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Meet the New Boss – Same as the Old Boss

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Medical News: Risk of Sudden Death No Less Likely with Atypical Antipsychotics – in Psychiatry, Schizophrenia from MedPage Today

Here is another report on the same Vanderbilt University study on antipsychotics originally reported on in the NEJM.  The lesson from this comparison is obvious.  Be cognizant of differences in reporting quality and possible underlying biases.  The NYT article didn’t go deep enough.  The sudden cardiac death risk from newer antipsychotics is about the same as the sudden death risk from older antipsychotics.

Same study, different perspectives.  I’ll leave it to the reader to determine which is the better report.

Remote Underwriting with Turkeys

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Remote underwriting turkeys

Remote underwriting turkeys

This post marks the beginning of a periodic series covering remote underwriting management issues. Based upon search engine traffic there seems to be a high level of interest on this topic, hence a new periodic series.  Personally I have experience in several aspects of the remote underwriting experience.  I have managed remotes.  I was a project manager for the design and implementation of a paperless workflow system from the technology side.  I’ve functioned as an Interim Chief Underwriter managing remotes.  I have worked remotely for numerous companies (not all at the same time).

I am remote.

Again, thanks for visiting.  Please leave a comment or two.

(the picture was taken in my brother’s backyard while working remotely from Marlborough, MA)

Remote Underwriting Jobs – OK…I Get It

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Revised October 16, 2010

The first version of the post was written nearly two years ago.  A lot has changed since then.  One of the more interesting developments for my business is the continued development of the Google search algorithm.  I just recently discovered what happens when you search on Google for “remote underwriting jobs”.

This post is on page one of the search results.  You’re probably looking for a remote life underwriting job and you got this page.   I figured I better revise this post for clarity.  So here we go…

Underwriting Solutions LLC is a consulting company based in Edmond, OK.  We do provide outsourced life underwriting services and have multiple technology partners to help your company improve efficiency, effectiveness, and time to issue all while lowering costs.  At the present time my company has no opportunities for remote underwriting work. Due to the current economic environment and the continually evolving life underwriting landscape most of my activities have been strategically focused elsewhere.

I do have friends in several companies that provide outsourced underwriting support who may have openings.  Feel free to email me with your contact information.  Also do explore this site for posts on other companies in the hiring mode as I try to pass along information on open positions as I come across them.  I also have some links to job boards on my home page.

Best of luck in finding what you’re looking for.  But if you’re in management and trying to figure out how to do remote underwriting from the technology and management perspectives, call me.  I’d love to chat about APS medical summaries, structured XML databases, and our flexible hybrid fixed/variable underwriting model.   I have a mortgage, one kid in college, one kid in medical school, health insurance premiums and a small fleet of cars to support.  Call me.