Articles February 2023
Product Trends Around the World 4Q 2022

RGA provides quarterly updates on global product developments, which can be made available upon request. ...

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Articles February 2023
ChatGPT: A conversation about underwriting and life insurance
People are talking about ChatGPT, the AI-powered chatbot capable of processing mountains of text data, providing detailed responses to questions, and engaging in conversation like a human. We decided to put ChatGPT to the test and to consider the implications this tool ... Read More
Articles January 2023
Gene Therapy: The next big thing
The great promise of gene therapy must be weighed against the challenges of high short-term costs. Effective case management and expanded education efforts will be essential to progress.


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Videos January 2023
Myocardial Infarction Claims: The ups and downs of troponin testing
The advent of ultra-sensitive troponin testing has led to changes in the way the test is applied and has led to the discovery of many “troponin positive” illnesses that are not due to coronary artery disease. Read More
Articles January 2023
Synthetic Biology Shows Future Promise for Diagnostics, Therapeutics, and Vaccines
Synthetic biotics show significant promise to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases and improve future mortality and morbidity rates. If these new therapies successfully enter the market in the coming years, they are likely to help transform modern medicine.
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Articles January 2023
Global Claims Views: Employing the elderly may help solve some big problems
Healthy aging promoted through widespread engagement and inclusion of the elderly could help solve some big problems society and the life and health insurance industry currently face. 
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Articles January 2023
Put it Plainly: Customer comprehension of life insurance matters
Growing evidence indicates that introducing behavioral science principles to life insurance documentation can be a critical piece of the highly complex puzzle of solving the protection gap.
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Articles January 2023
Long COVID - The Long-Term Disability Claims Gap
From a disability insurance standpoint and based on numerous articles in the scientific literature and lay press, insurers might have expected a tsunami of long-term COVID disability claims after the expected six-month waiting period. Thus far, however, this has not bee... Read More
Immunotherapy
Articles January 2023
Immunotherapy: Transforming cancer outcomes
RGA's Dr. Radi Counsell reviews how modern immunotherapy is transforming cancer outcomes, and the real possibility that it might even cure some highly lethal cancers such as malignant melanoma.
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Articles January 2023
Update on Longevity Risk Transfer in the Netherlands
Reprinted from De Actuaris, this article reviews the latest developments... Read More
Articles January 2023
Cystic Fibrosis - Hope for a Brighter Future
In the past few decades, groundbreaking advances have emerged in early diagnosis, treatment, and management of cystic fibrosis (CF), and those with the condition are now living to age 60 and beyond. Why, then, are life insurance companies not yet offering terms to those... Read More
Publications January 2023
ReFlections Volume 58, January 2023

Explore the sequelae of long COVID, the range genetic therapies designed to target certain cancers, and developments in cystic fibrosis.

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Articles January 2023
Right to Underwrite: Navigating an evolving global landscape

The emergence of consumer-focused regulations regarding data privacy, the use of big data/artificial intelligence (AI), the use of genetic test results, and the Right to be Forgotten (RTBF), among other factors, challenge the ability of insurers to profile risk and p...

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Articles December 2022
Regional Marketing in Asia | Queenie Choi
In this Inside RGA Q&A, Queenie Choi, Chief Commercial Officer, Asian Markets, shares why she’s passionate about the life and health insurance industry, how she plans to achieve her goals for growth, and what she believes sets... Read More
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Articles December 2022
First Simplified Issue Critical Illness Product Comes to China
In 2022, RGA partnered with a leading insurer in China to launch that market’s first simplified issue critical illness (CI) product. This truly innovative product retains the essential risk protection of traditional CI products while bringing greater access to insurance... Read More
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Articles December 2022
Assessing Foreign Travel Risk Presents a Moving Target

In On the Risk, RGA's Melissa Gallegos provides an overview of current foreign travel risk and urges insurers to remain vigilant and view every country as a world of its own.

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Articles December 2022
Review of Available Treatments for COVID-19
In On the Risk, RGA's Lauren Garfield and Dr. Maryam Shapland provide a comprehensive overview of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval process, the use of the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), a timeline of ... Read More
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Articles December 2022
Eldercare Cover Can Help Curb the Long-Term Care Crisis
There's a growing need for a better solution to support and protect aging populations and their caregivers. In this article, RGAX's Chase Huey shares how proactive, preventative, and responsive care can help seniors age in place, support their caregiver... Read More
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Articles December 2022
Addressing the Claims Talent Drain
RGA Singapore's Terence Leong shares three steps insurers can take to foster an engaged and motivated workforce. 

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Articles December 2022
When Accelerated Underwriting Makes Sense: Seven factors to consider

Accelerated underwriting can speed the insurance process and provide better coverage and pricing options for applicants. In t...

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