Carmela Tedesco

Decorative pattern

Cutting underwriting times

Reduce the time it takes to get policies approved for wealthy clients

By Carmela Tedesco |September 1, 2011

5 min read

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Understanding sleep apnea

Although the first detailed description of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) only appeared in the 1960s, its characteristics were described well before this in the works of Shakespeare and Dickens. The best known of these descriptions is Dickens’ portrayal of Joe, the sleepy fat servant boy of The Pickwick Papers (1837). ‘Fat Joe’ had such excessive […]

By Carmela Tedesco |June 3, 2010

6 min read

Decorative pattern

Understanding sleep apnea

Although the first detailed description of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) only appeared in the 1960s, its characteristics were described well before this in the works of Shakespeare and Dickens. The best known of these descriptions is Dickens’ portrayal of Joe, the sleepy fat servant boy of The Pickwick Papers (1837). ‘Fat Joe’ had such excessive […]

By Carmela Tedesco |May 13, 2010

6 min read

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Insuring Ulcerative Colitis

Are people with ulcerative colitis—a chronic inflammatory bowel disease—eligible for life or critical illness insurance? It all depends on the severity of the disease. The trick is to gain a better knowledge of ulcerative colitis (UC), its complications, and how it is underwritten to help make the underwriting process less frustrating for the advisor and […]

By Carmela Tedesco |April 13, 2010

7 min read

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Ulcerative Colitis: is it insurable?

Are people with ulcerative colitis—a chronic inflammatory bowel disease—eligible for life or critical illness insurance? It all depends on the severity of the disease. The trick is to gain a better knowledge of ulcerative colitis (UC), its complications, and how it is underwritten to help make the underwriting process less frustrating for the advisor and […]

By Carmela Tedesco |March 1, 2010

8 min read

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