RGA’s market-leading medical and underwriting knowledge means we formulate ratings that provide reassurance and stability for our client partners. With RGA’s Global Underwriting Manual (GUM), insurers have the power of a recognized global leader with them every step of the way.
RGA puts this guiding philosophy of partnership and service into practice every day, for every client, and in every market where we do business.
Underwriters are constantly under pressure to make the right decisions – and make them quickly – in order to support profitable and sustainable business. At RGA, we understand those challenges. RGA’s Global Underwriting Manual (GUM) is designed to help. GUM is built on our deep underwriting expertise, which comes from handling millions of cases from every region in the world and our long history of supporting our clients on their most difficult cases.
RGA’s approach to producing our underwriting guidelines is based on data, expert opinion, clinical research, and local market knowledge. We combine this insight with RGA’s proprietary rating development process.
Why is this important? RGA firmly believes that a research-based approach better reflects actual experience. We incorporate medical studies, statistical information, and current intelligence on avocations and occupations for a holistic view. This rigorous methodology provides a more nuanced understanding of complex risks.
Drawing on RGA’s wealth of medical expertise, GUM was built by underwriters with underwriters in mind. That’s why GUM offers the reliability that both frontline underwriters and underwriting leaders can count on.
RGA put the power of our unique heritage in underwriting into the manual’s creation, leveraging our extensive experience as the world’s premier facultative underwriter.
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GUM ensures the same guidelines are applied for the same risks to achieve consistency and constancy in underwriting decisions, which is critical for insurers to manage their business. It also supports insurers' efforts to meet regulatory requirements and minimize the potential for legal challenges to underwriting decisions.
With RGA’s manual, insurers and customers alike can have confidence that underwriters have made fair decisions, and that companies have charged appropriate premiums based on the risk.
GUM is intuitive and easy to navigate, saving underwriters valuable time and effort. Its user interface is ranked first in simplicity of use and in presentation clarity of decisions.
Underwriters also have a comprehensive range of tools at their disposal, such as worksheets, a precision calculator, company and personal notes, and access to decision history.
GUM is a valuable resource for underwriters of all experience levels for whom it is vital to stay informed. The manual is updated regularly and reflects changing market conditions. It also features educational components, such as anatomy and physiology training modules, so that underwriters can continually improve their skills and risk assessment acumen.
