Our Perspective
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Life for Mutual Companies after the “Trump Bump”
By Rick Hartmann III September 12, 2017 English
“Show me the money!” Twenty-one years after Jerry Maguire hit movie theaters, that catch phrase continues to transcend generations and industries. In fact for mutual and stock insurers, investment performance continues to be a key driver...
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When Workers’ Compensation & Auto Liability Collide - 5 Things Every Insurer Needs to Know [Presentation]
By Diane Brown
September 07, 2017 EnglishAuto trends often collide with Workers’ Comp results. Auto writers use many tools to help underwrite their risks and contain losses - such as industry historical data, telematics, MVRs, black boxes and smartphone photos and videos. Workers’...
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U.S. Washington State Supreme Court Creates a Roadmap for Circumventing Pollution Exclusions
By Charlie Kingdollar September 06, 2017 English
The Washington state supreme court set a new course when it held that the "efficient proximate cause doctrine," which has been an issue in property coverage cases, can also be applied to liability policies. This ruling opens the door to coverage...
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It’s Time to Future-Proof Your Data, Systems and Culture
By Karin Neelsen and Andres Webersinke September 05, 2017 English
The long-term prospects of most Life and Health insurers are going to be determined by their ability to transition from a product-based approach to a customer-centric value proposition. But, if they’re going to make that leap, insurers will have...
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New Cancer Diagnostics - A Threat to Critical Illness Cover?
By Karin Neelsen August 28, 2017 English Deutsch
A consensus among medical experts is that histopathology will lose its importance in selecting appropriate cancer treatment, and eventually diagnosis, over the course of the next 15 years. During this time, liquid biopsy techniques targeted at finding...
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Digitisation in the Insurance Industry - Opportunities for the Application Process
By Annika Tiedemann and Carsten Giese August 25, 2017 English Deutsch
Digitisation has spread to every aspect of our personal and professional lives - including, of course, the insurance industry. It affects all sorts of different areas: from interfaces with end-customers and brokers, to wearables like fitness trackers...
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