The advanced digital tool is designed to summarise key risk factors for underwriters, enabling faster, more efficient decision-making while maintaining traditional underwriting principles.
Jim Morgan, President and CEO of SBLI, highlighted the transformative impact of the partnership, stating, “Swiss Re’s Underwriting Ease puts actionable information at the underwriters’ fingertips. This streamlined view enables faster risk decision-making, adding efficiencies and improving the overall experience. Including this innovative platform to add tangible business value to SBLI’s underwriting process is aligned with our strategic mission.”
Seamlessly integrating into existing workflows, Underwriting Ease connects with Swiss Re’s Life Guide platform to deliver a fully digitalised yet user-friendly experience. Brian O’Connell, Chief Underwriter at SBLI, explained, “Swiss Re’s Underwriting Ease solution provides a powerful, data-driven approach that streamlines risk assessment and accelerates decision-making. By summarising key aspects of risks in a user-friendly interface, it empowers underwriters to make faster, more informed decisions—going beyond mere automation to truly enhance the underwriting process.”
Swiss Re views this collaboration as a milestone in advancing underwriting practices. Neil Sprackling, President and CEO of US Life and Health at Swiss Re, remarked, “We are delighted to deepen our existing relationship with SBLI with the implementation of Underwriting Ease. Swiss Re’s mission is to make the world more resilient, and this partnership delivers on that through the development of innovative tools that enhance the underwriting experience for our clients.”
The data-driven approach introduced by Swiss Re is poised to significantly optimise manual efforts. Nanditha Nandy, Head of Data-Driven Underwriting Solutions at Swiss Re, noted, “Providing a holistic risk picture view has helped optimise manual underwriting efforts by upwards of 50%. We are excited for our valued partners to unlock the full potential of underwriting data.”
With Underwriting Ease, SBLI aims to enhance accuracy, efficiency, and consistency in its underwriting process, addressing the demands of today’s fast-paced insurance landscape.
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