Caroline Banton has 6+ years of experience as a writer of business and finance articles. She also writes biographies for Story Terrace. Thomas J Catalano is a CFP and Registered Investment Adviser ...

Caroline Banton has 6+ years of experience as a writer of business and finance articles. She also writes biographies for Story Terrace. Anthony Battle is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional.

WSJ Buy Side is The Wall Street Journal’s research and commerce team. Our commerce content is distinct from our newsroom coverage. We earn a commission from some links in our articles. Learn more.

Underwriting decisions often drive more economic value in life insurance planning than carrier selection, product design or illustrated pricing, yet underwriting is where many professionals spend the ...

For many small business owners, insurance pricing feels like a black box. You submit an application, wait for a quote, and receive a premium that may or may not seem reasonable — with little ...

The transformation of underwriting will not arrive as a dramatic disruption; it will happen gradually through the replacement ...

Underwriters at Allianz and other insurance companies have long faced an intimidating challenge: the need to find specific answers across hundred-page documents before they can make an attractive ...

Life insurance underwriting has long been evolving to improve insurer efficiency and the customer journey. As life insurers and reinsurers continued to wrestle with this, the COVID-19 pandemic came ...