Knowledge | Gen Re

COVID-19 – How Have Courts in Germany Been Responding to Business Closure Disputes?

General Liability, Property | Jun 14, 2021| English

Business Closure Insurance has traditionally only played a minor role in the German market, but has become particularly burdensome for insurers following the arrival of COVID-19. We provide an overview of some of the key judgements being made by Germany’s...

The Evolution of the Corporate Risk Library

Enterprise Risk Management | May 25, 2021| English

A few years ago, I wrote a blog called “6 Steps to a Good Risk Assessment” which highlighted how a good corporate risk assessment process supports management’s ability to assess a company’s risks, controls and resources. While...

Social Inflation Is Complicated and Costly – Legal and Regulatory Changes [Part 2 of 5-Part Series]

P/C General Industry | Jun 09, 2021| English

This is part two of a five-part series – in partnership with NAMIC – examining social inflation and its impact on insurers. Future parts will cover Actuarial, Claims and Emerging Issues. In the U.S., the Property and Casualty insurance...

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How Data Science Is Redefining the Medical Director’s Role

By Dr. Thomas Ashley and Jean-Marc Fix | Apr 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 chance to...
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Replacing Lost Data for Accelerated Underwriting of Life Insurance Applications

By Ammon Dixon and Jean-Marc Fix | Mar 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 and...
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A Claims Perspective of P&C Issues - More of the Same to Come?

By Glenn Frankel Feb 04, 2021 | English

I joined Gen Re last May, and 2020, to say the least, was a tumultuous and challenging year, both professionally and personally. And the events at the U.S. Capitol got 2021 off to a turbulent start. But we’ll rebound, and at Gen Re we look forward to...
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Visual Analytics - Seeing Is Believing

By Andre Meyer Jun 10, 2020 | English | Français | Español

“The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.” This quote from the mathematician Richard W. Hamming resonates today because the challenges around understanding and analysing huge amounts of data have grown significantly over the last few years. Even...
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