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Research and White Papers March 2020
Stronger Together? Japan’s Banks and Insurers Are Forming Partnerships … But Hurdles Remain

The ˿ƵAPP 2019 Japan Bancassurance Survey Report reveals insurers and banks' approaches to insurance sales and the protection products offered to customers. 

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Articles March 2020
˿ƵAPP 2019 Japan Bancassurance Survey: Highlights At-a-Glance
Bancassurance has become the dominant distribution channel for life insurance in the nation, making Japan a testing ground for innovations with important implications for other global markets. Download the highlights in our infographic. Read More
Articles March 2020
Can You Understand Data Science in 4 Minutes … Or Less? | Jeff Heaton

So how do insurers unlock value from big data? Jeff Heaton, ˿ƵAPP’s Chief Data Scientist, published author and professor at Washington University in St. Louis, has a few ideas. To learn more about data science, artificial intelligence and the new technologies resh...

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Videos March 2020
Opioid Mortality Trends: Considerations for Insurers

Curious about ˿ƵAPP's research?   Contact us to learn more. 

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Articles March 2020
Depression – Key Points for Accurate Underwriting

Identifying depression is critical to minimizing patient distress, but despite treatment advances, excess mortality persists, says ˿ƵAPP's Akhilesh Pandey. He discusses the disease process, treatment and prognosis, and underwriting implications in

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Articles March 2020
“Outside In” Innovation: What Insurers Can Learn from the Blockbuster Bust and Multivariate Technologies

Customers increasingly demand a seamless, non-intrusive, insurance purchasing experience. Multivariate technologies can empower life and health carriers to deliver. 

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Articles March 2020
The Expanding Diabetes Classification Matrix: Types 1, 2 And More …
As today’s medical and technological advances continue to be utilized and applied to diabetes mellitus (DM), a newer and even more complex framework for the disease is emerging, which may help us further our understanding of it. ˿ƵAPP's Dr. Karneen Tam explores the most r... Read More
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Articles March 2020
Asia’s Product Development Trends: Growing Needs Spurring New Directions
Traditionally, life and living benefit products in Asia have been country-specific and needs-driven – evolving based on unique national demographic characteristics and differing public health conditions and systems. As demographic changes sweep the region, ˿ƵAPP's Ka... Read More
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Articles February 2020
Innovation in the LTC Insurance Market

Regulators and consumers are looking for affordable and innovative Long Term Care (LTC) solutions. ˿ƵAPP’s Bruce Stahl suggests that insurers can look back to move forward, drawing on the same innovative spirit that thrived in the category decades ago to better meet co...

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Videos February 2020
Keeping Pace with Insurance Medicine and Underwriting in an Accelerating Age

Curious about ˿ƵAPP’s SUP MD Program?  Contact us at CMSTeam@rgare.com to learn how SUP medical directors can provide support during peak periods, from the summer vacation season to the yea...

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Articles February 2020
The Art of (Data) War: Why Your Company Needs a Data Strategy
The buzz around big data is as loud as ever, but life and health insurers report mounting pressure to define a strategy and deliver a return on investment, according to Read More
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Videos February 2020
RiskDimensions: An Informed Approach to Insurance Transformation

If you would like to discuss this webcast further please e-mail us at: CMSTeam@rgare.com

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Articles February 2020
The Anatomy of the DRG System in Healthcare Part 2: Key Risks, Governance, and Risk Mitigation
In the second entry of a two-part series, ˿ƵAPP's Ashley Moheeput of ˿ƵAPP Middle East

explores DRG implementation successes and failures around the world and shares important lessons for providers and insurers.

 

 

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Articles February 2020
Nest Egg Challenges

˿ƵAPP's David Boettcher explores creative solutions to shift the burden of building a in The Actuary...

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Research and White Papers February 2020
The HIV/AIDS Epidemic – What’s New? Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (Part II)

While there is yet no HIV vaccine, a small blue pill can prevent HIV transmission. ˿ƵAPP explores the power of PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) as an effective prevention strategy, as well as potential risks, protocols, and barriers to greater use.

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Videos February 2020
Understanding the Evolution of Underwriting

Dianne Schuetz, Vice President of Business Initiatives for U.S. Markets, discusses ˿ƵAPP’s underwriting evolution and new tools created to propel our journey forward. Contact us at CMSTeam@rgare.com to learn mor...

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Articles January 2020
Part II: Picking the Right Pharmacy Benefit Manager Can Lower Prescription Drug Costs
Is your pharmacy benefit manager keeping the best interests of the plan’s members in mind? ˿ƵAPP’s Barbara Tomlin discusses how to identify whether a PBM is performing in  Read More
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Articles January 2020
The Anatomy of the DRG System in Healthcare Part 1: Structure, Risk Measurement, Ratemaking, and the Grouper Algorithm
In a two-part series, ˿ƵAPP's Ashley Moheeput of ˿ƵAPP Middle East explores the basics of diagnosis related groups, or DRGs, and governance and risk mitigation approaches to maximize success. Curious?  Read More
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Articles January 2020
Data Analytics Strategy Development: Five Building Blocks to Change

˿ƵAPP surveyed 10 major multinational life and health insurers to learn how they are developing and implementing data analytics and identified five building blocks that define emerging data analytics programs. ˿ƵAPP conducts global surveys on many industry topics to prov...

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Articles January 2020
Developing a Digital Insurance Ecosystem: Why Group Insurers Must Partner to Survive

In the final installment in a three-part series, ˿ƵAPP International’s Anil Sanwal explores industry trends in group insurance and argues for developing a network of partner companies to build digital platforms that improve communic...

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