Our Perspective

• 

  Decoding Insurer and Insurtech Collaborations - The Missing Rosetta Stone

  By Tasneem Harnekar |February 18, 2020|English

  Traditional models for life insurance are increasingly under threat as the environment in which insurers operate is disrupted and transformed by new technologies that resonate better with the demands of modern consumers. But do established providers...

  Read More
• 

  Bosses Dating Subordinates - One of Many Reasons a Business Needs EPLI Protection

  By Mindy Pollack |February 13, 2020|English

  Chances are that at some point in your career you became aware of a colleague dating his or her boss. Just over 48% of employees have dated a colleague during their professional lives, and 22% of those relationships involved a manager or supervisor.1...

  Read More
• 

  Group Medical EOI - U.S. Benchmarking Survey Identifies Underwriting Challenges

  By Joe Iannetti |February 11, 2020|English

  In the fourth quarter of 2019, Gen Re released the results of our Group Medical Evidence of Insurability Underwriting Survey. The survey focused on how companies staff for and process their Evidence of Insurability (EOI) applications; it included Group...

  Read More
• 

  February 10 is National Umbrella Day - Are You Covered?

  By Maria Slowinski |February 10, 2020|English

  Business owners strive to make the best decisions for their organization. But in today’s litigious climate, even the most successful proprietors can underestimate the value and protection that a Commercial Umbrella policy provides. Everyday occurrences...

  Read More
• 

  World Cancer Day - Celebrating a Decline in U.S. Cancer Mortality

  By Jean-Marc Fix |February 04, 2020|English

  When the Cancer Statistics, 2020 report was released a few weeks ago, the press rightfully basked in the great news: In the U.S. there were 2.9 million fewer cancer deaths than there would have been if the historically increasing cancer rates had remained...

  Read More
• 

  Another Coronavirus Outbreak - What Should Insurers Do?

  By Ross Campbell |January 28, 2020|English

  The news of an outbreak in China of a new type of coronavirus (2019-nCoV), leading to respiratory illness, recalls previous potential pandemic infections. Coronavirus was behind SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) in 2002 and MERS (Middle East...

  Read More