SBLI, The Savings Bank Mutual Life Insurance Company of Massachusetts, is set to transform life underwriting by leveraging Swiss Re’s Underwriting Ease solution through a new partnership with the leading global reinsurer.
The collaboration will empower SBLI’s underwriters with Swiss Re’s Underwriting Ease solution, a digital platform designed to summarise risk data and accelerate decision-making processes.
Swiss Re’s Underwriting Ease integrates seamlessly into existing underwriting workflows, including SBLI’s use of Life Guide.
Created specifically for underwriters, the platform digitises and enhances risk management processes.
It combines data-driven insights with user-friendly interfaces, allowing underwriters to make faster, more accurate decisions while maintaining core underwriting principles.
Swiss Re reports that Underwriting Ease can optimise manual underwriting efforts by up to 50%, making it a powerful tool in today’s fast-paced insurance market. By summarising key risk aspects in a holistic, intuitive view, the platform enhances decision-making accuracy and consistency.
“Swiss Re’s Underwriting Ease puts actionable information at the underwriters’ fingertips,” said Jim Morgan, president and CEO of SBLI. “This streamlined view enables faster risk decision-making, adding efficiencies and improving the overall experience. Including this innovative platform to add tangible business value to SBLI’s underwriting process is aligned with our strategic mission.”
Neil Sprackling, president and CEO of U.S. life and health at Swiss Re, commented, “We are delighted to deepen our existing relationship with SBLI with the implementation of Underwriting Ease. Swiss Re’s mission is to make the world more resilient, and this partnership delivers on that through the development of innovative tools that enhance the underwriting experience for our clients.”
Brian O’Connell, chief underwriter at SBLI, added, “Swiss Re’s Underwriting Ease solution provides a powerful, data-driven approach that streamlines risk assessment and accelerates decision-making. By summarising key aspects of risks in a user-friendly interface, it empowers underwriters to make faster, more informed decisions—going beyond mere automation to truly enhance the underwriting process. This solution not only saves time but also ensures a more accurate, consistent approach to managing risk, which is crucial in today’s fast-paced insurance landscape.”
Nanditha Nandy, head of data-driven underwriting solutions at Swiss Re, highlighted, “Providing a holistic risk picture view has helped optimise manual underwriting efforts by upwards of 50%. We are excited for our valued partners to unlock the full potential of underwriting data.”
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