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Too early to understand China coronavirus threat, Swiss Re CEO explains

24th January 2020

The emerging outbreak of a previously unknown coronavirus in China is still in its early stages and data remains scarce making it challenging to understand how large a threat the virus could be, Swiss Re CEO Christian Mumenthaler explained recently. Speaking during an interview with Bloomberg TV at the World Economic ... Read the full article

Hannover Re expects mortality book will strain H2 results

10th August 2018

Hannover Re's life and health reinsurance segment performed well in the opening six months of 2018, however, the reinsurer's decision to increase rates across a block of U.S. mortality business, in light of its negative earnings situation, is expected to result in considerable strains during the second-half of the year. The ... Read the full article

UK pension scheme liabilities could be reduced by up to 1% with CMI 2017: Aon

8th March 2018

The new Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) model, CMI 2017, could reduce a pension scheme’s liabilities by between 0.5% and 1%, compared with the previous version of the model CMI 2016, according to Aon estimates. The 2017 CMI model is adjusted to include lower than expected levels of mortality improvement in England ... Read the full article

Munich Re validates LexisNexis Risk Classifier for mortality risk assessment

16th February 2018

Munich Re U.S. life has validated LexisNexis Risk Classifier as an effective predictor of mortality for the U.S. insurance-applicant population, after assessing its effectiveness in stratifying the mortality risk profile of a pool of insurance shoppers. LexisNexis Risk Classifier is a proprietary scoring algorithm that includes public records, credit information and motor ... Read the full article

Physical activity a “powerful predictor” of mortality risk: Munich Re

5th February 2018

A Munich Re study has found strong evidence that physical activity, as measured by steps per day, is a powerful predictor of mortality and may be especially effective in identifying high mortality risk for sedentary behaviour. Munich Re assessed the effectiveness of physical activity - as measured by wearable sensors - in ... Read the full article

Zurich Assurance adopts the RMS Longevity Model to improve view of risk

4th October 2017

Global catastrophe risk modeller RMS' Longevity Model has been adopted by UK life insurer, Zurich Assurance Ltd., as the firm seeks to better understand its view of longevity risk. Zurich Assurance is a division of global insurer Zurich Insurance Group, and, according to a recent announcement has licensed the RMS Longevity ... Read the full article