Accelerated underwriting programs are becoming more prevalent, and it will be years before we have credible mortality data to assess the long-term effectiveness of these programs. Monitoring these programs from the...
While the drivers of population mortality do influence life-insured experience, there are also very large effects on life-insured mortality due to the policy purchasing process.
One of the rewards of societal progress is medical advancement and its ability to save and improve lives. As science and technology advance, new frontiers are opening and new challenges are coming into sight, and...
Every year since 1996, SCOR has rewarded the best academic work in the field of actuarial science with annual prizes in several countries throughout the world.
Technology is transforming the way people live, work and play as well as their expectations. It is also transforming the life and health insurance sector, with insurers exploring how they can deploy technologies such as...
At the 2019 SCOR Annual Conference, Sylvain Gauden, Chief Underwriting Officer for Marine and Energy at SCOR Global P&C, led a panel that explored how industries leverage technology and data – including blockchain, big...
At the 2019 SCOR Annual Conference, Daniel Theben and Henry Bovy led an interactive discussion on the expanding risk universe – and what it means for the (re)insurance industry. The challenge for insurers is to manage...
The comorbidity between HIV and cancer is proven - cancer can grow by invading the host’s immune defenses and benefiting from a loss of immunological control. Thanks to treatments, people living with HIV are living...