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[ March 21, 2021 ] What is Driving the Growth of Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine? Innovation
[ March 21, 2021 ] Walking on Thin Ice: Navigating Risk Assessment in Winter Sports Uncategorized
[ March 21, 2021 ] In Memoriam About OTR
[ December 19, 2020 ] Explore COVID-19 and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Underwriting
[ December 19, 2020 ] Lost in translation: foreign national underwriting, explained. Underwriting

Innovation

What is Driving the Growth of Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine?

Explore a range of factors, from the restrictions imposed by COVID-19 to increasing consumer acceptance, and consider the life insurance and underwriting implications. Learn more.
Uncategorized

Walking on Thin Ice: Navigating Risk Assessment in Winter Sports

Consider some surprising facts about winter sport risks, including participation, fatality and mindset trends for underwriters to watch. Read more.
About OTR

In Memoriam

On The Risk marks the passing of our publication’s founding father and a deeply respected friend and colleague: John Krinik. Our thoughts and prayers are with his loved ones. Learn more.
Underwriting

Explore COVID-19 and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome

Children have not been spared from COVID-19. Review research into multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), including timing, symptomatology, and complication potential. Read more.
Underwriting

Lost in translation: foreign national underwriting, explained.

Foreign national business has been growing in the US for several years. High-net-worth individuals want to diversify their portfolios into US investments which include life insurance, yet understanding the foreign national segment can be challenging. [...]
Innovation

Death by diabetes: lessons for underwriters.

Today, more than ever, finding less invasive ways to underwrite impairments efficiently and effectively is of vital importance. New research on reliable mortality and morbidity indicators for diabetes offers important clues.