Publications February 2023
RGActual February 2023 Issue: Celebrating 50 Years of Positive Impact

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. 

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Articles February 2023
Gen.A.I.rational Wealth

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.

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Articles February 2023
A Call to Action: The Insurance Industry and Mental Health

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.

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Articles February 2023
RGA's 2022 Surveys Round-Up and Trends to Watch
Learn more about the latest trends and developments in life and health insurance by exploring findings from RGA’s 2022 surveys.  Read More
Articles February 2023
Medical Director Role in Life and Health Insurance | Adela Osman
In this Inside RGA Q&A, Adela Osman, Head of Global Medical, explains why she chose a career in the life and health insurance industry, what RGA Magic means, and how she plans to build on the successful legacy of RGA’s medical team.
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Articles February 2023
The Emerging Use of Psychedelic Substances
As the need for mental health services and associated insurance coverage increases, the quest for solutions becomes more urgent. Psychedelics may be part of the solution.
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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