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Medical Underwriting Programme

Certified Underwriting Specialist – CUS
CII CPD accredited programme

Underwriting is essential to insurance performance. Only well-trained underwriters will be able to drive the business forward. The Gen Re Medical Underwriting Programme is a comprehensive course that enables participants to gain relevant knowledge and to become certified underwriting experts.

The four course modules systematically address the most important topics within Life, Critical Illness, and Disability underwriting. Lectures are followed by case study workshops during which programme participants apply their newly acquired knowledge to real life scenarios.

Master the course and receive the CII CPD accredited title “Certified Underwriting Specialist – CUS”!

Training

Cologne October 23 - 27, 2023

Medical Underwriting Programme – Module 1

Module 1 of the CII accredited Gen Re Medical Underwriting Programme focuses on diagnostic data, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in Life and CI insurance. Additionally, the seminar addresses the non-medical topic of residential risks.

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Training

Cologne February 26 - March 1, 2024

Certified Underwriting Specialist – Module 2

Module 2 of the CII accredited Gen Re Medical Underwriting Programme focuses on infectious, endocrine, and gastrointestinal diseases in Life and CI insurance. As non-medical topic we’ll additionally discuss avocational risks.

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Training

Cologne June 24 - 28, 2024

Medical Underwriting Programme – Module 3

Module 3 of the CII accredited Gen Re Medical Underwriting Programme focuses on urinary, oncological, neurological, and mental diseases in Life and CI insurance. Additionally, we’ll have a look at the non-medical topic of financial risks.

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Training

Cologne November 4 - 8, 2024

Medical Underwriting Programme - Module 4

Module 4 of the CII accredited Gen Re Medical Underwriting Programme focuses on dermatological, ophthalmologic, ENT, orthopaedic, and mental diseases in Life and Disability insurance. This seminar’s additional non-medical topic is occupational risks. 

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Medical Underwriting Programme – Advanced Level

CII CPD accredited programme

A transformation of underwriting is underway and tomorrow’s underwriters will need to master many new or different roles. While routine tasks will become more and more automated, underwriters will face a wider set of responsibilities.

Technological developments will continue to change processes, and new customer groups will require specific communication skills. Advances in medical treatments will bring additional opportunities and challenges for the future of underwriting.

Gain proficiency to be prepared for the future of underwriting!

Training

Cologne May 22 - 26, 2023

Professional Communication in Underwriting

Professional Communication in Underwriting is part of our Underwriting Advanced Level seminars. The module analyses questioning and listening techniques, argumentation strategies, dealing with difficult clients as well as delivering unfavourable decisions. Boost your skills with our communication experts.

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Cologne Date To Come

Quality Processes in Underwriting

Quality Processes in Underwriting is a module of our Underwriting Advanced Level series. The week discusses the improvement of underwriting processes, challenges and chances through change as well as future demands on underwriting workflows. Upskill with our Gen Re and external specialists. 

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Cologne May 13 - 17, 2024

Medical Expertise in Underwriting

Medical Expertise in Underwriting is a seminar in the Gen Re Underwriting Advanced Level programme. The module explores genetic testing, cancer research, traumatic events, diseases of old age, lifestyle topics as well as future product trends. Discuss cases with our internal and external medical doctors.

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Cologne September 16 - 20, 2024

Mental Health in Underwriting

The module Mental Health in Underwriting belongs to the Gen Re Underwriting Advanced Level series. It reviews the treatment of mental health disorders, diagnostic classification systems, forms of psychotherapy as well as yellow and red flags in underwriting. Benefit from Gen Re’s mental health experts.

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Management & Leadership Course

The Executive Programme for the 21st Century
CII CPD accredited programme

In times of complexity and change, the insurance industry faces multiple challenges. Innovation and creativity are key factors for success. Capable decision-makers with a strategic business mindset and elaborate leadership skills are needed.

The Gen Re Management & Leadership Course prepares insurance managers and leaders to meet future trends with confidence and ability, and to inspire and drive forward efficient performance in their organisations.

Lead through the industry’s future challenges!

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Spotlights – The Webinar Series for Life/Health Professionals

Great things in business are never done by one person. Product design, pricing, sales, underwriting, and claims assessment all play important parts in the ongoing insurance cycle. Spotlights, our series of 60-minute webinars, turns the spotlight on trending topics across this value chain and highlights research results for successful operations.

Gen Re’s inhouse experts will discuss future insurance trends with a digital audience tuning in from around the world. Boost your business potential by following our Spotlights series!

Webinar

Global March 30, 2023

Ageing and Mortality – Dying to Age Brilliantly

Spotlights Client Series With life expectancy growing globally, research has started looking at ways for modifying ageing and cell degeneration. This Gen Re webinar describes different approaches how to potentially slow the ageing process and illustrates challenges for underwriting and product pricing.

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Webinar

Global May 4, 2023

Data and Digitisation – How they Change Underwriting and Product Design

Spotlights Client Series The increase in digitisation facilitates processes such as simplified onboarding, products for new target groups and continuous underwriting. This Gen Re webinar examines recent trends in data and digitisation and summarises how insurers and insureds can benefit from these.

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Webinar

Global June 13, 2023

Immunotherapies – The Today and Tomorrow in Cancer Treatment

Spotlights Client Series Current cancer research focuses on the development of new treatment methods that harness the capabilities of the body’s own defence system. This Gen Re webinar reviews the current state of immunotherapy research and outlines its relevance for underwriting and product development.

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Webinar

Global September 12, 2023

Remember to Forget – Insuring Cancer Survivors and the Right to be Forgotten

Spotlights Client Series - The Right to be Forgotten states that cancer survivors can apply for insurance without having to disclose their history of cancer after a certain time period of remission. This Gen Re webinar discusses implications for underwriters taking into account different EU legislations. 

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Webinar

Global November 14, 2023

Where Soul Meets Body – The Link Between Somatic and Psychiatric Health

Spotlights Client Series As somatic and mental health are associated, psychiatric diagnoses can negatively impact the overall future health and indirectly increase all-cause mortality. This Gen Re webinar evaluates mental health risk factors and red flags in Life and Disability insurance applications. 

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Underwriting Focus

The biannual newsletter Underwriting Focus addresses global trends and challenges in underwriting. Life/Health underwriters will benefit from articles and exemplary case studies analysing present and anticipating future market developments.

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Online Campus

The Gen Re Online Campus is a digital training platform for Life/Health professionals to grow and expand their expertise in insurance topics such as medical and non-medical underwriting and claims trends.

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GenIUS

GenIUS is a digital underwriting game that creates a virtual insurance market in which different companies (the individual teams) compete for Life insurance business following preset strategies.

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Inhouse Training

Our inhouse offers are training solutions tailored individually to your company’s needs. The range of topics extends from technical content, such as specific underwriting or actuarial topics, to soft skill training.

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