Our Perspective

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  World Cancer Day - Celebrating a Decline in U.S. Cancer Mortality

  By Jean-Marc Fix |February 04, 2020|English

  When the Cancer Statistics, 2020 report was released a few weeks ago, the press rightfully basked in the great news: In the U.S. there were 2.9 million fewer cancer deaths than there would have been if the historically increasing cancer rates had remained...

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  Another Coronavirus Outbreak - What Should Insurers Do?

  By Ross Campbell |January 28, 2020|English

  The news of an outbreak in China of a new type of coronavirus (2019-nCoV), leading to respiratory illness, recalls previous potential pandemic infections. Coronavirus was behind SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) in 2002 and MERS (Middle East...

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  Autonomous Vehicles - The Murky Road Ahead for Manufacturers, Insurers and Drivers

  By Tim Fletcher |January 27, 2020|English

  As driverless cars continue to be programmed to avoid accidents, who might be spared in an accident - a young girl, a male executive or an elderly woman crossing the road? This is just one of the moral and technological challenges facing developers...

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  Understanding Viral Hepatitis - What’s Relevant to Underwriting?

  By Dr. Sandra Mitic and Annika Tiedemann |January 23, 2020|English

  Prevalence, current therapies and prevention are the key themes for insurers that are reviewing their approach to applications with a history of viral hepatitis. As its name suggests, viral hepatitis is the term used to describe diffuse inflammation...

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• Life and Health in Asia: Change Is on the Agenda With Digital As the Key Driver and Enabler

  By Hugh Terry, The Digital Insurer (guest contributor)|January 16, 2020|English

  Over the past few months The Digital Insurer (TDI) and the Gen Re team in Asia have been working closely on the first issue of Life and Health in Asia, our new quarterly joint newsletter charting the rapid pace of digital innovation and adoption across...

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  The Future of Work - Labor-Intensive Industries, Insurance and Law [Part 2 of series]

  By Frank Bria |January 14, 2020|English

  Recent developments in robotics and artificial intelligence have changed the playing field for automated technologies. Historically, automation was beyond the reach of small- and medium-sized companies. Robotics were costly, required highly sophisticated...

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