Underwriting

Mining third parties and affinity sources for consumer data needs to be the next step in protection innovation as gender falls away, Ageas has said.

Underwriting is all about gathering relevant information in the quickest time with the highest quality. Catherine Lyons looks at the impact of underwriting changes/developments in the past 10 years

As the nation ages, so will the client base of many advisers. Fergus Bescoby assesses longevity and its impact on underwriting.

Another government, another NHS IT strategy. And as usual we lurch from one polarity to another.

Insurer's ability to rapidly reprice protection products will be essential in the wake of the Gender Directive on 21 December, Zurich has said.

Widespread errors in government and financial sector estimates of life expectancy could cost billions, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned.

Global reinsurer capital was down by 3% to $455bn (£286bn) last year, according to the Aon Benfield Aggregate analytics report, but the sector has been described as remaining strong.

Adviser's use of company extranets for protection business may have peaked, research has found.

Subject access requests might seem a panacea to an industry inundated with GP reports. But there are side-effects for everyone in the chain, writes Chris Pollard.

Munich Re has claimed "a good start to 2012" and is aiming for a profit of around €2.5bn, its annual report states.