Reinsurance Underwriting 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 …
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Reinsurance The Evolution of Underwriting – Where are we heading? ISSUE — DECEMBER 2015Cecilia Torrejan, AVP and Chief Underwriter, Life Reinsurance Underwriting, simply put, is the method by which insurance companies assess individual life risks for the likelihood of a claim. Over time, the practice of underwriting has evolved due to market influence, improvements in …
>Read moreBlog 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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