A counselor comforts someone experiencing mental health crisis
Articles September 2022
The Connection Between Physical and Mental Health: An Overview

RGA's Erin Crump argues that to truly understand how mental conditions affect the global burden of disease, we must understand the many linkages between human physical and psychological health. Mental illness is not a diagnosis that stands alone, but rather, is ...

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Articles September 2022
Colorectal Polyps As Precursors to Colorectal Malignancy

Dr. Paul Davis, Chief Medical Officer, RGA Australia, offers an in-depth review of colon polyps and colorectal cancers, the third most common cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide.

Recent developments and advances in the understanding and classification ...

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Research and White Papers September 2022
A New Era of Infectious Diseases - What we should know about what we don't know
Demographic changes, growth in world travel and migration, increased contact with animal vectors via habitat encroachment and wildlife trade, and global warming are all contributing to increased incidence of new and emerging infectious diseases. RGA's Hilary Hen... Read More
Motor Vehicle collision
Articles September 2022
Our Roadways Today: A Look at Changing Factors Impacting Motor Vehicle Mortality Risk
In this issue of On the Risk, RGA's Terri Huber, Shelley Bohle, Stephanie Wakeling, and Michele Kolbasko review notable driving behavior trends after COVID-19 lockdowns and how they may impact ... Read More
Microscope use in a lab
Articles September 2022
Nanomedicine - Advances in Medical Technology
In this issue of On The Risk, RGA's Hilary Henly takes a snapshot look at a promising innovation: micro/nanorobotic medical technology.  Read More
Double exposure of woman with ecosystem in her mind
Videos September 2022
New Approaches to Old Problems: Bringing Technology to Treatment in Psychiatry

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Articles September 2022
Health Insurance Ecosystems Offer Sustainable Digital Healthcare Solution
For health insurers seeking to respond to consumer expectations in an ever-increasing digital world and improve both engagement and the health of their customers, the ecosystem model offers a path forward. RGA and medtech innovator RoadtoHealth have partnered to deliver... Read More
Articles September 2022
COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impact on Suicide Rates and Risk Factors

RGA explores one of the many areas impacted by the pandemic: suicide rates and suicide risk factors. Review of the data suggests that while certain risk factors are elevated, evidence to date does not indicate an increase in the incidence of suicide globally.

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Publications September 2022
ReFlections Volume 57, September 2022
Explore pain physiology, mental health, colon polyps and colorectal cancers, and more. Read More
Articles August 2022
Underwriting Considerations for NCAA's NIL Policy: A New Class of Professional Athlete?
As another college football season kicks off, RGA's Dr. Dave Rengachary considers the insurance implications of the NCAA's NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) policy. Read More
Transgender Health Coverage: Symbol with transgender colors
Articles August 2022
Transgender Health Coverage: Is Now The Time?
In this article, RGA explores how insurance companies can support the transgender community's healthcare needs. Read More
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Articles August 2022
How to Overcome 7 Challenges to Data Science Success

In this article for Digital Insurance, RGA's Petr Vaclav, discusses seven challenges that can prevent successful data science endeavors and ways to overcome them.

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Optical Character Recognition (OCR) image of microchip
Videos August 2022
Automated Underwriting with OCR and NLP

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Articles August 2022
It’s Time for Life Insurers to Go on Offense After COVID-19
The pandemic showed consumers the importance of life insurance, creating an opportunity for insurers to make a play to close the coverage gap and bring financial protection to more people. Read More
Articles August 2022
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Larnise Boain
In this Inside RGA Q&A, Larnise Boain, Vice President, Diversity Equity and Inclusion shares what DEI means to her, what DEI issues the (re)insurance industry should focus on, and her short- and long-term goals.  Read More
Articles August 2022
How Embedded Insurance May Close Coverage Gaps
In Digital InsuranceRGAX's André Dreyer discusses embedded insurance, a ... Read More
Cost of Living Crisis: worried shopper
Articles August 2022
Product Trends Around the World 2Q 2022

RGA provides quarterly updates on global product developments, which can be made available upon request. View the

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busy commuters depicting spread of infectious disease
Research and White Papers August 2022
Industrywide Research Initiative Provides Key COVID-19 Insights

In 2020, RGA, the Society of Actuaries, LIMRA, and RGA subsidiary TAI came together to form the Individual Life COVID-19 Project Work Group.

Through a series of reports, the ongoing collaboration has analyzed the impact of COVID-19 on the individual life insura...

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Social media representation on mobile devices
Research and White Papers August 2022
Non-Substance Use Addiction in the Technological Era
Mobile phone use has been described as the biggest non-drug addiction of the 21st century. Excessive users of the internet and mobile phones are at high risk of non-substance use disorder and subsequent mental health issues. In this research article, RGA's Hilar... Read More