Videos from RGA
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Is Knowledge Power or Ignorance Bliss? Information, Behaviour, and COVID-19
Added 1 609 ViewsWe like to believe that more information is empowering and leads to greater well-being. But does it?COVID-19 is the first pandemic of the information age. People today can access high-quality information from a range of sources, meaning it has never been
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Behavioural Science: Why We Seek the Information We Do and How That Changes Our Behaviour
Added 1 263 ViewsFrom online symptom checkers to direct-to-consumer genetics tests, individuals increasingly must choose what information to seek and how to act upon that information. More information should be empowering and lead to greater well-being. But does it? This
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Evolution of the Purchase Journey: Will Insurance Distribution Bounce Back or ‘Bounce Forward’ in Re
Added 0 160 ViewsWhile insurers, regulators, and governments focus on the downside financial risks caused by the pandemic, COVID-19’s role in the consumer experience has received less attention. How are insurers adapting their business models in response to COVID-19
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Changing Consumer Behaviour and Digital Distribution in the COVID-19 World
Added 0 187 ViewsLearn how consumers' purchasing behaviour is evolving in the COVID-19 world, and what we can expect next. This video is part of the RGA Knowledge Day!
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COVID-19 at the Crossroads: Where Business Meets Science
Added 0 115 ViewsExplore the science of COVID-19 and investigate the insurance industry implications. This video is part of the RGA Knowledge Day!
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SARS-COV2: Lessons Learned and Looking into the Future
Added 0 187 ViewsThe current pandemic has placed technology and digitalization at the core of insurance company operations. Yet this evolving environment is also one where solid, effective, and dynamic underwriting is essential to successfully traversing these times. This
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How Has COVID-19 Influenced the Insurance Industry, and What Does This Mean for Your Business?
Added 0 203 ViewsIn this one-hour session, four leaders from RGA Asia share their views from different, yet integrated, perspectives to help insurers make sense of the evolving global pandemic, covering the following themes: General medical and epidemiological overview of
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Man Vs. Microbe Emerging Hot Topics in Infectious Disease & Product Development Opportunities
Added 0 107 ViewsWhat are the top infectious disease trends and implications for life and health product development in Asia? In this 60-minute session, RGA experts Dr. Heather Lund, Regional Chief Medical Officer, Asia and Fang Zhong, Ph. D., Executive Director, Business
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Medical Mayhem
Added 1 59 ViewsExplore medical insights and insurance impacts around COVID-19. This video is part of the RGA Knowledge Day!
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Partnering with Innovative Startups in the Insurance Ecosystem
Added 0 116 ViewsJonathan Hughes joins an Accenture-facilitated discussion where he covers some of the highlights from his work with RGAX in EMEA. He discusses some of the approaches taken and lessons learned when partnering with innovative businesses in the life insuranc
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The Changing Roles and Responsibilities of Analytics Leaders
Added 0 167 ViewsWhile the value and benefits of incorporating large new datasets across the insurance business process lifecycle are seemingly limitless, the need to ensure compliance is paramount. Globally, the legislative and regulatory environments are adapting quickl
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Winning Strategies for Growing Individual Protection
Added 0 82 ViewsExplore innovative product ideas and winning strategies from around the world. This video is part of the RGA Knowledge Day!
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Implementing IFRS 17: Broader Considerations
Added 0 744 ViewsImplementation of IFRS 17 is both unique and disruptive. The impacts will be significant within companies and potentially in the broader insurance market. Given the size of these implementation efforts, there is no doubt strong project management systems
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COVID-19 Mortality Rates by Age and Gender
Added 2 570 ViewsCOVID-19 appears to be much more fatal for men than women. Does the mortality difference vary by age? How does it compare to the well-established gender difference in all-cause mortality? Are there variations by country? This webcast highlights standardiz
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Challenges of COVID-19 Mortality Data
Added 3 533 ViewsCOVID-19 mortality data presents several challenges, and it is difficult to compare data efficiently between different countries, particularly when there are issues with differences in data sources and formats, the availability and completeness of the dat
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The Evolution of the Actuary in a World of Automated Machine Learning
Added 3 378 ViewsActuaries stand at the intersection of a vast expansion in the availability of data, an exponential increase in data storage capacity, and an acceleration in machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI). RGA's Jeff Heaton, Vice President, Data Scienc
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Can We Leverage Our Tools to Save Lives?
