Since March 2020, when full lockdown was implemented in the UK, there has been growing speculation about the current and long-term effects on people’s health – and how this will affect both the individual’s well-being and the functioning of the workplace.

While clearly this is a challenging time for the care community, we are pleased to report the success of the CFP portal in processing quotations.

Driven by the pressure put on the healthcare system by the COVID-19 crisis, the UK’s insurance industry, led by the Association of British Insurers, recommended that insurers reduce or cease the number of general practitioner reports being requested. This creates an obvious issue, since obtaining a general practitioner report is still often a key step in issuing some insurance policies.

MorganAsh, leading provider of support services for the financial sector, has launched a new digital portal to modernise the data gathering and application processes for Care Fees Plans.

Generali, a provider of Group Risk products to UK-based multinationals, has extended its partnership with MorganAsh, a leading provider of care and tele-health solutions, to add the MorganAsh Care Navigator service to the range of employee benefits it offers to UK companies.

MorganAsh, a leading provider of tele-health and fintech solutions, has launched a new service to help banks and building societies ensure they meet regulatory requirements around the treatment of vulnerable customers.

MorganAsh is one of twelve companies selected for the shortlist for the Innovating for Ageing awards.

MorganAsh, a leading provider of telehealth and fintech solutions, has launched a new nurse-staffed crisis support service for insurance policyholders.

MorganAsh, a leading provider of health and underwriting services to companies in the financial sector, has launched a new life expectancy report service to help financial advisers making recommendations on defined benefit (DB) pension transfers.

MorganAsh, the leading specialist in medically underwritten mortality studies (MUMS), has expanded the range of services it offers to help pension schemes calculate their liabilities more accurately.

Builders merchant JT Dove has reduced its forecast pension deficit by 11% after commissioning medical underwriters to re-examine mortality calculations.

B2B services provider Hogg Robinson Group has undertaken a medically underwritten mortality study of its UK pension scheme members, shaving £68.4m off its liabilities.

Hogg Robinson announces a £68.4 million saving, due to the MUMS exercise with MorganAsh.

The Life Insurance International awards were announced on 17 November 2016 at a gala dinner in London. MorganAsh won the ‘Most Innovative Actuarial/Risk Consultancy Services Provider of the Year’ category – for the use of big data in MUMS and MUBA service.

A working group of industry specialists has published an impartial guide to help trustees and others understand the use of medical underwriting in bulk de-risking solutions for defined benefit schemes.

MorganAsh introduced an e-signature process for the consumer’s approval of the AMRA (Access to Medical Records Act) consent form, a process previously undertaken using paper and a ‘wet signature’.

The news was announced to the stock market on 3 February and resulted in a 13% increase in the company’s share price – and coverage in national media.

MorganAsh believes it is the first company to use medical underwriting for both an insurance transaction and for valuation purposes, a MUBA and a MUMS project.

MorganAsh’s medical underwriting reaches £2bn of pension liabilities, with over 50 schemes evaluated.

The CASS Business School, in association with the Pension Institute, has just released its report on the progress of medical underwriting for bulk annuities.