Editorial: The personalisation of insurance: Data, behaviour and innovation

• Published in: Big data & society Vol. 7; no. 2
• Main Authors: McFall, Liz, Meyers, Gert, Hoyweghen, Ine Van
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.11.2020; Sage Publications Ltd; SAGE Publishing
• Subjects: Adoption of innovations; Behavior; Big Data; Customization; Innovations; Insurance; Telematics; insurance; personalisation; Big Data Analytics; Behavioural data; surveillance; telematics

The adoption of Big Data analytics (BDA) in insurance has proved controversial but there has been little analysis specifying how insurance practices are changing. Is insurance passively subject to the forces of disruptive innovation, moving away from the pooling of risk towards its personalisation o...