Our Perspective
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Understanding Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – A Brief Overview
By Annika Luckmann June 25, 2021 English
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was first introduced into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of the American Psychological Association in 1980. Since then, the diagnostic guidelines have been reviewed multiple times, and the understanding...
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Occupation As a Risk Factor for Alcohol-Related Harm
By Dr. Chris Ball and Jon Parker June 10, 2021 English
Alcohol use and misuse is of concern to insurers because alcohol-related illnesses represent a significant cause of claim. The latest report from the UK Office of National Statistics (ONS) described the highest levels of alcohol-related deaths in England...
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COVID-19 - We Got the Shot. Now What?
By Dr. John O’Brien May 06, 2021 English
Over the last year, the pandemic caused by the SARS‑CoV‑2 virus has devastated economies and resulted in tremendous individual suffering and loss of life. Fortunately, in the recent past effective vaccines and vaccination programs have resulted in control...
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How Data Science Is Redefining the Medical Director’s Role
By Dr. Thomas Ashley and Jean-Marc Fix April 20, 2021 English
Data analytics projects have become increasingly common across the insurance industry in the last few years and have really taken off in the Life sector. It’s a trend that requires the input of Medical Directors - and it gives the Directors a...
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On the Trail of Long COVID
By Megan A. Leivant
March 30, 2021 EnglishA 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 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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