For Speakers

The Risk Appraisal Forum attracts key medical researchers and physicians from around the country as speakers. Advances in medical research and technological breakthroughs are occurring at an ever-accelerating pace. New discoveries, shifts in paradigms, and advances in treatments are an essential part of our medical system. The Risk Appraisal Forum has developed a platform for the practicing and research community to share these advances with the life insurance community.

Your presentation could be instrumental in helping your patients and their families obtain the vital life insurance protection that they need.

The Risk Appraisal Forum brings together many of the key underwriting decision makers and policy setters within the medical underwriting community. They have the clout to make bold changes which can impact industry-wide underwriting guidelines. Together, it’s a wonderful combination!

I’m used to talking to other medical colleagues. Do I have to bring the content and language “down” for this group?

The group will consists of fellow physicians (medical directors), executives in the underwriting departments, underwriters, and RAF members. The audience will have an above average medical knowledge. There will be no need to bring “down” your presentation or to spend time explaining the basics of certain conditions, diseases, procedures, or treatments.
What areas of my research or specialty should I focus on?

The group’s primary interest is focused on how your research or specialty can affect the medical community’s thinking on the specific disease or condition. The life insurance underwriter’s and medical director’s interest is centered around how mortality experience could be improved or could be diminished based on the results of the current studies, new technologies, or cutting-edge research. Presentations that focus on end-stage diseases would have little relevance for this group. For example, being able to extend a patient’s life expectancy from a few weeks to a year, while important, would not be of great relevance from a medical underwriting standpoint.
How long should the presentation be?
How many people will be in attendance?
Is there an honorarium or fee for making the presentation?

The Risk Appraisal Forum is a not-for-profit organization that hosts national meetings in major cities. The group is able to bring together decision makers at major insurance companies into one setting, allowing them to learn from your expert knowledge and research. Given that your presentation could potentially change underwriting rules, and the extreme value that brings to your patients, most of our presenters do not request an honorarium. However, we do understand that some practices require honorariums and will consider them when required.