Risk Matters Oceania is an occasional series of articles for life assurance professionals in Oceania. Its purpose is to share knowledge gleaned by Gen Re as we carry out research into the risks that affect the profitability of life protection business.
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Issue: April, 2012 Language: English
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Contents: Getting in the Rhythm Of Managing Group Insurance Claims / The Claimant, the Policy Owner, the Insurer and the Income Protection Policy / Alternative Medicine: What Impact does it have on Underwriting and Claims Practices? / Gen Re Underwriting and Claims Forum / COMET 2012 Diary |
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Issue: March, 2012 Language: English
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Contents: Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer / E-cigarettes - A new frontier for smoking? / Upcoming Events / Introducing Kimberley Wang / Gen Re Underwriting and Claims Forum / COMET 2012 Diary |
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Issue: February, 2012 Language: English
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Contents: Gen Re Australia Announces New Leadership Team / Additional News From Our Gen Re Team / Multiple Sclerosis / Gen Re Underwriting and Claims Forum / Research and Development / COMET 2011 Correspondence Sponsorship Winners / COMET 2012 Trainee Sponsorship Winner / COMET 2012 Diary |
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Issue: November, 2011 Language: English
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Contents: When Is a Heart Attack a Heart Attack? / Financially Verifying Occupational Duties / Upcoming Events |
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Issue: October, 2011 Language: English
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Content: Screening for Chronic Kidney Disease With the eGFR |
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Issue: September, 2011 Language: English
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Contents: Income Protection 10-Hour Policy Rule Unmasked / Bonuses and Employee Share Schemes / CLUE - Continuing Updates and Improvements in Line with Evidence-Based Underwriting / COMET 2011 Diary |
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Issue: August, 2011 Language: English
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Contents: Creating Shared Value - Annual Seminar 2011 Highlights / The Road Less Travelled / Underwriting Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC) / COMET 2011 Diary |
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Issue: June, 2011 Language: English
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Contents: Active Surveillance of Prostate Cancer / Upcoming Events / Annual Seminar 2011 / COMET 2011 Diary |
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Issue: May, 2011 Language: English
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Contents: Natural Disasters - The Quantitative Impact on Disability Income Insurance / Working It Out - The Occupational Side of Assessing Return to Work / Upcoming Events |
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Issue: April, 2011 Language: English
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Contents: Working It Out - The Occupational Side of Assessing Return to Work / RESEARCH - Mortality and Morbidity Benefits of Weight Loss Surgery for the Obese / The Claims Forum / Life Risk Roundtable / 2011 Financial Services Council Life Insurance Conference / Interventional Cardiology and the Trauma Product Disconnect / Silver Sponsor of Institute of Actuaries of Australia Biennial Convention 2011 / Upcoming Events |
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Issue: February, 2011 Language: English
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Contents: Diagnosis versus Treatment / Latest Facts on Long-term Outcomes after Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation / Gen Re Case Management Service - Introducing Carol Smit / Research and Development News / COMET: Trainee Sponsorship Winner, Correspondence Sponsorships, Correspondence Course / COMET 2011 Diary |
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Issue: January, 2011 Language: English
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Contents: Bedroom Secrets: Does Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Matter? / Dynamics Seminar 2011 / We Have Expanded Our Actuarial Resources / Gen Re Supporting the Community / COMET 2011 - Set Yourself Apart |
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Issue: December, 2010 Language: English
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Contents: Challenging the Legality of the Gender Directive / ALUCA 2010 Conference Generations change ... the next wave / COMET 2011 - Set Yourself Apart |
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Issue: October, 2010 Language: English
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Contents: The Use of Social Networking in Claims Management / Facts About Diabetes / Winner of Gen Re Annual Seminar 2010 Feedback |
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Issue: September, 2010 Language: English
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Content: Income Protection and the Price of an Exclusion / The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) / CLUE / COMET 2010 Diary |
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Issue: August, 2010 Language: English
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Content: Gen Re Annual Seminars 2010 Global Risk Radar: Achieving the Best in Life / Impressions of the Seminar / Supporting the Share Purchase/Partnership Protection Insurance Application / The 7 Highly Effective Habits of Pre-Existing Condition Clauses (PECC) / 2010 Annual Australia and New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards / COMET 2010 Diary |
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Issue: July, 2010 Language: English
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Content: Insuring the HIV/AIDS Risk; Annual Seminar 2010; When Claims Investigation Can Go Too Far; Research and Development News |
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Issue: June, 2010 Language: English
