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Research and White Papers July 2024
Borderline Ovarian Tumor: Implications for critical illness and terminal illness claims

Borderline ovarian tumors (BOT) can cause confusion for claims assessors. In this article from 鶹ƵAPP 

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Videos July 2024
Case ReView: Hepatitis B
In this presentation featured in 鶹ƵAPP , Dr. Sheetal Salgaonkar walks viewers through the challenges and approaches to underwriting a complex hepa... Read More
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Articles June 2024
Bicycling: Risky business or great for fitness?

In this article for On the Risk, RGA’s Lauren Garfield shares her husband’s harrowing cycling accidents and explores the balance between cycling injuries and fatalities and the health benefits of the activity.

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Articles June 2024
Managing Pandemic Risk After COVID-19: Lessons from the past, preparing for the future

Four years on from COVID-19, life insurers have a key opportunity to assess the accuracy of their risk models and gather lessons from centuries of data to better prepare for the next global pandemic.  

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Articles June 2024
Artificial Intelligence: Augmenting the expertise of tomorrow’s underwriters
In this article from On the Risk, 鶹ƵAPP Jackie Waas reflects on artificial intelligence in underwriting and its impact on the ever-changing role of the underwriter.  Read More
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Publications June 2024
ReFlections Volume 62, June 2024

Explore in-depth articles on important medical topics and stay up to date on a range of hot-button issues impacting life and health insurers, from the obesity epidemic to AI’s role in healthcare. 

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Articles June 2024
The Dual Role of Artificial Intelligence in Disability Insurance: A boon and a bane
AI brings significant fraud-enabling challenges along with powerful tools to detect and prevent fraudulent activities. By understanding both the threats and the solutions, disability insurers can better protect themselves and their clients. Read More
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Articles June 2024
Sporting Chance: An inside look at the challenges of underwriting athletes and influencers

The key to underwriting professional athletes and other high-profile individuals is to return to one of the fundamentals of our professions — due diligence. That is both easier and more challenging than it has been in the past. Here's why. 

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Articles June 2024
Gene Therapy: From science fiction to medical reality

The pace of gene therapy treatments has been rapidly increasing. This article,

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Articles June 2024
Specialty Pharma: Cost and risk management opportunities

By 2025, the specialty pharmacy market is expected to grow by 35%, led by high-cost treatments for cancer, autoimmune disorders, and other conditions. This article, originally published in

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Articles May 2024
Beyond Accommodation: Advancing neurodiversity as a competitive advantage in the workplace

By promoting neurodiversity and offering simple accommodations, employers can engage with neurodivergent professionals and tap into their unique and highly valuable skillsets - particularly those that could benefit the insurance industry.

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Articles May 2024
Innovations in High Net Worth Insurance

Navigating today's product development landscape is daunting. Find a roadmap in Product Trends, a quarterly index of the world’s most innovative insurance products and services

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Research and White Papers May 2024
South Korea Provides a Road Map for Dementia Insurance

As the percentage of aging and aged people grows globally, the opportunity arises to build a “silver economy,” with services designed for the middle-aged and elderly. The insurance industry, with offerings such as dementia insurance, can play a vital role in this sil...

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Research and White Papers May 2024
A Shield from the Storm: 3 steps to help insurance companies weather the coming labor crunch
Arthur Ozeki, RGA Executive Vice President and Head of Asia Pacific, recommends three steps insurance companies can take to help them address the predicted labor shortage expected to hit the industry in the near future.  Read More
Jeff Hopson
Articles May 2024
Investor Relations | Jeff Hopson
In this Inside RGA interview, Jeff Hopson, RGA’s Senior Vice President of Investor Relations, describes how he shares RGA’s story with the investment community, from our remarkable history to our bright future as one of the largest life and hea... Read More
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Research and White Papers May 2024
Climate Change Mortality Risk
In this summary analysis, 鶹ƵAPP Chris Falkous assesses the possible impact climate change could have on future mortality in South Africa by 2050, providing a potential template for analyses in other markets.  Read More
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Articles May 2024
Global Health Brief: Health insurance fraud, waste, and abuse
鶹ƵAPP Dr. Steve Woh explains the many ways health insurance fraud, waste, and abuse can result in unnecessarily increased claims costs and outlines steps insurers can take to detect and combat all three. Read More
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Research and White Papers April 2024
Clearing the Air: The conundrum of climate change and the impacts on health

For life and health insurers, identifying approaches to better quantify and predict the impacts of climate change is both critical and challenging. 鶹ƵAPP Georgiana Willwerth-Pascutiu outlines some of the many factors to consider and explores steps insurers might take...

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Research and White Papers April 2024
Multi-Cancer Early Detection Tests and Modeling the Potential Impact on Insurance
MCED tests promise to transform the detection of cancer. RGA explores what this could mean for insurers and the challenges of modeling and quantifying MCED tests' potential impact. Read More
Howard Liao
Articles April 2024
Private Debt and Equity | Howard Liao

In this Inside RGA Q&A, Howard Liao, RGA’s Senior Managing Director and Head of Private Debt and Equity, talks about RGA’s unique approach to investments, the importance of mentorship, and what it feels like to scale the highest peak in ...

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