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COVID-19 - How Intelligent Reinsurance Solutions Can Help Insurers Battle the Big Squeeze

By Dr. Jonas Kaiser |September 16, 2020|English

Most industry stakeholders, including supervisory bodies, believed that it would be Life and Health carriers that would suffer the most in the event of a health pandemic. Even as the COVID-19 pandemic started to unfold, few people anticipated that non-life...
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Leading a Claims Department in a Time of Occupational Distancing: Meet Glenn Frankel, Manager of P&C Claims, North America

By Ridge Muhly and Glenn Frankel |July 02, 2020|English

Ridge: On May 1 Glenn Frankel took the helm of the Gen Re P&C Claims Department for North America Treaty and Facultative business. Glenn has prior direct insurance and reinsurance experience from senior claims positions at three national insurance...
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COVID-19 and Artificial Intelligence - Another Reason for Insurers to Embrace AI

By Frank Bria |June 25, 2020|English

Did you know that artificial intelligence (AI) technology first sounded the alarm on COVID-19? Over the past decade, U.S. tech firms have made significant advancements in AI and smart robots are making it far easier to automate tasks and functions...
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New Hires in COVID-19 Times - Industry Resources for the Class of 2020

By Stephen Harrington |June 09, 2020|English

As parents cope with what to do with their children within the limitations of at-home learning coupled with their own full-time remote work, members of the insurance industry are facing a similar challenge on the horizon with respect to new hires. The...
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What Happens When Face-to-Face Isn’t an Option for Business-to-Business?

By Maria Slowinski |May 06, 2020|English

All businesses these days are looking for new ways of reaching customers and colleagues. In the new normal of virtual communication caused by COVID-19, we have to do more with less in-person presence. We question whether the new practices, the distance,...
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Antibody Tests for COVID-19 - Are They the Answer Insurers Have Been Searching For?

By Nabaneeta Sirkar and Dr. Thomas Ashley |April 28, 2020|English

The novel corona virus-affected world has been inundated with medical testing and related published data like never before. The volume and nature of testing has evolved significantly in the last few weeks. Antibody tests, which reveal whether a person...
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