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Why Fires in Parking Garages Present a Multi-Level Risk

Property | May 12, 2021| English

Fires in parking lots are becoming an increasingly common and costly problem, driven by developments in both vehicle construction and garage design. This article explains how underwriters can assess the risks effectively.

On the Trail of Long COVID

Disability, Life | Mar 30, 2021| English

A 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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Series: Risk Insights
Liquid Biopsy and the Early Diagnosis of Cancer

Issue: Nov 02, 2020| Critical Illness | English
In recent years, the primary tool for early diagnosis of cancer has been liquid biopsy (a blood test), but it remains complex, costly and time-consuming to fully screen for all mutations.
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MINOCA - A New Type of Myocardial Infarction?

By Dr. Sandra Mitic Sep 03, 2020 | English | Français

A new syndrome of myocardial infarction (MI) has been defined in the clinical context over the past few years - myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA). Several large, international acute myocardial infarction (AMI) studies...
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Changes in Cancer Classification - How Do They Impact Critical Illness Insurance?

By Tim Eppert Jul 14, 2020 | English | Français

What is a cancer - and what is not? While the answer to this question is obvious in many cases, it is not always straightforward. A disease is deemed as malignant or cancerous when there is an uncontrolled growth of cells that is invasive, i.e., the cells...
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World Cancer Day - Celebrating a Decline in U.S. Cancer Mortality

By Jean-Marc Fix Feb 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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