{"id":77528,"date":"2025-06-03T12:10:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T01:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=77528"},"modified":"2025-06-10T14:10:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T03:10:31","slug":"acenda-to-speed-up-underwriting-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2025\/06\/03\/acenda-to-speed-up-underwriting-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Industry-First&#8217; Initiative to Speed up Underwriting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acenda.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acenda<\/a> has partnered with <a href=\"https:\/\/eqpathology.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EQ Pathology<\/a> so doctors can provide medical information to the insurer&#8217;s underwriters more efficiently \u2013 without the need for PDF form-filling.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_73229\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73229\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-73229\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2024\/09\/Gerard-Kerr-e1725927094930.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2024\/09\/Gerard-Kerr-e1725927094930.jpeg 834w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2024\/09\/Gerard-Kerr-e1725927094930-250x300.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2024\/09\/Gerard-Kerr-e1725927094930-768x923.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2024\/09\/Gerard-Kerr-e1725927094930-696x836.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2024\/09\/Gerard-Kerr-e1725927094930-350x420.jpeg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gerard Kerr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The partnership intends to streamline the processing of medical information and remove the need for manual intervention, helping reduce delays for advisers and their clients.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gerard Kerr<\/strong>, Chief Executive Individual Business, said Acenda is the first Australian life insurer to deliver this new digitised process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is part of our focus to transform underwriting and to innovate how our underwriters get precisely the information they need the first time, without the back and forth that can delay applications,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_51599\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51599\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-51599\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2020\/08\/Stephen-Clarkson-e1597632477573.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"164\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Clarkson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cDoctors will no longer have to download or print PDFs so advisers can provide their clients with faster decisions in a streamlined experience that still respects their privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stephen Clarkson<\/strong>, CEO of EQ Pathology, said: \u201cThis partnership demonstrates how technology can solve real problems, making life insurance applications smoother and faster for clients, advisers and medical professionals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s exciting to see an insurer embrace our structured data approach to eliminate the traditional bottlenecks in underwriting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acenda has partnered with EQ Pathology so doctors can provide medical information to the insurer&#8217;s underwriters more efficiently \u2013 without the need for PDF form-filling. The partnership intends to streamline the processing of medical information and remove the need for manual intervention, helping reduce delays for advisers and their clients. 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