Our Perspective

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  Future-Proofing the Workers’ Comp Sector

  By Bill Lentz |July 18, 2018|English

  The Workers’ Compensation industry had another positive year in 2017, posting solid financials and consistent underwriting gains. In fact, the sector has recorded improving results for the last seven years. Key indicators trending favorably include...

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  Sugar and Fat – and Diet Research

  By Jean-Marc Fix, FSA, MAAA |July 12, 2018|English

  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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  How Insurers Can Prepare for the Impact of Digitisation on Employment

  By Roman Hannig |July 03, 2018|English

  The way we all work is being shaped by digitisation. The employment lexicon, for example, includes new terms - gig, cloud and crowd working. The effect of digitisation on traditional jobs and workers prompted the German Federal Ministry of Labour and...

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  Healthy Food and Exercise Can Reduce Our Risk of Cancer

  By Ross Campbell |July 03, 2018|English

  We are increasingly encouraged to be healthy. Government advice, advertising, peer pressure, and social and media messages all promote its benefits: Good health follows if we avoid sugar, quit smoking and eat less processed meat in favour of vegetables....

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  Asbestos in Old Buildings - A Costly Addition to Fire Risk

  By Sue Stein and Gerry Hopkins |June 27, 2018|English

  How many of the risks in your property portfolio were constructed before 1982? That was the year that asbestos was banned from new construction, meaning that all those pre-1982 construction risks present potential costs in asbestos removal for both...

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  Improving Disability Claims Management Using Chatbots

  By Andre Meyer and Roman Hannig |June 26, 2018|English

  The wave of digital technology may feel overwhelming at times but it brings enormous innovative potential. Among insurers there’s a clear trend to use chatbots to further develop digital communication channels. Chatbots are “digital helpers”...

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