Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) 2016
Consent to use of information
The insurer will use the information provided herein to manage the insurance policy, including underwriting and claims handling. This may include disclosing it to other insurers, regulatory authorities or to the insurer’s agents providing
services on their behalf.
In order to detect and prevent fraud, the insurer may at any time:
1. Share information about the proposer and/or its partners, principals, directors, officers and/or employees with other organisations and public bodies including the Police;
2. Check and/or file the proposer’s and/or its partner’s, principals’, directors’ and/or officers’ details with fraud prevention agencies and databases and if the insurer suspects fraud, the insurer will record this. The insurer and other organisations may also search these agencies and databases to:
(a) Help make decisions about the provision and administration of insurance, credit and related services for the proposer, its partners, principals, directors and officers;
(b) Trace debtors or beneficiaries, recover debt, prevent fraud and to manage the proposer’s accounts and insurance policies;
(c) Check identities to prevent money laundering;
3. Undertake credit searches and additional fraud searches where considered appropriate.
The insurer can supply on request further details of the databases that they access or contribute to.