Publications January 2020
ReFlections Volume 49, January 2020
Explore diabetes-related cardiovascular and kidney complications, digital health data, infectious disease, and more.
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Articles December 2019
A Look Inside the Crystal Ball: Seven Predictions About the Future of Insurance

As global population pyramids invert, governments will strain to meet growing protection needs and dependency burdens. RGA's Tim Rozar takes a look Inside th...

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Articles December 2019
Critical Illness Underwriting Practices for Employer Groups
RGA surveyed group insurers on critical illness practices. The findings were intriguing.
 
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Research and White Papers December 2019
Opioid Misuse and Mortality Risk
  • Opioid-related overdose mortality has steadily increased for people with all levels of education since 2005.
  • Heroin and synthetic opioids caused a surge in opioid-related overdose deaths from 2012 to 2017.
  • The relative potency of opioids prescrib...
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Articles December 2019
Don't Ignore Fraud's Red Flags: The Key to Fighting Fraud is Preventing It
In this fourth and final article in RGA’s Fraud Series for ON THE RISK (OTR), RGA's Colin DeForge and Danielle Storts provide key tips for underwriters to recognize the red flags that signal fraud. As the first line of defense, underwriters serve a crucial role... Read More
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Articles December 2019
Underwriting Marijuana Risk: A New Era

How changes in legislation may affect disclosures by applicants regarding their use of cannabis. RGA's Hilary Henly explores the considerations in On the Risk

 
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Videos December 2019
Liquid Biopsies
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Articles December 2019
Why Coinsurance?

Insurers are entering into coinsurance treaties with reinsurers in markets around the world to help them mitigate asset and liability risks. In 

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Articles December 2019
Dynamic Risk Pricing: The Future of Group Insurance

When it comes to risk pricing in group insurance, many carriers are relying on similar rating factors and arriving at the same indistinguishable price quotes. Unable to differentiate product offerings, carriers face a future of highly saturated, low-growth markets an...

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Articles November 2019
Women in Leadership: Three Perspectives from RGA

Is leadership more about EQ (emotion quotient) than IQ? RGA’s Nimmie Veerappen thinks so, and makes a powerful case that leadership skills are not innate b...

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Articles November 2019
Insurance 4.0: Six Winning Strategies in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
In Digital InsuranceRGA's Dan Lyons discusses the rise of a fourth industrial revolution an... Read More
Articles November 2019
RGA Global Bancassurance Products by Profitability: Highlights At-a-Glance

Bancassurance is a dominant global distribution channel for life insurance sales. RGA recently conducted a survey in 18 markets around the world to better understand ...

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Articles November 2019
Living with Cancer: Is this Critical Illness the New Chronic Disease?

A half century ago, surviving cancer, even when detected early, was relatively rare; today, medical advances make survival much more likely, and the need for critical illness coverage much more apparent. To better understand the cancer survivor’s journey...

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Articles November 2019
Insurance Innovation: Six Steps to Success
Successful product innovation does not happen in an instant. It requires a thorough process – from observation and conception through testing and execution – and demands that the insurer devote the time and resources necessary to see that process through. RGA shares a c... Read More
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Articles November 2019
Digital Healthcare and Taming Medical Inflation Part II: Progress, Potential, and the Role of Insurers
This is the second installment in a two-part series of articles about rising healthcare costs and digital technology’s potential for developing a solution.  Read More
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Articles November 2019
The Gig Economy, Its Workers, and Group Benefits

In today's saturated group insurance market,  freelance or "gig" workers represent an underserved segment. Yet how can insurers create employee benefit-style plans for gig workers that meet both workers’ needs and their own value propositions? And how can these ...

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Articles November 2019
Self-Funding for Regional Health Plans: Pros and Pitfalls

Today over 60% of all the employers in the U.S. self-insure their employee medical benefits, and the self-insurance rate is poised to grow even more. Among the options, employer stop loss (ESL) insurance has proven particularly attractive. RGA's Dave Sipprell&nb...

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Videos November 2019
Artificial Intelligence: Chess and Underwriting
Could the advances in artificial intelligence that have been applied to the game of chess be applied to actuarial science and underwriting? Read More
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Articles November 2019
Global Health Brief – Navigating Allergen-Specific Immunotherapy (AIT)

Allergen-specific immunotherapies (AITs), which offer relief for some classes of allergies, are increasingly becoming a preferred treatment option. However, these treatments can be challenging to review and assess from the insurance perspective. This brief offers hel...

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Articles October 2019
Trick or Treat: How Smarter Segmentation and Data Use Can Help Insurers Win Policyholders and Avoid Ghoulish Risks
For some, there’s no spookier scenario than blood work and cumbersome forms to obtain insurance coverage. But as Neil Parkin of RGA South Africa explains, emerging risk segmentation techniques, combined with smarter use of data, could help ease these fears. Read More