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.

GPs have become so poor at returning medical request forms that advisers have been forced to attend appointments with patients to ensure they are completed.

Lifesearch has applauded Legal & General's use of subject access requests (SARs) to obtain extra medical data and said it is seeing positive results for clients.

Subject access requests and online technology have opened the debate over GP reports. Ian Smart asks if this could remove a perennial insurance bugbear.