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How the Environment Will Change for Life Insurers - And Ways to Cope
Von Jules Constantinou February 21, 2017 English
The life insurance business might be seen as a steadfast boulder awash in a fast-flowing stream of change, yet the Greek philosopher Socrates taught us that the secret of change is to focus energy on building the new and not fighting the old. Indeed,...
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Insurers Shouldn’t Stigmatize Epilepsy
Von Anke Siebers February 13, 2017 English Deutsch
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that can affect people of all ages. According to the WHO, some 50 million people around the world have epilepsy and an estimated 2.4 million new diagnoses are made each year. The condition has significant implications...
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Advances in Cancer Research and Insurance
Von Ross Campbell
February 02, 2017 EnglishThe International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) was created more than 50 years ago to foster global collaboration on cancer control. Today more effective therapies mean mortality rates no longer reflect incidence rates; there are now more cancer...
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Keeping Workers Safe From Cancer - Will EU Proposals Cut Cancer Rates?
Von Dr. Chris Ball January 25, 2017 English
Cancer arising from workplace exposure has a long history. The earliest recognised form of occupational cancer in the world is Chimney sweep’s carcinoma, cancer of the skin of the scrotum, first described in England in 1775. In many workplaces...
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Trends in Life Insurance - How Can the Industry Stay Fit for the Future?
Von Peter Temple January 09, 2017 English
Life insurers are facing a new world in which the nature of uncertainty itself is changing. The future is collapsing into the present faster than past data can be used to extrapolate the future. However, we shouldn’t be fearful. InsurTech (insurance...
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How You Sleep Matters to Insurers
Von Ross Campbell
January 05, 2017 EnglishSleep allows the body and the brain vital repair and recovery time, giving hormones the opportunity to replenish. Both inadequate and excessive sleep have been associated with early death.1 We are getting a better understanding of the health consequences...
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