A quick LIMRA and LOMA survey of financial services companies found that 91% have a pandemic stress scenario in place. In addition, 71% have assessed and quantified the potential impact on their key business in the event of higher mortality.
The news of an outbreak in China of a new type of coronavirus (2019-nCoV), leading to respiratory illness, recalls previous potential pandemic infections.
The slides presenting findings from a survey conducted at the 2016 AHOU meeting have been posted at the Munich Re website.
https://www.munichre.com/site/marclife-mobile/get/documents_E1251684883/...
Nearly three-fourths (70 percent) of life insurance underwriters expect the number and severity of epidemics and pandemics to increase over the next 5 to 10 years, according to new research.
http://www.lifehealthpro.com/2016/06/21/most-life-insurance-underwriters...
