ON THE RISK (OTR) is the Journal of The Academy of Life Underwriting.
OTR is a subscription-based journal, published quarterly. OTR caters to individuals and organizations throughout the world who have an interest in life, disability or health underwriting and related news and information. This typically includes, but is not limited to, home office underwriters, medical directors, actuaries, and agents; insurance companies that do not have memberships in the three associations above; service companies or organizations that sell or provide services to life insurers; and related professional or governmental organizations.
The editorial content of ON THE RISK serves the professional information and continuing education needs of the memberships of the two primary organizations that support it and the worldwide professional home office underwriting readership. News and announcements from AHOU and CIU along with various joint committees such as the Life Underwriting Education Committee, Underwriting Experience Studies Committee and others are published. The major North American and international underwriting meetings are reviewed regularly. Periodically, selected insurance medicine, actuarial, technology, management and scientific meetings may be deemed worthy of extended coverage in OTR.
Scholarly articles covering topics of importance to the ON THE RISK readership are actively solicited and welcomed. Acceptance for publication and date of publication are at the sole discretion of the Editor-in-Chief after consultation with the editorial team. These may include, but are not limited to, topics in medicine, non-medical risks, insurance law, insurance technology, underwriting management, and related issues.
Members of the Association of Home Office Underwriters (AHOU) and the Canadian Institute of Underwriters (CIU) receive exclusive access to OTR. Please contact member services at those organizations for more information. For non-members of AHOU and CIU, an annual subscription and individual articles are available for purchase.
Become an OTR Contributor:
The OTR Editorial team is always looking for contributors and authors. If you are interested in writing for OTR, please review the OTR Author Guidelines and contact Editor-in-Chief, Bonnie Stroder.
Become an OTR Advertiser:
OTR reaches a worldwide audience and is read by major decision makers in the insurance industry. If your business provides services to insurance companies, advertising in ON THE RISK will get your company in front of those decision makers. Contact us today about advertising in OTR.
IMPORTANT: Under current copyright laws protecting OTR’s digital rights, a subscription is a personal subscription and is not transferrable. Disclosing, copying, distributing, sharing OTR, its contents, or its information is strictly prohibited.