The insurance industry thrives on trust and heavily relies on personal data collection, processing, sharing and storing to underwrite policies, assess risk, prevent fraud, and deliver customized services. As digitalization grows and data moves across borders, insurers must navigate global data privacy laws impacting the insurance industry.
From Europe’s GDPR to the patchwork of U.S. state laws, and from new regulations in Africa and Asia to evolving frameworks in Latin America and the Middle East, global rules are tightening around how insurers collect, use, share, and protect personal information. Noncompliance now carries steep regulatory, reputational, and operational consequences.
This whitepaper offers a 2026, country-by-country overview of insurance-relevant data privacy laws, covering consent, data subject rights, security, breach notification, cross-border transfers, and sector-specific requirements to guide compliance, legal, and data governance teams through this complex terrain.