Underwriting
COVER SUMMIT 2015: UnderwriteMe on why you should attend
Phil Jeynes, head of sales and marketing at UnderwriteMe talks about why you should attend the Cover Summit on 1st October 2015.
Disease of the Month: Chronic kidney disease (CKD)
Fergus Bescoby explains the complications of chronic kidney disease.
Beyond the claims stats: measuring the value of protection
Justin Taurog urges the industry to go beyong measuring claim stats in promoting the worth of protection insurance.
Disease of the month: Atrial Fibrillation
Fergus Bescoby discusses arial fibrillation (AF), a type of heart rhythm disorder called an 'arrhythmia' which increases the risk of stroke.
Healthy lifestyles and dementia - new research
Deepak Jobanputra discusses new dementia research and why advisers should be increasingly aware of clients' care needs.
ActiveQuote partners with uSwitch
ActiveQuote will provide life insurance comparison services to customers of uSwitch.
Multinational Pooling profitable but PMI lags behind
Multinational pooling is proving profitable for global companies with average returns of 6.1%, research by Towers Watson has found.
COVER FORUM 2014: Changes needed from advisers and providers
The way in which the insurance industry works is likely to see huge changes in the near future predicted a panel at the cover forum.
What is retrocession?
Life insurance companies and reinsurers love a bit of jargon, so what is retrocession and how do companies use it? Mick James explains
A warning from Uncle Sam on claims
Non-contestability of claims is, on the surface, a way to rebuild consumer confidence in insurers. However, as Simon Havinden notes, lessons from the US suggest otherwise
Video: Pooling - Introducing Insurope
Who are Insurope? What products do they pool in UK? What are the UK Group Risk pooling results? What are their strengths and USPs? Morten Unneberg, chief executive officer, Insurope Network explains
Video: What is group risk pooling?
What is pooling? Why is pooling important? Who should do it? What are the benefits? Jon Ford, sales director, Canada Life Group Insurance explains.
UnderwriteMe up and running
UnderwriteMe has gone live, as Exeter Family Friendly, Scottish Provident, Scottish Friendly and SunLife are now using UnderwriteMe software within their own propositions, with three further insurers set to go-live in the next quarter.
Exeter Family Friendly welcomes new underwriting system
Exeter Family Friendly has integrated UnderwriteMe's up to date underwriting system into its income protection processes.
Technology - the rise of the e-signature
There is a technology that US businesses, including insurers, have adopted wholesale, but that the UK has been slow to pick up. Guy Williams explains
Underwhelming underwriting
Ian Teague queries whether the industry is delivering the best possible underwriting experience to consumers and advisers.
Exeter increases low risk underwriting limits
Income protection provider Exeter Family Friendly has increased the medical underwriting limits for its plan for low risk workers.
Direct Life and Aviva launch the first comparable buy-now life product
Direct life has launched a fully comparable buy now life insurance policy, available to advisers through Direct Life's LifeQuote service and direct to the public through Confused.com.
Technology and underwriting begin intersection - Protection Review
Technology is on the cusp of delivering fundamental change to the underwriting of protection products industry experts have said.
Munich Re expects more evidence at the underwriting stage to combat fraud
Munich Re has expanded on recent analysis of non-disclosure and its implications and will reflect insurers' strength on this issue in its contract terms.
IFoA to recategorise spinal and brain injuries
The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA)has developed a new categorisation for serious spinal and brain injuries aimed at helping insurers better estimate future liabilities.
Interview - Martin Werth and a future for underwriting
Clunky underwriting processes may be a thing of the past as new technology is applied. Paul Robertson speaks to Martin Werth about his UnderwriteMe system.
Ellipse revises absentee stance in GLA underwriting
Following adviser feedback, Ellipse has revised its approach on absentee disclosure in group life, introduced in November last year.
Canada Life beefs up CLASS
Canada Life Group Insurance has announced enhancements to its CLASS Group Insurance portal for quotation and administration of policies covering up to 100 lives.
