ReFlections: Volume 69, October 2026

Welcome to the October 2026 issue of ReFlections. The issue features articles on the evolving role of AI in insurance and the importance of combining technological capability with human judgment, the challenges and opportunities for insurers regarding older-age underwriting, and trends and insights that emerged from the American Society of Clinical Oncology conference.

Other highlights include:

• An AI tool – the world’s first – for earlier detection of heart disease
• A pioneering FDA-approved therapy to combat chronic graft-versus-host disease
• Underwriting considerations when reviewing a case with leukopenia and neutropenia
• Summaries of recent studies on the link between influenza vaccination and cardiovascular benefits, the impact of excess weight on cancer, genetic factors that influence GLP-1 treatment effectiveness, and pairing AI with routine clinical data to help predict liver cancer risk
• Available resources and training for claims professionals focused on disability income, as well as death, critical illness, and total and permanent disability
• A new resource hub for underwriters dedicated to kidney disease, along with updates to the Global Underwriting Manual

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