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Underwriting manuals play a vital role in managing risk for insurers and reinsurers alike. Gen Re’s underwriting manuals support underwriters across the globe in their daily work by providing comprehensive, evidence-based guidelines for the assessment of multiple types of risk.
Our global expert underwriting system COMPASS is used by numerous companies and markets, processing more than 15,000 applications each day. COMPASS evaluates and underwrites Life and Disability applications. Depending on the product type, suggested underwriting actions include policy issue, request for additional information, referral to an underwriter or decline.
We believe there is more our industry can do to support people living with mental health conditions. Our passionate team of global experts is working to share their knowledge, challenge existing practices, and develop new solutions to help foster a more inclusive approach to mental health.
In a time of rapidly evolving underwriting approaches, uncertainty about future morbidity and mortality improvement, and increased insurer focus on client engagement, the Gen Re BE Academy, developed in relationship with Suffolk University professors, is designed to help our clients’ staff learn how small changes can make a big difference.
Featured events, conferences, training & education.
Webinar
Global April 30, 2024
The Transgender Perspective – Diversity and Inclusion
Gen Re Spotlights Client Series Transitioning from one gender to another is a very complex process that differs between individuals. This webinar reviews challenges in the process of a transgender transition and explores why diversity and inclusion play a significant role in the insurance business.
Event
New York, NY April 30, 2024
National COLI Directors Meeting
Cecil Ramotar, Sr. Underwriting Executive, is attending this meeting to hear speakers discuss the hottest trends in COLI/BOLI insurance.
Event
Gold Coast May 1 - 3, 2024
All Actuaries Summit
The Actuaries Institute will be hosting the All Actuaries Summit, both in-person and virtually. Join Tim Lam and the other expert panelists as they explore the transformative impact of Generative AI across the insurance and financial services landscape, address challenges and look at the evolving role of actuaries.
Event
Boston, MA May 5, 2024
Fraternal Home Office Underwriters Association Meeting
Beth Ann Brown, FALU, FLMI, ACS, Sr. Underwriting Specialist with our Individual Life division, will be at the upcoming FHOUA meeting.
Event
Boston, MA May 5 - 8, 2024
AHOU Annual Conference
Gen Re is a proud Gold Sponsor of this event. A large group of our Life & Health associates will be there! We have two speakers as well: Dr. Tom Ashley, Chief Medical Director - U.S.; and Dr. Loraine Oman-Ganes, Regional Chief Medical Officer - Canada.
Training
Cologne May 13 - 17, 2024
Medical Expertise in Underwriting
Medical Expertise in Underwriting is a Gen Re seminar in the Advanced Underwriting Series. The module explores current medical advancements in areas such as obesity, cancer and neurology and their implications for underwriting and product design. Discuss fictitious cases with our internal and external medical doctors.
Event
Nashville, TN May 19 - 22, 2024
Group Underwriters Association of America (GUAA) Annual Conference
Mike Fullerton, Head of Group & Health Sales and Marketing, and Joe Iannetti, Chief Underwriter – Medicare Supplement & Group Life, are attending this 48th event. Joe is on the Board of GUAA which promotes the study, analyses, and discussion of group insurance product topics.
Event
Global June 10 - 14, 2024
Actuarial Course
The Gen Re Actuarial Course provides a solid foundation in core actuarial techniques and recent product trends to equip young professionals with the skills and knowledge needed to design and price attractive insurance products.
Webinar
Global June 18, 2024
Interpreting Lab Data – How to Read and Interpret Deviating Values?
Gen Re Spotlights Client Series Laboratory values are an integral part of basic medical diagnostics and of an underwriter’s everyday risk assessment. This webinar discusses the meaning and importance of deviations in lab values and the association between these deviations and possible diseases.
Training
Cologne June 24 - 28, 2024
Certified Underwriting Specialist – Module 3
Module 3 of the CII accredited Gen Re Medical Underwriting Programme focuses on urinary, oncological, neurological, and mental diseases in Life and CI insurance. Additionally, we’ll have a look at the non-medical topic of financial risks.
Training courses for underwriters and claims assessors.
Longevity can be seen as a societal achievement, but it can also become a risk. Using the new 2nd Order Base Mortality Table (PER2020) for Spain, we look at these new mortality assumptions to better understand its implications for the insurance sector.
For further information, please contact Andres Webersinke.
