Our Perspective

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  Sexual Harassment Statistics - What Are the Odds of a Lawsuit?

  By Mindy Pollack |September 27, 2018|English

  Did you know that one in four women have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace?1 Or that over one-third of HR professionals reported at least one sexual harassment complaint in the past year?2 Bad behavior by celebrities and CEOs get the...

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  Smart Technology Works for Older People, Too

  By Ross Campbell |September 19, 2018|English

  New technologies offer insurers the opportunity to build more engaged relationships with their customers. Fitness-linked insurance programmes, for example, are attractive to active people who have access to technology and a desire to use it. While wearables...

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  Income Protection Insurance - Your Time Is Now

  By Zoe Woodroffe |September 12, 2018|English

  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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  2018 U.S. Critical Illness Insurance Market Study Shows Continued Strong Growth

  By Steve Rowley |September 11, 2018|English

  Gen Re has just completed our 17th annual U.S. Critical Illness Insurance Market Survey, and we are pleased to announce that the industry continued to grow steadily and profitably. Seventy‐five carriers participated in this year’s survey. Of those,...

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  Why Time Is Running Out for Pay As You Go-Based Pension Systems

  By Dr. Winfried Heinen |August 21, 2018|English | 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, 2018|English

  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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