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The changing face of underwriting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... estimates more accurate than traditional methods. Lapetus Life Event Solutions recently developed CHRONOS, an end-to-end underwriting platform that predicts a person's life expectancy by scanning hundreds of points on their face to extract information. ...

Life consumers influenced by premium pricing

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... statement of advice and product disclosure statements consumers often don't read or understand. A policy that has limited underwriting at the time of purchase means the insurer asks only a few health and lifestyle questions, but will complete the underwriting ...

Review life insurance ahead of super reforms: BT

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... years. The sum insured under the Future Insurability Benefit for instance, can be increased without further medical underwriting when certain life events occur such as marriage, birth, taking out or increasing a mortgage, salary increase or death of ...

Insurtech here to stay: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... most likely to dominate, the report said, particularly in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Claims and underwriting continue to be an attractive area for insurtech companies - which have the highest market potential and chances of success ...

CommInsure upgrades underwriting offer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
CommInsure is improving its underwriting offer for financial advisers by launching a new service and updating its existing rules. Advisers will now have the option to request a dedicated telephone-interviewing team to collect information from customers ...

MLC Life creates four adviser engagement roles

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... customer experience and retention; Christopher Ong as head of pricing and profitability; and Simon Dent as head of underwriting and new business.

Suncorp appoints non-executive director

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... a non-executive director and chairman of the risk committee at Prudential Corporation Asia, and chairman of Tesco Underwriting. He will replace outgoing non-executive director Geoff Ricketts who retired in September 2016. Current chairman Ziggy Switkowski ...

Confident with a capital C

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
... higher income - 21.5% in March from 19.2% in February - and less anticipating falls in income - 7.0 % from 8.1%. Underwriting this booming confidence is, of course, US President Trump's promised reflationary policies - mainly tax cuts and fiscal spending ...

BTFG announces giant Panorama leap

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... the next steps for BTFG life insurance include investing in the customer experience - including digital quoting and underwriting; a new wellbeing portal; new life-stage based products; a digital interface with medical professionals; and complete integration ...

Life insurance ripe for disruption

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
... financial services, it says. Consolidation amongst smaller players, simplified product portfolios, analytically enhanced underwriting, aggressive pricing and token investments into lower cost channels are likely to manifest as short-term responses to ...