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  • September 2019

Data Driven: RGA Group Life and Long-Term Disability (LTD) Medical Underwriting Practices

By
  • Kathy Thiesen
  • Laura Baird
In Brief
RGA has conducted a global benchmarking survey of U.S. group medical underwriting practices since 2015. An update across 25 major group carriers reveals an industry rapidly automating, accelerating, and digitizing. To learn more about U.S. Group Re, data analytics and medical underwriting, contact us here.
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Based on a comprehensive survey offered to the U.S. group insurance market at various times since December 2014, RGA Group Reinsurance’s 2019 Group Life and Long-Term Disability (LTD) Medical Underwriting Practices report benchmarks operating and business parameters for medical underwriting practices.


Twenty-two carriers participated in the survey. To learn more about U.S. Group Re, data analytics and medical underwriting, contact us here.

Medical UW infographic

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Meet the Authors & Experts

Author
Kathy Thiesen
Director Survey and Research Services, U.S. Group Reinsurance
Author
Laura Baird

Senior Research Analyst, Research Services, U.S. Group Reinsurance