Hospital and clinical markets in the Middle East
Articles January 2022
Life and health insurance in the era of COVID

As 2022 gets underway, the Middle East region’s life/medical insurance markets are moving steadily toward a new equilibrium. RGA's Tamer Saher spoke to 

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Articles January 2022
Xenotransplantation – The Future of Organ Transplants in Humans

Extended life expectancy has led to many more people living with chronic diseases, who may ultimately require organ transplantation in the treatment of their condition, yet these organs are in short supply. Xenotransplantation may represent one solution.

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Articles January 2022
Quantifying Lifestyle Behaviors Holds the Key to Wider Adoption of Insurance-Linked Wellness Programs

Life insurance-linked wellness programs were first developed more than 20 years ago, and insurer interest in these programs has continued to grow ever since. Nevertheless, all these years and seemingly countless program launches later, the industry has yet to fully r...

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Articles January 2022
Why Sleep Matters

Don't snooze and lose? RGA's Dr. Adela Osman, Chief Medical Research Officer, RGA South Africa, offers an eye-opening examination of sleep and medicine in ReFlections. She argues that sleep deprivation is an under-recognized public heal...

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Hyperglobulinemia
Articles January 2022
Hyperglobulinemia and Risk Assessment: A Case Study
RGA's Dr. Sheetal Salgaonkar, Vice President and Medical Director, Global Medical, RGA India, offers a fascinating case study on serum protein tests and how they should be considered in risk assessment. Read More
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Articles January 2022
Prioritizing Life and Health in a Changing Climate through Innovative Insurance Solutions
Climate change’s impact on the world and on insurance continues to grow, and Dr. Georgiana Willwerth- Pascutiu, DBIM, Vice President and Medical Director, RGA Toronto, explores climate change’s current challenges and opportunities for the insurance industry. Read More
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Articles January 2022
4 Key Considerations for Insurance-Linked Wellness Program Success

Insurance-linked wellness programs, which for years have shown more promise than sustainable results, now appear poised for widespread implementation and impact. In working with clients around the world, RGA has developed wellness-related insights in four key areas&n...

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Articles January 2022
Goodbye, Hello: The Pandemic Lingers, but its Legacy of Transformation is Already Visible for Reinsurers

Is hindsight 2021? RGA's Ron Herrmann shares lessons learned from a turbulent year and looks forward to a bright future.

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Research and White Papers January 2022
The Power of Predictive Moments: How digital distribution of life insurance must evolve
When it comes to marketing life insurance, a new study from RGA suggests timing may be everything. RGA's behavioral science team conducted an experiment based on a neuroscience testing technique called Implicit Reaction Time to explore how best to predict when consumers... Read More
Publications January 2022
ReFlections Volume 55, January 2022
Read a case study on serum protein tests, explore climate change’s impact on health and more. 

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COVID-19 Rx Script
Articles December 2021
Low-Severity Prescription Medication Histories: Good for Risks?

Individuals who have only low-severity medications in their prescription histories may not necessarily be those with the least mortality risk. In On the Risk, RGA's experts discuss the ways mortality risk of those with less robust histories and no high-sever...

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Strength test for the frail
Articles December 2021
Frailty: Implications and Risk Assessment for Underwriting
By the year 2060, almost 24% of the US population will be age 65 or older. Biomedical and public health advances have led to great increases in longevity and a shift in disease burden to multiple chronic diseases with aging. In On the Risk, RGA's experts discus... Read More
Articles December 2021
Agents of Change: Seven Ways Bancassurers are Reimagining Life Insurance
Bancassurers are at a crossroads. Amid rapid evolution in customer expectations, business models and technology, banks and insurers must determine how best to take advantage of change. RGA's Othmane Akesbi surveys the landscape and shares seven trends to watch. Read More
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Articles December 2021
IFRS 17, Economic Volatility, and Reinsurance

To prepare for the implementation of IFRS 17, RGA has met with life and health insurers around the globe over the past several years. RGA's Paul Sauvé shares common themes and insights RGA has discovered in this process.

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Articles December 2021
Continuous Glucose Monitoring: Insurance Implications

Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) allows for real-time measurement of blood glucose, and is a technology being used by an estimated 7 million individuals in the U.S. and growing. In On the Risk, RGA's Drs. Dave Rengachary and Lauren Garfield explore t...

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Articles December 2021
One Underwriter’s Story, One Breakthrough COVID-19 Infection, and an Ongoing Conversation
A harrowing bout with a breakthrough case of COVID-19 causes RGA's Jennifer Johnson to have a breakthrough of a different kind. She shares her wrenching personal experience, offers some lessons learned, and embarks on a conversation with RGA's physicians about the parti... Read More
Articles December 2021
The Case for a Data and Analytics Ethics Framework in Insurance

RGA has launched a Data and Analytics Ethical Framework, a set of enterprise-wide guiding principles for data utilization. RGA's Doug Knowling  explains...

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Articles December 2021
The Promising Future of Insurance: The Role of Reinsurance, Data and Genomics, and the Asia Market
In Asia Insurance Review, Greig Woodring, retired president and CEO of RGA and the International Insurance Society’s 2021 Insurance Hall of Fame inductee, shares his unique... Read More
Research and White Papers December 2021
Cardiovascular Aging: Causes and Intervention

This article is the last in a three-part series, highlighting areas of research funded by the Longer Life Foundation (LLF), a not-for-profit organization that supports the study of scientific and public health factors predicting mortality, morbidity, longevity, ...

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