Editorial standards.
These standards govern every piece of content published on this site. They are public so that readers, cited sources and potential partners can check the basis on which we work.
1. Independence and the editorial firewall
No carrier, regulator, vendor, law firm, consultancy or other third party pays for placement, ranking, framing, prominence or inclusion in any content on this site. This applies to articles, briefings, jurisdiction trackers, framework comparisons, tools and every other form of publication.
Editorial decisions are made by editorial staff. Commercial relationships, such as sponsorships, research commissions and partner listings, are handled by a separate function and have no influence over what is covered, how it is framed or whether a party is included. The two functions run on separate budgets and separate decision chains. A commercial relationship with an entity does not guarantee coverage of it, and the absence of one does not exclude coverage.
Future Proof Intelligence publishes this site. It also publishes its own AI agent certification methodology at agentcertified.eu. The certification work and the editorial work run independently. Coverage of the certification methodology here meets the same standards of evidence and citation as coverage of any other methodology, and Future Proof's commercial interest in it earns it no preferential treatment on any site in the family.
2. How we select what to cover
We cover matters of real regulatory, market or operational significance for organisations deploying autonomous AI agents across jurisdictions. The main criteria are these.
- A statute, regulation or supervisory guidance has entered, or is about to enter, the legal record in a jurisdiction we track and creates obligations for operators or providers of AI systems.
- A court decision, enforcement action or supervisory opinion establishes or clarifies a principle that affects the allocation of liability for AI agent conduct.
- A carrier, syndicate or insurance programme announces a named product that directly addresses AI agent liability exposure, with verified capacity and geographic scope.
- An industry body, standards organisation or government authority publishes a framework relevant to compliance, certification or underwriting practice for AI agents.
- A cross-jurisdictional development creates divergence or convergence that is material for operators deploying agents in several markets.
We leave aside press releases, promotional announcements and vendor claims that have not been checked against primary sources, and content whose main purpose is to send traffic to a product or service.
3. How we cite
We cite primary sources wherever they exist. The standard for each type of source is as follows.
EU legislation. Cited by official designation and article number, for example Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council (the AI Act), Article 26(1). Where a recital is cited, its number is given.
National legislation outside the EU. Cited by the official short title used in the enacting jurisdiction, with section or article number. For US federal legislation the United States Code citation is given, and for state legislation the state code section. For UK legislation we use the short title and section number as published on legislation.gov.uk. Where legislation is in a language other than English, we give the official title in the original language and the basis for any translation we use.
Court decisions. Cited by full case name, court or tribunal, and date of decision, with the case number or neutral citation where available. Quotations from judgments are given in full, with paragraph or page reference.
Supervisory guidance and opinions. Cited by issuing authority, official title and publication date.
Standards. Cited by official designation, for ISO, NIST, BSI and others, and by the clause or section relevant to the claim.
Trade publications and research reports. Named with the publication or organisation, the title of the article or report, and the publication date. We do not treat trade claims as verified fact.
Carrier products. Cited by the official product name in the carrier's own announcement or product documentation, with the date of the announcement.
4. How we handle errors
We correct errors, and we distinguish material from non-material ones.
A material error is one that, left uncorrected, would lead a reader to a false belief about a fact of regulatory, legal or market significance: a wrong article number, a wrong date of legal effect, a misattributed statement, a wrong description of a carrier's product terms. Material errors are corrected with a dated note at the top of the affected page stating what was published and what the correct position is. The original text is struck through rather than deleted, so the change stays visible.
A non-material error leaves the substance of the content accurate. It is corrected in place, with a note giving the date of the correction.
Every material correction is logged in the corrections log. If you believe you have found an error, please tell us through the contact page.
5. Conflicts of interest
Future Proof Intelligence publishes this site and its sister sites, among them agentliability.eu, agentcertified.eu, agentinsured.eu and insureyouragent.com. It has a commercial interest in the development of the market for AI agent insurance and certification: it expects to offer certification services and, in time, to earn revenue from the partner programme described on the partners page.
These interests are disclosed here and on the partners page. They do not affect the independence commitments in section 1. Content about Future Proof's own methodology is held to the same evidentiary standard as content about any other, and where an article refers to Future Proof's certification work, the connection to the publisher is stated.
Editorial staff must disclose any personal financial interest in an entity covered in content they produce. Such interests are reviewed before publication.
6. Right of reply
Any organisation or person named in content on this site has a right of reply. Send the request through the contact page, with "Right of reply" at the start of your message and a reference to the content concerned. We acknowledge receipt within five working days.
Replies that are factually substantive and relevant to the content are incorporated as updates to the page or appended as clearly labelled response notes. We keep editorial judgement over the form of inclusion.
7. Future commercial activity
In 2026 this site operates on an editorial basis only. No paid placements, sponsored rankings or commercial partner listings appear on any page, and all inclusion is editorial and free of charge.
We anticipate introducing a paid partner programme in 2027 for verified institutional participants, including carriers, brokers, consultancies and implementation partners that meet published criteria. The criteria will be published before the programme launches. Paid partnership will not affect coverage decisions, carrier rankings or the framing of any analysis, and every paid placement will be labelled as commercial. The structure of the programme is set out in outline on the partners page.
8. Versioning
These standards are version 1.0, dated 24 April 2026. They are reviewed annually. Proposed revisions are published for at least 30 days of public comment before adoption. On 1 October 2026 the contact routes on this page were updated to point to the contact page, with no change to the standards themselves.
The same standards across the family
The same editorial standards apply on each sister publication. Readers can check the consistency on each site.