Monthly Archive: April 2020

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MIS launches COVID-19 intelligence dashboard for re/insurance industry

The world’s first insurance-specific dashboard will help claims teams, exposure managers and loss adjustors visually understand the impact of COVID-19 London, UK (Apr. 1, 2020) – Imagery and geospatial intelligence consultancy firm McKenzie Intelligence...

Prudential Suspends 30-Year Term Life Insurance Until June

Fed chairman Jerome Powell led an emergency interest rate cut package last month. Prudential Financial Inc. will temporarily suspend taking applications for 30-year term life insurance policies, effective April 13, a spokeswoman confirmed today....

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EQ Care to power Hub International’s Health and Wellness Platform

Montreal, QC (Mar. 31, 2020) – EQ Care, Canada’s pioneer in telemedicine, is pleased to announce that its virtual health platform will be integrated into a care management and navigation service provided by Hub...

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AIR Worldwide Updates COVID-19 Estimates

Boston, MA (Apr. 1, 2020) – Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide projects that the number of mild to moderately symptomatic cases globally on April 15 from the COVID-19 outbreak could range between 2,000,000...

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How will the coronavirus impact long-term disability claims?

Kelsey Rolfe | April 6, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic is expected to impact employers’ short-term disability claims’ experience as workers fall ill and require time off work to recover from the virus, but plan sponsors may also have to...

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Investment portfolio rebalancing in the time of coronavirus

Yaelle Gang, the Canadian Investment Review | April 6, 2020 Due to market volatility caused by the coronavirus, pension plans may be finding themselves offside their investment policies as their assets have drifted. Typically, pension funds...

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What should trustees know during the time of COVID-19?

As the coronavirus crisis generates market volatility and threatens to change the face of life insurance as we know it, the job of the life insurance trustee to actively manage policies in the interest...

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What Every Disability Insurance Policy Holders Should Expect When Defining their Occupation

Disability insurance attorneys Dell & Schaefer discuss the pre-disability occupation duties of the claimant and their impact when seeking LTD benefits. GREG DELL: Hi, I’m Greg Dell here with attorney Stephen Jessup. And we handle thousands of long-term disability applications for disability claimants across the country. And in this video, I want to concentrate on…