Article by Hank George and Tia Goss Sawhney, November 2008

Abstract:
Major changes in life underwriting health screening protocols are necessary if life insurance is to remain a player in the financial services revolution. The old ways are not aligned with the current demands.

Additional Description:
This article asserts that quality teleunderwriting, the use of information from third party databases, new bodily fluid tests, and continually evolving questions can allow underwriters to better aling themselves with corporate goals without sacrificing underwriting quality.

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This article was published in the November/December 2008 edition of Contingencies:

http://contingencies.org/novdec08/underwriting.pdf