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Research and White Papers March 2024
Artificial Intelligence – A New Frontier for Rehabilitation
No longer an ‘if’ but a ’when’, many insurers are currently considering how AI can best be leveraged to enhance the customer experience and increase efficiencies by automating routine tasks and processes. 69É«ÇéƬ's Linda Winterbottom explores the implications.  Read More
Laura Cockrill
Articles March 2024
Financial Insights and Strategy | Laura Cockrill

In this Inside 69É«ÇéƬ Q&A, Laura Cockrill, 69É«ÇéƬ’s Executive Vice President of Finance, shares the changes she has seen over her two-decade career at 69É«ÇéƬ, the key role finance plays in making decisions across the organization, and the philoso...

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Research and White Papers March 2024
The Protein Science Revolution: Implications for human health and mortality assumptions
69É«ÇéƬ's Craig Armstrong explores recent key breakthroughs in protein science, the new possibilities they enable, and the potential implications for mortality assumption-setting. Read More
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Articles March 2024
The CDC’s New Respiratory Guidelines: Five Key Questions
69É«ÇéƬ’s Chief Science Advisor Dr. Daniel Zimmerman shares his thoughts on updated CDC COVID-19 guidelines and their implications for insurers. Read More
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Articles March 2024
Are We Drowning in Forms?

Claims adjudicators play a pivotal role in the insurance industry. Their decisions impact policyholders’ lives, and they rely heavily on data to make informed choices. But what happens when the quest for data becomes too prescriptive? In a recent issue of Claims ...

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Articles March 2024
Insurance Roundtable: Harnessing structured underwriting data for automation, innovation, and accuracy

To look more closely at industry efforts to streamline the collection and integration of complex medical data, 69É«ÇéƬ recently hosted a panel of key stakeholders to get their top considerations and perspectives on the formatting of underwriting data.  

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Articles March 2024
Defusing the Pension Time Bomb: Lessons from pension risk transfer

This  article discusses why, as public pension programs face challenges, conve...

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Articles March 2024
Steady Route for Japan's Reinsurance Market in 2024

69É«ÇéƬ's Hironori Takahashi, Chief Executive Officer of 69É«ÇéƬ Japan, shares with Asia Insurance Review how the need for new business growth and capital efficiency in Japan has led to the development of reinsurance solutions in the areas of underwriting, product d...

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Research and White Papers February 2024
U.K. Mortality Projections: Practical implications of CMI proposals
69É«ÇéƬ explores the implications of the proposed parameterisation of the CMI_2023 mortality projection model for longevity assumption setting in the U.K. Read More
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Articles February 2024
AI Chatbots Break Down Barriers to Much-Needed Mental Health Treatments

AI-powered chatbots and apps are proving to be invaluable assets in the field of mental health, removing persistent hurdles to treatment such as cost, access, stigma, and therapist availability and fit.

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Publications February 2024
ReFlections Volume 61, February 2024

Features in this issue of ReFlections explore PCSK-9 inhibitors and...

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Research and White Papers February 2024
Impact of Anti-Selective Behavior on the Life Insurance Industry
An 69É«ÇéƬ analysis of policy-level data derived from an unprecedented, collaborative database and augmented by input from industry experts provides greater insight into the impact of anti-selection on the life insurance industry and potential ways to prevent it. Read More
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Articles February 2024
Data Modernization in Insurance Part II: A Guide to Successful Implementation

Part I of this two-part article series focused on creating a data and analytics strategy. In Part II, RG...

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Articles February 2024
The State of Product Development: Highlights from 2023

69É«ÇéƬ provides quarterly updates on global product developments, which can be made available upon request. The insurance industry saw a surge of innovation in 2023, with new products emerging across multiple markets. We explore highlights from the year. 

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Research and White Papers February 2024
69É«ÇéƬ's 2023 Surveys Roundup and Trends to Watch
Better understand the latest trends and developments in life and health insurance by exploring findings from 69É«ÇéƬ’s 2023 surveys.  Read More
Articles February 2024
Get with the Program: Actuaries are software engineers

This article from explores why coding, although crucial for actuaries, is seen as a secondary skill, and writing software a d...

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Articles January 2024
Improving Fertility and Childbirth Support in Japan: Implications for insurers

With fertility rates declining globally, many countries are seeking new ways to support infertility treatments and healthy childbirth. This article explores the journey toward progress in Japan and the role insurers can play, offering valuable insights for markets wo...

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Research and White Papers January 2024
E-cigarettes: A health solution gone up in smoke?

Worldwide research shows that e-cigarettes, originally designed as a smoking cessation aid, are increasingly being used by teenagers who have never smoked cigarettes, creating a new problem in the fight against tobacco smoking.

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Articles January 2024
Emerging Risks Ahead: An industry view of the future of insurance

According to a new report from the Geneva Association, the very nature of risk is changing and insurers must be prepared to change along with it. Jonathan Porter, 69É«ÇéƬ's Global Chief Risk Officer, provides key takeaways from the report and explores a ...

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Articles January 2024
Ringing in the New Year with a Chat Bot: A 2024 generative AI update for insurers

AI-powered large language models (LLMs) could produce significant cost savings across the insurance pipeline, including underwriting manuals, claims resolution procedures, and policy documents and communications. What’s new with LLMs in 2024?

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