Event
Kansas City, MO March 5, 2026
Kansas City Risk Selectors Club
Ann Bledsoe, Individual Life Sr. Underwriter, will be in attendance. The club supports advancing the objective of sound underwriting principles. Silver Sponsor
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Through traditional excess or quota share arrangements, we can customize a reinsurance program to meet your specific risk management needs. Whether you are writing traditional fully underwritten business or deploying accelerated or simplified underwriting programs, we can tailor value-added services to meet your unique business challenges. Our team has extensive experience in the following areas:
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Whether you are selling fully underwritten business, multi-life, or guaranteed standard issue, our Individual Disability Income team has extensive experience to support you. Through traditional excess or quota share arrangements, we can customize a program to meet your specific risk management needs. We can provide guidance and expertise in the following areas:
Here are some of the upcoming industry events our team is attending in the next few weeks – along with some Gen Re-hosted events. For a full listing of industry events we will be attending throughout the year, click here.
Event
Kansas City, MO March 5, 2026
Kansas City Risk Selectors Club
Ann Bledsoe, Individual Life Sr. Underwriter, will be in attendance. The club supports advancing the objective of sound underwriting principles. Silver Sponsor
Event
New York, NY March 30 - 31, 2026
InsurTech Spring Conference
Frank Chechel, Head of Individual Life Underwriting, will appear on the panel discussion "Underwriting - Role of Human in the Loop".
Event
Washington, D.C. March 30 - 31, 2026
ACLI Medical Conference
Jointly sponsored by UVA Health and the American Council of Life Insurers, Gen Re's Dr. Tom Ashley, Medical Consultant, will be in attendance. Dr. Jonah Fox, Chief Medical Officer - U.S., is on the conference planning committee.
Webinar
Virtual April 7, 2026
Pain and Addiction – Clinical Shifts & Underwriting Implications
Gen Re Spotlights Open Webinar: April 7, Noon-1pm(ET) Join Jonah Fox, Chief Medical Officer-U.S., and Sean McInnis, Valuation Actuary - Explore two risk areas: chronic pain management/opioids and emerging addictions. If you aren't signed up for the Open Webinar links, please register.
Mike Turner is the 2025 chair of the DI Subcommittee for the LIMRA Supplemental Health, DI & LTC Conference. He's been a member of the subcommittee since 2022.
Helen Duzhou, FSA, FCIA, CERA, is a Council Member on the SOA's 2025 Marketing & Distribution Section, the editor for its newsletter, and friend of the International section. She was editor of the Technology section from 2019-2021.
Donna Sivigny, FSA, MAAA, is a member of the ACLI Life Insurance Committee as of 2023. This Committee coordinates the work of ACLI technical committees as it pertains to the identification and consideration of federal and state’s issues that affect life insurance products.
Steve Woods is a member of ACLI’s Disability Income Committee and Disability Income Product Subgroup. This Committee considers, analyzes and makes policy recommendations on state and federal matters relating to individual and group disability income insurance issues.
Deshika Gunasekera, FLMI, ARA, ACS, AIRC, is on the planning committee for the Actuaries' Club of the Southwest.