Author: Ben

Do you ever hear people say that what the industry needs is a concerted campaign to publicize the value of life and disability insurance generally or heighten awareness of individual…

The benefits of underwriting engines are now well understood (or they ought to be). They help drive down cost and bring a variety of other benefits such as detailed management…

In our last article we looked at the use of calculators and worksheets and the publisher of Underwriter e- Alert noted: The article begs the question: How will attorneys for…

Supporting the underwriting process A slick process is crucial to any successful business but to what degree can underwriting manuals fit in with key processes and how can they integrate…

In 2009 we wrote three articles on developing and maintaining underwriting manuals (a subject SelectX is close to given our experience of creating and maintaining a number of manuals over…

Previously in this series on underwriting manuals we have considered: Maintaining and resourcing a manual Issues of access, security and usage Training content, and A supporting evidence base. In the…

In part one of this series of articles we considered maintaining and resourcing an underwriting manual. In this second part we look at how access rights are granted and managed,…

Here we consider some of the strategic dilemmas faced by those companies who produce and maintain underwriting manuals. Manuals have been around for many years, first as paper manuals, then…