Underwriting manuals

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Improving underwriting performance through real-world partnerships

Our case studies illustrate how organisations across the market have partnered with SelectX to enhance underwriting performance, strengthen governance and address targeted challenges, resulting in clear improvements and demonstrable value.

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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Evidence-based research

Evidence-based research

An established reinsurer engaged SelectX to undertake a programme of evidence-based medical research to support the ongoing development of its underwriting manual. Over the course of the programme, SelectX reviewed…
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Underwriting manual strategic review

Underwriting manual strategic review

An established reinsurer decided to re-platform its underwriting manual and, as an initial step, asked SelectX to carry out an in-depth strategic review of its existing manual and the supporting…
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Underwriting manual product rating review

Underwriting manual product rating review

Product rating reviews are occasionally undertaken by SelectX where insurers or reinsurers wish to reassess the medical and underwriting assumptions supporting a particular product. One established reinsurer engaged SelectX to…
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Underwriting Manual Health Check

Underwriting Manual Health Check

Underwriting manual health checks are a service that SelectX undertakes for insurers and reinsurers seeking an independent assessment of their underwriting guidance and platform. One reinsurer approached SelectX because it…
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Growing reinsurer adopts RiskApps

Growing reinsurer adopts RiskApps

A rapidly expanding reinsurer required an underwriting manual to support its life underwriting operations. Developing a manual internally would have required significant time and specialist resource. Instead, the reinsurer adopted…
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The underwriting manual of the future

The underwriting manual of the future

This article was first published in the March 2022 issue of On The Risk, the Journal of the Academy of Life Underwriting. Underwriting manuals have been around for a long…
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Underwriting manuals: strategic dilemmas (part 6)

Underwriting manuals: strategic dilemmas (part 6)

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…
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Underwriting manuals: strategic dilemmas (part 5)

Underwriting manuals: strategic dilemmas (part 5)

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…
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Underwriting manuals: strategic dilemmas (part 4)

Underwriting manuals: strategic dilemmas (part 4)

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…
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