LIFE INSURANCE IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU KNOW YOU NEED SOMEDAY

whitePaper | October 20, 2022

Data and analytics have captivated business in recent years: tech startups, retail chains, big banks, movie studios and mom-and-pop shops are all digging into their numbers to power their companies. For insurers, this discovery is nothing new. Data has always been the core of their work. It’s the bedrock of actuarial tables and risk pools, of underwriting and reinsurance. Data-driven insights have powered the industry for centuries, since the days of Lloyd’s Coffee House and mutual benefit societies

whitePaper | December 10, 2022

As 2022 comes to a close, insurance companies are facing significant price losses across their portfolios, particularly within long-duration fixed income. On the horizon are the risks of a global recession, peaking fundamentals, persistent inflation and energy crises, particularly in Europe.

whitePaper | October 25, 2022

A recent survey conducted by Post, in association with SS&C Blue Prism, explored the ways in which digital claims are being approached by the industry. Despite digitisation taking off in recent years, many claimants today are still using emails and telephone to contact their insurer at the initial point of a claim. Many claims specialists believe that customers are dropping out of a fully digital claims journey due to claims being too complicated or customers being less tech-savvy. So, how can insurers ensure digital claims journeys are streamlined and easy-to-use for the consumer?

whitePaper | November 30, 2022

In June 2022, nearly two dozen people were charged with defrauding various life insurance carriers – to the tune of more than $25 million. Those involved conspired to apply for numerous bogus life insurance policies, then collect on them by intentionally deceiving carriers with the assumed identities of deceased individuals.

whitePaper | July 22, 2022

On February 18 2019, the State Council announced the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (the Outline Development Plan). This is an ambitious plan to develop a worldclass bay area ideal for living, working, and travelling between the nine municipalities in Guangdong Province and the two Special Administrative Regions (SARs). As one of the most open, economically vibrant regions in China, the Greater Bay Area has a major strategic role in commencing and dictating a new phase of economic and social growth. In addition to its mission of facilitating China's quest to develop a world-leading city cluster, the Outline Development Plan also promotes active participation across the GBA in the related work of the Belt and Road Initiative by leveraging the competitive advantages created by the two free trade economies of Hong Kong and Macao.

whitePaper | May 3, 2022

The insurance industry is no stranger to technological change, whether it was forced to change or inspired by grander visions. For decades, the insurers that led the industry ranked as some of the most technologically innovative operations in the world. But the exact technologies that used to showcase the C-suite’s willingness to adopt cuttingedge solutions are now holding them back.