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Predictive Analytics Global Survey Results - Still Room to Grow for Life & Health Insurers

By L/H North America - Decision Analytics Team|April 05, 2017|English | Chinese

How big is “big data” for life and health insurers? What are insurers worldwide focused on when it comes to predictive analytics? How are they adopting it and what are their expectations for the future? We set out to find answers to these...
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Wearables in Life Insurance – Game Changer or Passing Fad?

By Ross Campbell |April 04, 2017|English

Some life insurers now use data from fitness trackers to lower premiums. But does a policyholder’s number of steps really improve his or her mortality? Despite the link between a sedentary life and the risk of heart disease or cancer being well...
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How the Environment Will Change for Life Insurers - And Ways to Cope

By Jules Constantinou |February 21, 2017|English

The life insurance business might be seen as a steadfast boulder awash in a fast-flowing stream of change, yet the Greek philosopher Socrates taught us that the secret of change is to focus energy on building the new and not fighting the old. Indeed,...
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Trends in Life Insurance - How Can the Industry Stay Fit for the Future?

By Peter Temple |January 09, 2017|English

Life insurers are facing a new world in which the nature of uncertainty itself is changing. The future is collapsing into the present faster than past data can be used to extrapolate the future. However, we shouldn’t be fearful. InsurTech (insurance...
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Preventing Soft Fraud - Insights From Behavioural Science

By Markus Burbach |December 12, 2016|English | Deutsch

Lying and cheating are neither motivated by a criminal disposition nor do they follow the cost-benefit principles of the Simple Model of Rational Crime, according to Behavioural Economics and Psychology Professor Dan Ariely. People cheat just a little...
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Millennials in the Workforce - Understanding the New Employee

By Marissa Valente|January 25, 2015|English

In just 10 years, by 2025, millennials will make up an estimated 75% of the global workforce. They will inevitably change the landscape of numerous industries and re-shape the way we think about work. With the average age of a U.S. insurance professional...
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