Nebraska Home Office Life Underwriters Association

4/26/22

Speaker: Michael Clift, GenRe

Topic: Motor Vehicle Risk, Aviation and Avocations: Trends, Technology and Terminology

3/15/2022

Speaker: Betsy Sears, ExamOne

Topic: Drugs: Startling trends, testing and tales

2/15/2022

Speaker: Michelle Privett, Allianz and Dr. Robert Philibert, Behavioral Diagnostics & Cardio Diagnostics, Inc.

Topic: Epigenetics and Life Underwriting: Reshaping Risk Management & Wellness

9/21/2021

Speaker: Dr. Nico van Zyl, Hannover Re

Topic: Asthma and COPD 

08/17/2021

Speakers: Dr. Elyssa Del Valle, Swiss Re

Topic: Pearls on Underwriting Liver Disease including Hep B, Hep C, Alcoholic and Fatty Liver Disease

03/16/2021

Speakers:  Dr. Bradley Heltemes, Munich Re

Topic:  Advancements in Cancer:  Which Stage Are You In?

10/20/2020

Speakers:  Curtis McAdams and Karen Riendeau, RGA

Topic:  Life Claims Fraud

09/15/2020

Speaker:  Dr. Richard Braun, SCOR

Topic:  Alcohol Use Disorder

08/18/2020

Speakers:  Sue Corey and Whitney Barnes, MIB

Topic:  MIB 2020 Code Changes and Electronic Health Records for NHOLUA

02/18/2020

Speaker:  Dan Fleischman, PharmD, BCPS, Milliman

Topic:  Opioids in Pharmacy Records 

10/15/2019

Speaker:  Dr. Robert Coates, Swiss Re

Topic:  Mood Disorders & Suicide 

09/17/2019

Speaker:  Scott Brammell, RGA

Topic:  Electronic Health Records 

08/20/2019

Speaker:  Val Munchez-van der Wagt, Allstate

Topic:  Death with Dignity

04/23/2019

Speaker:  Grace Davis, MD, Mutual of Omaha

Topic:  Underwriting Anabolic Steroid Use

03/19/2019

Speaker:  Dr. Robert L. Stout, Clinical Reference Laboratory

Topic:  NT-proBNP and CEA

10/16/2018

Speaker:  Ron Schaber, Munich American Reassurance Co.

Topic:  Maximizing the Payoff from Underwriting Engines and Straight-Through Processing   

09/18/2018

Speaker:  Dr. Nico van Zyl, Hannover Re

Topic:  Marijuana and Mortality

08/21/2018

Speaker:  Kristin Ringland, SCOR

Topic:  Reinsurance Treaties 

04/24/2018

Speaker:  Dr. Daniel Zimmerman, RGA

Topic:  Genomics

03/20/2018

Speaker:  Dr. Jeffery Grubbe, Allstate

Topic:  Cardiomyopathy 

02/20/2018

Speaker:  Jim Bredbeck, Swiss Re

Topic:  Contestable Claims 

11/14/2017

Speaker:   Bill Rooney, Scor

Topic:  HIV

10/17/2017

Speaker:  Chris Regione, Munich American Reassurance Co.

Topic:  Foreign Nationals 

09/19/2017

Speaker:  Cliff Titcomb, Hannover Re

Topic:  Opioid Epidemic 

04/25/2017

Speaker:  Bruce Margolis, Pacific Life, CRL

Topic:  Cognitive Impairment

03/21/2017

Speaker:  Betsy Sears, Exam one

Topic: Drugs, Drinks and Butts (cigarettes, that is) in the Laboratory

02/21/2017

Speaker:  Keith Brown, Gen Re

Topic: Avoiding Material Misrepresentation and Fraud in Life Insurance

11/15/2016

Speaker:  Scott Whitmore, Director of Clinical Services, Milliman

Topic: Underwriting Diabetes Using Prescription Histories

10/18/2016

Speaker:  Dr. Bruce Henricks, Medical Director, Mutual of Omaha

Topic: Current Therapies of Hepatitis C

9/20/2016

Speaker: Dr. Rob Lund, Medical Director, Munich Re

Topic: Underwriting Breast Cancer, A New Approach

3/15/2016

Speaker: Dave Rengachary, VP and Medical Advisor, RGA

Topic: Advances in Multiple Sclerosis

2/16/2016

Speaker: Dr. Robert Stout, PH.D

Topic: Drugs and Alcohol

11/17/2015

Speaker: Dr. Gina Guzman, 2nd VP & Medical Director, Munich Re

Topic: Hemochromatosis - Being an Iron Man Carries Risk

10/20/2015

Speaker: Steve Marshall, Regional VP, MIB

Topic: Optimizing Your MIB Search Results

9/15/2015

Speaker: Cliff Titcomb, VP & Chief Medical Director, Hannover Re

Topic: Underwriting Pearls: Tips & Tricks for Dealing with Borderline Cases

4/28/2015

Speaker: Glen Preston, Director Foreign Travel/Residence, RGA

Topic: Foreign Travel and Residence Risk 

3/17/2015

Speaker: Dave Rengachary, VP and Medical Advisor, RGA

Topic: Pearls and Pitfalls in the Underwriting Epilepsy

2/17/2015

Speaker:  Dr. Bruce Henricks, Medical Director, Mutual of Omaha

Topic: A Lot remains up in the Air; smokers, tokers, and vapers

11/18/2014

Speaker: Dr Grubbe MD, Allstate

Topic: Ebola

10/21/2014

Speaker: Scott Whitemore R.Ph, Director of Clinical Services

Topic:   Medication Adherence

9/16/2014 

Speaker:  Dr. Bill Rooney, VP and Medical Director, SCOR Global Life

Topic:  Cerebrovascular Disease

4/22/2014 

Speaker:  Betsy Sears, Executive Vice President Sales Support, Exam One

Topic:  Death by Prescription

3/18/2014 

Speaker:  Kim Lancaster, Vice President of Underwriting, RGA Reinsurance Company

Topic:  Depression and Suicide

2/18/2014

Speaker:  Dr. Tim Judge, Medical Director, Allstate Financial

Topic:  Chronic Pain & Analgesic Abuse

11/19/2013

Speaker:  Dr. Bruce Henricks, Medical Director, Mutual of Omaha

Topic:  Hepatitis C

10/15/2013

Speaker:  Dr. Suzan Sucha, Medical Director, Protective Life and Annuity

Topic:  Atrial Fibrillation 

4/23/2013

Speaker:  Joe Manczuk, Vice President and Chief Underwriter, RGA Reinsurance Company

Topic:  Surviving Financial Underwriting

3/19/2013

Speaker:  Dr. Bill Rooney, Vice President and Medical Director, Generali USA Life Reassurance

Topic:  Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

2/19/2013

Speaker:  Betsy Sears, Executive Vice President Sales Support, ExamOne

Topic:  Common Myths of the Lab

11/13/2012

Speaker:  Dr. Bruce Henricks, Medical Director, Mutual of Omaha

Topic:  The Dilemma of Drug Misuse-Abuse

10/16/2012

Speakers: Lee Janecek, Vice President & Chief Underwriter, Woodmen & Doris Erdman, Claims Consultant, Woodmen

Topic:  Where Claims and Underwriting Intersect

9/18/2012

Speaker:  Dr. Robert Stout, President, Clinical Reference Laboratory

Topic:  PSA and All Cause Mortality