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Content: Predictive Modeling: The evolution of the underwriting engine / Breast cancer vaccine in mice gives new hope / Gen Re's Upcoming Events / COMET Core Workshop |
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Issue: May, 2010 Language: English
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Contents: An underwriting solution for chromosome 6p duplication / Mental Health Claims, the GP and the Claims Professional / COMET Core courses in June -July 2010 / Upcoming International Gen Re events. |
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Issue: April, 2010 Language: English
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Contents: Australian taxation implications of Key Person Insurance are explained / Lump Sum & DI Financial Analysis for Financial Planners is a new COMET Elective / Underwriting Guidelines and Standards 2010 will soon be available to clients / What's in the latest update to CLUE4 / Flipbook is a new way to reading our publications / Staff results in the Sydney Corporate Games / COMET courses in April-June 2010 |
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Issue: March, 2010 Language: English
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Contents: Guaranteed Acceptance Insurance - We've got it covered / New Zealand Trauma Investigation: A key finding / COMET Program 2010 - Protect Your Future / Gen Re's Upcoming Events |
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Issue: November, 2009 Language: English
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Contents: CLUE: Exciting New Updates Now Available / Occupational Risk: Beyond the Application / Annual Seminar 2009: Feedback Survey and Prize Winners / Upcoming Events / AIMA Medical Insurance Congress Meets COMET Winner! / COMET 2010 |
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Issue: September, 2009 Language: English
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What are the key issues for insurers confronted with claims relating to professional misconduct under disability insurance covers?;
The Gen Re Financial Consulting Service up-skills and assists claims and underwriting professionals in managing the financial exposures in life insurance contracts;
Count on Gen Re for reinsurance support on risks unusual in their size or characteristics;
Highlights of the 2009 Annual Seminar held in Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Wellington |
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Issue: July, 2009 Language: English
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A number of insurers in Australia and New Zealand offer optional cover for carcinoma in situ in critical illness insurances. Adrian Mak and Eddie McEllin assess the value of insuring the most common of these carcinomas in situ, review some experience and discuss implications for benefit design and pricing.
Linda Winterbottom illustrates the vital role claims professionals can play in establishing relationships with medical practitioners.
Dr Richard Mulhearn speaks about an unusual form of cardiomyopathy. |
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Issue: May, 2009 Language: English
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This month we explore policy wording by illustrating key principles in construction with a deafness claim study, and report on a case of an HIV applicant underwritten on special terms. |
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Issue: April, 2009 Language: English
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Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease caused by the type A (H1N1) influenza virus. Swine flu affects pigs throughout the year, causing them illness but few fatalities. It is the nature of flu viruses to "reassort" their genetic components allowing new ones that mix swine, human or avian flu viruses to emerge. Humans do not normally contract swine flu but infections can and do happen. Swine flu viruses have been reported to have spread from person-to-person, but in the past this transmission has been limited and not sustained. However, in late March and early April 2009, cases of human infection A (H1N1) viruses were reported in the US and Mexico. Although the world is better prepared to manage the risk associated with a potential pandemic having addressed similar emotions with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), ebola virus and avian flu, it is worth considering the possible impact of the current swine flu outbreak. |
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Issue: March, 2009 Language: English
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As the leading cause of claim under critical illness insurances in Australia, cancer claim rates in males have risen between 2001 and 2005, accoding to Gen Re Australian Critical Illness Survey 2008. We consider some of the underlying causes for the trend, and implications for product design. |
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Issue: November, 2008 Language: English
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In this issue, we recap some key findings from evidence based underwriting research Gen Re has completed into multiple sclerosis. |
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Issue: August, 2008 Language: English
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In this publication, we profile heart attack cover in critical illness insurance contracts, how wording has evolved in the clinical setting, and illustrate the practical challenges of assessing these insurance claims with a case study. |
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Issue: May, 2008 Language: English
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Risk Matters Oceania replaces the former Ranger and General Practitioner bulletins. The first article views claims management in the big picture, offering insurers a way to differentiate themselves and build a sustainable competitive advantage.The next article discusses how free PSA in conjunction with other evidence may help to distinguish malignant from benign cases of prostate cancer in males. Finally, we draw your attention to two medical research papers givin. |
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