Human consumption of microplastics (MPs) is increasing. Initial research suggests that MPs may negatively impact human health, but evidence to quantify that impact is currently insufficient.

In this ThinkAdvisor article, RGA's Catie Muccigrosso explains why, as accelerated underwriting evolves, insurers will benefit...

RGA has worked with insurers around the globe to support the development of life and health insurance products that have a positive environmental, social, or governance (ESG) impact, in line with our purpose to make financial protection accessible to all. These prote...

RGA's Petr Vaclav explains how behavioral and contextual signals can improve the life insurance value chain. Curious about RGA's data insights?  

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Alternative data sources and supporting technologies are propelling today’s advances in underwriting, enabling acceleration. Accelerated underwriting is empowering insurers to speed processes and improve the customer experience. 

Much of the available data regarding the therapeutic use of psychedelics for mental health disorders remains introductory; however, momentum is building with the potential to offer unique treatments for many complex mental health disorders.

New pharmaceuticals to treat sickle cell disease (SCD) are steadily improving the health and wellbeing of many people living with this chronic disorder. It is hoped that revolutionary gene therapies now in clinical trials will be able to cure more SCD patients. The r...

GPT-4 features stronger safety and privacy guardrails, longer input and output text, and more accurate, detailed, and concise responses for nuanced questions. Although it offers exciting opportunities for insurance and countless other industries, its potential provid...

Many health insurers exclude experimental treatments without clearly defining which treatments they would consider experimental. In this Global Health Brief, RGA's Colin Weston discusses the need for clear definitions in policy language. He also explores how drugs, t...

Asset-intensive reinsurance is growing in popularity in the life insurance industry, and it is more important than ever for insurers to seek out trusted partners when selecting an asset-intensive reinsurer.

Explore RGActual, our magazine covering innovation, experience, and development for insurance professionals. In this issue, we continue our celebration of 50 years of positive impact. 

Although much of the spotlight is currently on ChatGPT, the generative artificial intelligence (AI) landscape is much broader. In this article, RGA's Neil Parkin provides an overview of potential opportunities emerging from AI for insurers.

The Geneva Association recently published a comprehensive report on the ongoing mental health crisis and the insurance industry’s role and responsibility in promoting mental wellbeing to help address this growing societal challenge.