Lifting the Smoke Screen: Tobacco Risk Realities in the Age of Accelerated Underwriting
Brian Lanzrath, MBA
Karen Phelan, FLMI, AALU
Patrick Sugent

 

Carriers are searching for every opportunity to drive growth, improve the customer experience, and accelerate the underwriting process. A key element in this process is identifying and protecting against those with "smoker's amnesia." In this session, we'll discuss the current landscape of tobacco non-disclosure and misrepresentation, the additional risk that accelerated underwriting introduces, the mortality and adverse selection considerations, and the tools and resources available to combat and mitigate its risk in this new underwriting paradigm.