HLR America in the Media
[ On The Risk, December 2011 ]
Point/Counterpoint: Should Treadmill Stress ECGs continue to be used as an “Age/Amount” Screening Test in Life Underwriting?
- On The Risk is reintroducing a feature which last appeared during the first decade of OTR’s existence – a yearly Point/Counterpoint article to encourage readers to discuss and research the different points of view that exist regarding specific underwriting topics.
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This article is reprinted with the permission of On The Risk, Journal of the Academy of Life Underwriting.
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[ Best’s Review, July 2011 ]
Finding the Bottom
- Cession rates for the life reinsurance market continued to decline in 2010.
- New premium was up for direct market writers in the first quarter, but challenges persist.
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[ Reinsurance Magazine, May 2011 ]
SCOR deal breathes new Life into the Sector
- SCOR’s recent acquisition of Transamerica Re’s mortality business from AEGON has once again highlighted the attractions of life business to reinsurers who are trying to build multi-line platforms.
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[ Best’s Review, April 2011 ]
High Pressure
- Medical stop-loss reinsurance continues to play a vital role in containing employers’ health care costs.
- Managing general underwriters, who originally handled these programs, have lost market share to large direct writers.
- Health care reformand highly disciplined underwriting tools offer growth opportunities to Managing General Underwriters (MGUs).
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