Underwriting

Insurers are likely to see more benign tumours than malignant, so, asks Anne Llewellyn, what are the underwriting ramifications?

Advisers should not fear tele-interviewing, but providers need to do more to integrate them in its implementation, says Scor.

Bermuda-based Nephila Capital, a leading investment manager specialising in insurance linked securities (ILS), attracted inflows of $340m from 11 UK institutions into its catastrophe reinsurance fund in the second half of 2009. The latest inflows bring...

Medicals Direct is now providing underwriting facilities to enable insurers a more cost-effective access to the enhanced annuity market.

"Everything in moderation…" Fergus Bescoby takes a look at the use of alcohol and recreational drugs in insurer's terms

Rhys (52) has just taken early retirement due to stress and serious heart problems which resulted in surgery. He and his family were previously covered under his company's PMI plan, and now he wants to provide this cover for his wife (Heather, 48) and...

Tele-underwriting has swiftly been embraced in the protection and health insurance industries, but, as Andrew Gething tells Paul Robertson, there is a way to go. Not least a greater degree of adviser interaction.

Scottish Provident has created 80 jobs as its underwriting functions revert back in house from a Capita contract.

Anne Llewellyn discusses the intricacies of underwriting policies for clients affected by the various illnesses that come under the heading ‘post war syndromes'

With Big-T and Little-T underwriting now common and significantly reducing non-disclosure issues, do you feel the industry is ready for a tele-claims service? Is there a demand for this, and is it necessary?