Life Insurance / Life Underwriting

October is breast cancer awareness month...

Genetics and longevity: a potential threat or opportunity?

People are living much longer than they were two or three decades ago as technology, medicines, healthcare and lifestyles in general, improve. At the recent Momentum Risk Summit, held at Sun City, Mark van der Watt, Chief Executive Officer at Life Insurance Solutions, Momentum, emphasised that longevity is a global phenomenon and also a worldwide trend.

Insurance Disclosure 101: You’ve told your friends about your medical history, have you told your insurer?

Our friendships are among the most important relationships we have and many of us wouldn’t think twice about telling each other about our lifestyle and health challenges, often with great detail. What you may not know is that we need to share that same information and more with our life insurer.

The underwriter's dis-ease with disease: Brain tumours

Headaches are a common occurrence for most of us, especially given our high-pressured, fast-paced lives. However, not much thought is given when we suffer one of these, other than us looking for that quick fix. We look for the closest pill we can take and we want it to provide the quickest relief, allowing us to get back to our daily grind. However, when a headache is coupled with nausea and vomiting this could be symptomatic of something far more dangerous – it could be a warning sign that you have a brain tumour.