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Helping you keep up with industry developments.

The RMA blog is where we share our experiences and perspective as a reinsurance industry leader. We aim to offer timely updates and analysis in order to help our network stay abreast of—and prepared for—important trends and developments.

Marijuana and Legalization

Reinsurance History The origins of marijuana date back to the Han dynasty in China when it was used mainly for medicinal purposes to treat inflammation, nausea and malaria. It was brought to the West by the Spanish in the late 1500s, first to Chile and then to North America, where it was grown and its …

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The Future of Medical Underwriting

Blog The Future of Medical Underwriting “It took three months for one of my colleagues to get a recent life insurance application approved, two of which were caused by the delay in getting an Attending Physician Statement (APS) from her family doctor. Physicians, in general, are not overly cooperative with insurance companies as they don’t …

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