As insurers shift to incorporate new and alternative data sources, underwriters are taking on more specialized skills. In On the Risk, RGA data strategist Jordan Durlester and underwriter Jacqueline Waas join forces to discuss the value of collaboration in more effectively applying new evidence sources to underwrite new business.
 

For the first time in many of our lifetimes, life expectancy in the United States has declined. Not only did it just not go up as much as we expected—it actually declined.
 

In this, the first of a 4-part series of insurance-focused articles on cancer, Dr. Achim Regenauer, Chief Medical Officer, focuses on how these advances translate into high-level trends, and why they are so important to Life & Health insurance – all in a concise bulleted format, so there’s no need to wade through complex medical descriptions or interpret sensationalized headlines.