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Rise of the machines: straight-through underwriting processors have languished in North America, but soon could increase output twofold.		Nov 1, 2009	500
Flummoxed over bancassurance: sales of life products at banks are flat, but quicker underwriting that doesn't sacrifice quality may help.		Feb 1, 2009	517
A history lesson in insurance screening: a cancer marker being proposed for screening life insurance applicants could be a wolf in sheep's clothing.		Sep 1, 2008	502
Rules vs. judgment: a swing toward rules-based underwriting may influence an underwriter's judgment.	Column	May 1, 2008	528
Imprimatur: the Association of British Insurers' approval of teleunderwriting heralds a new era of acceptance of this more consistent and less costly procedure.		Dec 1, 2007	500
Magical thinking: is it time for insurers to do [over]due diligence on industry services?		Aug 1, 2007	528
A recipe for success: it's time to choose known alternatives to costly and slow underwriting.		Mar 1, 2007	507
How far is too far? Faced with pressures from all sides, underwriters face choices about what tools to use, and whether they'll be allowed to use them.		Nov 1, 2006	713
Energy Takeover not 'c' word.		Aug 1, 2006	88
Rethinking our tobacco follies: life and health insurers need to take another look at tobacco-use underwriting issues.		Jun 1, 2006	752
Nothing to lose but chains: rather than allow ourselves to stagnate at a time of great opportunity, we underwriters must become more involved.	Column	Feb 1, 2006	659
Two faces of nondisclosure: asking the right questions--and doing it well--can reduce the amount of nondisclosure in life and health insurance applications.	Column	Nov 1, 2005	692
Enough 'exceptionitis': failure to use underwriting judgment and exercise resolve damages insurers, reinsurers and the industry as a whole.		Jun 1, 2005	716
The five P's of underwriting: those who would underwrite life applicants need to keep learning, work with partners, and maintain their integrity.		Feb 1, 2005	739
Making producers happy: introducing teleunderwriting can drop cycle time by as much as 300%.		Aug 1, 2004	713
U-shaped curves: teleunderwriting's many advantages can be undermined if underwriters consistently overstep prudent boundaries.		May 1, 2004	664
'Snake oil' pollutes underwriting: the very concept of insurability will be at risk unless underwriters embrace new and faster modes of risk assessment.		Nov 1, 2003	714
Triage in teleunderwriting: an underwriting system with new techniques can speed up the process and save insurers money. (Underwriting Insight).		Aug 1, 2003	714
Getting to horizontal: The 20th-century life underwriter often slowed down the process of an application or stopped it altogether. The new underwriter will become more of a team player. (Life/Health: Underwriting Insight).		Mar 1, 2003	702
Pay now or pay later: the dwindling number of master underwriters and the industry's lack of commitment to developing them pose a grave threat to insurers. (Life/Health: Underwriting Insight).		Nov 1, 2002	701
Faster, cheaper, better: the process of life underwriting continues to evolve. Today's marketplace demands speed, without sacrificing protective value. (Underwriting Insight: Life/Health).	Brief Article	Jul 1, 2002	671