Added 1 500 ViewsNearly 10 million suicidal actions are taken per year around the world, resulting in roughly 800,000 deaths. The numbers vary dramatically by country and by demographic characteristics. The rates over time change much more rapidly than do most medical cau
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Long-Term and Indirect Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Added 1 622 ViewsAs much of the world remains in the grips of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, we all continue to focus on containing and controlling the coronavirus. The catastrophic direct impact on mortality and morbidity must be brought to an end. Furthermore,
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Economic and Behavioral Impacts of Covid-19: A South African Perspective
Added 1 603 ViewsIn this video, RGA South Africa’s Chief Pricing Actuary, Neil Parkin, will discuss COVID-19’s impact on the South African economy and its relationship with consumers’ mental health, credit, and interest in purchasing insurance. Highlight
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Distributed Ledger and Insurance
Added 0 603 ViewsAs data shows, Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) will transform systems, platforms and applications at a significant rate over next few years. More specifically, the Banking Financial Services and Insurance industry is leading adoption1 with data privac
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The COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights and Implications for Insurers
Added 0 842 ViewsAt the recent International Insurance Society (IIS) webinar, “The COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights and Implications for Insurers,” three leaders from RGA shared their views from different, yet integrated, perspectives to help insurers make sense of
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The Importance of Developing a Data Strategy
Added 0 882 ViewsData and analytics can provide insurers with actionable business intelligence at multiple points across the value chain. But how should you get started, and how do you know which projects to focus on? In this video, we explore why having a single enterpri
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What the World Will Look Like Post-COVID-19
Added 4 1,408 ViewsIn this video, Olav welcomes the attendees and introduces the session and speaker, Graeme Codrington. Graeme has been tracking the COVID-19 outbreak and will share patterns that are becoming evident in how the virus plays itself out as countries around th
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Modeling Infectious Disease Outbreaks 2020
Added 15 1,068 ViewsSpeaker: Eric Westhus, Ph.D., Data Scientist, Global Research and Data Analytics, RGA Predictions around the duration and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic have dominated headlines around the world. In this video, Eric Westhus describes common approaches
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Opioid Prescription History Analysis
Added 0 963 ViewsOpioids have received a lot of attention in the media due to the consistent rise in overdose fatalities since the mid-2000s. In this video, Nick Kocisak discusses the results of RGA’s analysis on the relationship between prescription opioid use and
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Opioid Mortality Trends
Added 2 1,065 ViewsOpioid abuse and misuse are an emerging concern to society as well as insurers. In this video, Vincent Prange discusses RGA’s data-driven analysis, exploring key relationships between socioeconomic attributes and opioid related mortality. Through th
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Strategic Uses of Reinsurance
Added 3 1,046 ViewsIn this video, RGA’s Erik Pronovost discusses the challenges that life and health insurance insurers are facing, and opportunities to use reinsurance to lower risk and improve financial performance. He describes several scenarios in which reinsuranc
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Increased Urbanization and Its Impact on Life Insurance
Added 2 400 ViewsIt is estimated that by 2050, nearly 70% of the world’s population will live in cities. Anticipated benefits of city life include cultural diversity, improved infrastructure, easier access to cutting-edge technology, jobs, and public health services
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Managing Disruption Through Structured Innovation
Added 1 584 ViewsThe insurance industry is changing rapidly and established firms are seeking tools that will help them take advantage of emerging opportunities while they adapt to disruptive forces affecting the industry. RGAX has combined best practices in the field of
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What’s the Future for Exclusions in Life Insurance?
Added 3 629 ViewsIn this video, RGA's Peter Barrett, Senior Vice President and Head of GST Underwriting, Claims and Medical Support, discusses insurers’ use of policy exclusions, including their impact on risk management today, and their potential role in the future
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AAC 2019 Opening Speech by Tony Cheng
Added 1 771 Views5:00Tony Cheng, FIAA, Executive Vice President, Head of Asia RGA, welcomes the participants at AAC 2019 in Singapore.
