Underwriting engines

News, articles and case studies

Powering underwriting through robust rule design

These case studies show how organisations have partnered with us to enhance automation, strengthen engine performance and build rule bases that reflect a clear, consistent underwriting philosophy.

Creating initial rule sets

Creating initial rule sets

Initial Rule Sets for a Leading Reinsurer and Global Technology Provider SelectX supported two organisations with the development of initial rule sets and knowledge bases for automated underwriting engines, each…
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Automated underwriting: Specialist disability income writer

Automated underwriting: Specialist disability income writer

A UK disability income insurer sought to streamline its new business process, with an automated underwriting engine forming a key component of the redesigned workflow. At the outset of the…
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Automated underwriting: leading Canadian insurer

Automated underwriting: leading Canadian insurer

A large Canadian life insurer sought an independent assessment of the performance of its automated underwriting engine against current market best practice. The insurer had been operating a rules engine…
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Underwriting automation: the right tool for the job

Underwriting automation: the right tool for the job

Automating the underwriting process holds great potential, but to realise that potential you need the right product or products. There are plenty of software suppliers and plenty of decision engines…
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Underwriting automation: Continuing the journey

Underwriting automation: Continuing the journey

When you have deployed an underwriting engine, that is not the end of the journey. Quite the opposite: it is just the beginning. You will have done extensive testing before…
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Automation in life insurance underwriting

Automation in life insurance underwriting

Underwriting engines have been around for over 20 years. Initially they were used in head offices, processing application form information keyed in by clerical staff, and avoiding the need for…
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Predictive models – again

Predictive models – again

A little while back we published an article about the circular letter issued in January to insurers by the New York State Department for Financial Services concerning the use of…
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Predictive modelling – a view from New York

Predictive modelling – a view from New York

By Jason Bowman, Founder & CEO, CumPane Solutions LLC On 19 January 2019, the New York State Department for Financial Services (DFS) issued a circular letter1 concerning the use of…
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Underwriting engines: your choice

Underwriting engines: your choice

There is sustained interest in underwriting engines, and rightly so because they are in many ways the future of underwriting. Not entirely, for there are and will continue to be…
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