The traditional definition and role of health insurers is changing. Digitalization is enabling and prompting health carriers to move beyond simply mitigating risk; insurers are now looking to become partners in maintaining customers’ good health. ˿ƵAPP's Alan Watts exp...
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˿ƵAPP explores the complex nature of chronic pain claims. Questions or comments? Contact the author: ReViewANZ@rgare.com
˿ƵAPP’s Dr. Daniel Zimmerman answers questions on sepsis development and mortality trends.
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This article introduces aortic pulse wave velocity (aPWV) and explains how this new biometric could help underwriters to predict major cardiovascular events and mortality.
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Despite all of the advances in car safety, seat-belt use and drunk-driving prevention, the number of vehicle deaths has been rising. This article will examine the following topics:
Effective teamwork is based on a strong, two-way communication. Yet, too often, ˿ƵAPP’s underwriting team believes underwriters and claims analysts operate at cross purposes. The team shared some effective techniques to bridge this gap at the ˿ƵAPP 2017 Stop L...
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The global insurance landscape is changing rapidly. With a shift in demographics and the increased connectivity and popularity of social media, insurers must become more mobile friendly and tech savvy to meet customer expectations. This article explores the trends.
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Game change? Canadian group carriers once offered optional cover without medical evidence only on a limited case-by-case basis. Now it’s increasingly standard. This article explores findings from ˿ƵAPP's Group Life, LTD and Critical Illness Non-Evidence Limits/Overall ...
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Then I joined the working world as an entry-level actuary. In some ways that mindset subconsciously stayed with me. I would race through a project without spending adequate time to check my work and think about whether the conclusion made sense. I realized in a hurry...
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The complex anatomic structure of cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) can present both physicians and underwriters with many challenges, including correct diagnosis and classification, appropriate risk prognostication, and most important, selection of ap...
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Underwriting breast cancer in 2017 will require an understanding of the current and growing role of genomics in the assessment of its mortality risk. The importance of genomics today is being seen in precision medicine: the increasing ability to predict the biologica...
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