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The Challenges for Life Insurance Underwriting Caused by Changes in Demography and Digitalisation

In: Life Insurance in Europe

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  • Ilona Kwiecień

    (Wroclaw University of Economics and Business)

  • Patrycja Kowalczyk-Rólczyńska

    (Wroclaw University of Economics and Business)

  • Michał Popielas

    (Wroclaw University of Economics and Business)

Abstract

Underwriting is a vital stage in the life insurance process and involves accepting individuals into an insurance fund on particular terms. The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the underwriting development and its associated processes since the nineteenth century to the present and analyse contemporary challenges facing underwriting in life insurance. The focus will be on the two critical trends: demographic changes and the associated longevity risk, where a new generation of buyers need to be assessed; digitalisation and new technologies have created extraordinary possibilities for obtaining and analysing data. Based on questionnaire research, the discussion is illustrated by an analysis of attitudes towards sharing information with the insurance company through the use of new technologies that monitor health and lifestyles, which among others indicate that the level of acceptance regarding sharing data with the insurance company is low.

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  • Ilona Kwiecień & Patrycja Kowalczyk-Rólczyńska & Michał Popielas, 2020. "The Challenges for Life Insurance Underwriting Caused by Changes in Demography and Digitalisation," Financial and Monetary Policy Studies, in: Marta Borda & Simon Grima & Ilona Kwiecień (ed.), Life Insurance in Europe, chapter 0, pages 147-163, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:fimchp:978-3-030-49655-5_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-49655-5_10
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