The new data privacy laws come with substantial fines for insurance companies that fail to comply with the latest procedures, data retention rules, the rights of the data subjects, and other areas. The laws place a greater accountability obligation on insurers to demonstrate compliance. As a result, insurers today are implementing data protection by design and default, maintaining comprehensive documentation, conducting data protection impact assessment, and appointing data controller representatives.
Data privacy will continue to be the frontline of insurance in the coming years. Thus, preparing for it will be an added advantage for insurers in the long run.
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