Underwriting

Today, encouraging companies to innovate is largely unnecessary: they get the need. Instead, they need pushing onto the up-escalator of underwriting process revolution; miss the opportunity and you’ll die.
 

This second article in SCOR’s Extreme Sports series will focus on risks associated with athletic cycling, both amateur and professional, in order to provide underwriters with a deeper understanding of how cycling risks should be considered during the insurance application process.

Understanding the outbreak and its impact for insurers
 

Recent allegations of racial bias and discrimination in marketing, rating, underwriting, and claims practices by insurance companies and other licensees have come to light nationwide.

This first article in SCOR’s Extreme Sports series will take readers on a deep dive into the world of scuba, examining the training and safety standards required to dive, the risk of injury while diving, risks associated with preexisting conditions, and other important considerations underwriters should have in mind when considering a diver’s application.

An implemented all-singing, all-dancing predictive model doesn’t automatically improve business operations or results. Sometimes it’s barely used. Why not? Based on many years of experience and academic study, Tom Fletcher shares his perspective on why this happens, and presents considerations for optimally deploying model development resources and gaining the full benefits of a new model.
 

Interview with Samantha Chow on "the state of life insurance underwriting now, in the wake of all of the changes brought on by advances in underwriting data sources and technology."
 

Differentiated products and services are key to growth among life and annuity carriers.  Underwriters are poised to help drive this new growth, but they need the right tools and training.