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CI Insurance for the (Once) Uninsurable - Diabetics
Added 1 284 ViewsThis session aims to share the findings from Voice of Customers (VOC) and Voice of Distributors (VOD), diabetes management program, as well as the product design of CI products for the diabetics in Singapore.
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Insights of Ageing Policies in a Few Super-Aged Countries – Be Responsive to Secure the ...
Added 0 302 ViewsThis presentation compares and contrasts the public policies and plans for ageing in Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan. Insights on the ageing culture of the countries of interest, and ageing practices, policies and plans at the individual, community, and na
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Chess and Underwriting
Added 2 776 ViewsSpeaker: Jeff Heaton, Ph.D., FLMI, Vice President, Data Science, RGA In this video, RGA’s Jeff Heaton discusses advances in AI that have been applied by Google to master the game of chess using simulated data, and how this technology can support lif
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Liquid Biopsies: Fact, Fiction, or Both?
Added 2 486 ViewsIn this short video, RGA’s Dr. Daniel Zimmerman discusses the rapidly developing technology of liquid biopsies. He defines what they are, what impact they will likely have on clinical medicine, and how they might impact insurers.
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Lifestyle-Related Mortality
Added 6 458 ViewsPremature deaths and chronic conditions continue to grow worldwide. In order to reduce these early deaths, it is important to understand how lifestyle behaviors influence health outcomes. In this webcast, Julianne Callaway explains the impact of physical
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Behavioural Economics
Added 4 695 ViewsBehavioral science helps insurers create products, policies and communications based on how people really do think and behave rather than how we think they should think and behave. In this webcast, Matt Battersby explains the key principles of behavioral
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Predictive Analytics in Life Insurance - How to Get Real Results
Added 1 555 ViewsThere are several pitfalls to avoid in predictive modeling. One common mistake, “overfitting,” yields optimistic model results that will not replicate. In this webcast, RGA’s Rosmery Cruz describes what causes overfitting, and suggests s
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Genetics and Risks of Anti-selection
Added 0 606 ViewsRGA webcast series | part 4/4 Peter Banthorpe, Global Head of Research and Data Analytics at RGA, discusses the results of RGA’s research study with King’s College London and the implications for genetic anti-selection in protection insurance.
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RGA Research Collaboration with King’s College London
Added 1 436 ViewsRGA webcast series | part 3/4 Professor Cathryn Lewis, from King’s College London, outlines details of a research collaboration with RGA investigating the importance of genetic information to predict morbidity and mortality outcomes. Professor Lewis
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Genetic Risk to Disease and Polygenic Risk Scores
Added 0 574 ViewsRGA webcast series | part 2/4 Dr Richard Russell, Lead Health Data Scientist at RGA, explores the latest genetics research concerning human susceptibility to disease and examines the pertinent question: can genetic information transform clinical risk asse
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Use of Genetics in Insurance and Growing Opportunities for Anti-Selection
Added 1 618 ViewsRGA webcast series | part 1/4 In this first in a series of four webcasts, Peter Banthorpe, Global Head of Research and Data Analytics at RGA, discusses the huge growth in direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing, regulatory policies to control genetic dis
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RGA - actuview Introductory Video
Added 0 636 ViewsRGA's Klaus Mattar discusses RGA's commitment to supporting the advancement of the actuarial profession, and the company's decision to sponsor actuview. The introduction includes a preview of RGA insights that will be shared thoughout 2019.
About
Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA) is one of the largest global life and health reinsurance companies. With headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, RGA supports clients and partners around the world through innovative approaches and customized solutions.
- We are the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related reinsurance solutions.
- Our core products and services include life reinsurance, living benefits reinsurance, group reinsurance, health reinsurance, financial solutions, facultative underwriting, and product development.
- RGA ranks #234 on the 2018 Fortune 500 list. The list ranks U.S.-based companies by total revenue.
- As of December 31, 2018, RGA had approximately $3.3 trillion of life reinsurance in force and assets of $64.5 billion
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