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On the Trail of Long COVID

By Dr. Megan Leivant |March 30, 2021|English

A sense of optimism is growing around society’s recovery from the COVID‑19 pandemic, draped against a background of effective vaccine development and its widespread rollout. While clinicians have a better understanding of COVID‑19 disease, science...
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Replacing Lost Data for Accelerated Underwriting of Life Insurance Applications

By Ammon Dixon and Jean-Marc Fix |March 15, 2021|English

One of the hardest challenges Life insurers encounter when adopting accelerated underwriting (AU) is figuring out how to compensate for the loss of information previously derived from blood and urine tests. It’s been the case that insurance exams...
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Digital Innovation Starts With Picking the Right Ideas

By Dan White, Managing Partner, Ninety Consulting (guest contributor)|March 09, 2021|English

Where should the innovation focus for insurers be in 2021, and what lessons can be learned from the unprecedented year it follows? The insurance industry response during COVID‑19 - offers of flexible premiums or free added-value services, such as mental...
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Morbidity and Mortality Trends During Times of Economic Downturn

By David Hatherell and Tanya van Niekerk |February 03, 2021|English | Español

The effects of the COVID‑19 pandemic have been discussed widely and in depth, with lockdown measures and restrictions on travel and trading having a severe impact on the global economy. It is therefore essential the insurance industry investigates these...
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How to Make the Right Income Protection Claims Decisions

By Mary Enslin and Clio Lawrence |January 13, 2021|English | Français

The customer journey has rightly become crucial in Income Protection (IP), and key to that journey is a fast, accurate and positive claims experience. Insurers have made huge strides in achieving this, frequently supporting their clients’ recovery,...
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The “Epidemic” of Mental Disorders - Rhetoric and Reality

By Dr. Chris Ball |December 14, 2020|English | Français

Mental health has become a big topic of discussion in the media. Headlines describing mental health problems at epidemic levels are common - and many come from “research” cited by insurers. We know antidepressant prescription rates have...
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