What the Pandemic Teaches Us About the Future of Benefit Packages Covid-19 has changed many aspects of our lives, from the way we work to the way we spend time with our friends and family. One thing many people haven’t noticed is that it is also changing the ways in which we prioritize our …
>Read moreReinsurance Can Help Mitigate the Risk of High Drug Costs Over the last few years, a number of changes that have the potential of significantly altering the funding, pricing and delivery of prescription drugs have been under consideration in Canada. The reform to the Patented Medicines Pricing Review Board and the implementation of a …
>Read more2019 SOA Life Reinsurance Survey Results We at RMA are proud to share some news with you. Each year the SOA Reinsurance Section publishes an important market share survey of the US and Canadian life reinsurance markets. This survey receives a lot of attention both from the reinsurer community and people at ceding companies as …
>Read moreReinsurance 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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Reinsurance The Evolution of Underwriting – Where are we heading? Cecilia 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 data gathering, and …
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