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Income Protection Insurance - Your Time Is Now
By Zoe Woodroffe September 12, 2018English
Gen Re reinsures significant volumes of Income Protection (IP) business, on both an individual and a group basis in markets around the world. We are passionate about the value IP brings to consumers. It’s a market we are working to grow because...
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Why Time Is Running Out for Pay As You Go-Based Pension Systems
By Dr. Winfried Heinen August 21, 2018English Deutsch
None of us is getting any younger, just ask an actuary - or an economist, if it comes to that. Mortality is going down in almost all countries, and life expectancy is going up. At the same time, generally, fertility rates are falling. The sum effect...
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Current State of Group Medical EOI Applications
By Joe Iannetti July 31, 2018English
This past May, Gen Re released the results of our Group Medical Evidence of Insurability Underwriting Survey. The survey covered Group Life, LTD and STD products with a focus on how companies staff and process their Evidence of Insurability (EOI) applications....
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Sugar and Fat – and Diet Research
By Jean-Marc Fix, FSA, MAAA July 12, 2018English
While we know that sugar is a key element of the obesity equation, it’s difficult to design a perfect diet because biochemical pathways and their communication with the brain do not necessarily translate to the combination of motivation and weight...
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The Rise in Sugar Consumption in the U.S. – and the Obesity Equation
By Jean-Marc Fix, FSA, MAAA June 05, 2018English
For years, sweets were marketed as innocuous treats for kids whose only drawback was cavities if you did not brush your teeth properly. A more nefarious role was alluded to much earlier: in the early 1900s, a British physician stationed in India, Sir...
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Smokeless Fuels the Tobacco Debate
By Ross Campbell May 17, 2018English Français
More than ever, people are shunning tobacco. In England, adult smoking prevalence fell to 15.5% in 2016. Although smoking is declining worldwide, it is on the rise in Eastern Mediterranean and African regions. Despite its dwindling popularity in many...
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