Description: Table of Contents for News Direct - Number 55, January 2007.

Description: This report presents the results of a survey conducted in August and September of 2008 on foreign travel underwriting practices of direct writing companies.

Description: News Direct May 2015, Issue 70

Description: This article evaluates findings from a new LIMRA focus group consumer study that examined the decision-making process that consumers follow when buying life insurance including their use of direct channels, including direct mail, the internet and call centers.

Description: This article looks at trends in direct marketing with an emphasis on new technology for the internet and software for Straight Through Processing.

Description: This article is a recap of the 2004 Insurance Direct Marketing Forum. From News Direct, January 2005, Issue No. 49.

Description: This report presents the results of the Survey on the Business Decision practices of direct companies conducted by the Society of Actuaries Committee on Life Insurance Mortality and Underwriting Surveys. A survey of reinsurers is reported separately.

Description: This is the table of contents for the News Direct newsletter, June 2007, Issue No. 56.

Description: The Mortality Improvement Survey Subcommittee of the Society's Committee on Life Insurance Mortality & Underwriting Surveys has completed its report on the results of a survey to examine mortality improvement practices with respect to life insurance pricing in both the US and Canada. A few questions were asked about functions other than pricing.

Description: In May of 2006 the Life Insurance Mortality and Underwriting Survey Committee of the SOA surveyed both reinsurers and direct companies about their practices with respect to making business decisions in the underwriting process. This article highlights the comparison of the results of the two surveys.