Underwriting
Andrew Clark: Building customer trust
Munich Re's alternative solution to speed up the life application process without compromising underwriting credibility
Is underwriting improving?
Technology and customer expectations have moved on, but has the industry? Suzanne Clarkson investigates…
IRM releases new risk management model guide
The Institute of Risk Management's (IRM) Internal Model Industry Forum (IMIF) has published its eighth guidance document for the insurance market
Craig Hooper: Mitigating event risk
Health management consultant Craig Hooper discusses mitigating risk, duty of care and healthcare management for insurers and event managers of mass gatherings and large public events
Disease of the Month: Occupational skin disorder (OSD)
Vitality Life's Fergus Bescoby describes the underwriting implications of Occupational Skin Disorder.
What the US election taught us about insurers' duty to use data responsibly
Torquil McLusky explains the importance of understanding statistics properly, and using the information gleened responsibly
How will new alcohol limits affect the underwriting process?
Hannover Re's Kate Ramsay examines the effect on the insurance market of new recommendations for the safe alcohol limit.
Is technology improving the protection sales process?
Zurich's Richard Sadler looks at how technical innovations are affecting the way in which people buy protection products.
Analysis: BMA urges GPs not to comply with insurer SARs
GPs providing full patient medical records to insurers risk breaking data protection laws, the Information Commissioner Office (ICO) has warned. Cover looks at this industry practice in greater depth
Exeter Family Friendly sees instant decision rate of 70%
Exeter Family Friendly has seen a further 10% increase in the proportion of applicants receiving instant underwriting decisions for income protection (IP) since their adoption of UnderwriteMe.
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.
