Why the 1958 Reflex Is Still Necessary in the Digital Age

The digital age is built on speed.

Minutes became seconds. Processes became clicks. Insurance adapted quickly. Policies are issued faster, communication is instant, access is constant.

Yet something unexpected happened along the way.

As speed increased, misunderstanding increased with it.

The “1958 reflex” is not nostalgia. It is not resistance to technology. It is a mental brake. A discipline. In 1958, insurance was slow, but it was clear. Today it is fast, but often unclear.

Back then, policies were not sold.

Risks were explained.

Today, risk often sits behind a checkbox. Coverage limits, exclusions, usage definitions. They are visible on the screen, but absent in the mind. Read, but not absorbed. Accepted, but not understood.

Digitalization made insurance accessible.

It did not automatically make it understandable.

This is where the 1958 reflex becomes essential.

The reflex says:

Just because something can be done quickly does not mean it should be done quickly.

Insurance becomes more fragile as it accelerates. Errors do not appear at the moment of purchase. They surface later, at the moment of a claim. Everything looks fine until it suddenly is not.

In the digital age, trust is not created by technical capability.

It is created by behavior.

The 1958 reflex prioritizes explanation.

It does not hide limits.

It does not skip difficult sentences.

It allows the customer to pause and think.

To some, this feels inefficient.

In reality, it is the most efficient approach long term.

In digital environments, everyone speaks.

The 1958 reflex listens.

A screen can never fully replace face-to-face understanding. But language can reduce the distance. Clarity reduces conflict. Clarity builds trust.

Most insurance disputes are not born from bad faith.

They are born from incomplete explanation.

Digital systems make this more dangerous, not less, because everything appears to be “done properly.”

The 1958 reflex reminds us of something fundamental:

Insurance is not a transaction. It is an expectation agreement.

If expectations are built correctly, technology accelerates value.

If expectations are built incorrectly, technology only accelerates disappointment.

This is why some institutions slow down while digitalizing.

Some simplify while speeding up.

And some only speed up.

For organizations like CAN Sigorta, 1958 is not a founding date used for storytelling. It is a behavioral compass. Tools change. Platforms evolve. But the responsibility to explain risk does not.

Technology progresses.

Human behavior repeats.

That is why the 1958 reflex is still necessary in the digital age.

To pause within speed.

To explain within convenience.

To remain clear even when everything is online.

Because without this reflex, even the most modern systems fail to produce trust.