Life Guide has you covered

Intuitive interface. Fast AI-powered search engine. Flexible, state-of-the-art technology.

Confidence. Trust. And a long-standing reputation as the number 1 underwriting guide. L&H Underwriters around the world depend on Life Guide to support reliable decisions that build a strong and sustainable portfolio. Life Guide's platform is paired with fast, flexible technology that works for you to make your life easier.

Why choose Life Guide?

  • Integrity and consistency for the long run

    Life Guide is backed by the expertise of Swiss Re underwriters, doctors and actuaries who monitor the latest medical, regulatory and technological developments. This cutting-edge information is baked right in and delivers confidence to the decisions you make.​

  • Supercharge your risk assessment

    Make confident underwriting decisions with Life Guide's cardiometabolic calculator, up-to-date, leading-edge evidence, and enhanced mental health guidance.​

  • Better. Faster. Flexible.

    Underwriting is adapting quicker than ever before. Life Guide, the industry's number 1 underwriting resource, is proud to offer our clients exclusive insights, news and training.​

As underwriting transforms, so does Life Guide

Further Information

Simple, intuitive user interface

Life Guide's intuitive interface makes navigation simpler than ever. Featuring clear tables and improved notes functionality, plus a clean, modern design. Life Guide offers the features you love, like calculators that simplify the underwriting process for the most common impairments, guidance in 12 languages, risk insights (webinars, publications and more) and e-Learning modules.

Fast, AI-powered search engine

Save time without cutting corners on confidence, thanks to our AI-powered search engine. Find results instantly, with Life Guide's improved search filters and easy to navigate page layout. With features like Top 5 searches and type-ahead text, the answers you need are just a click away.

Flexible, state-of-the-art technology

Is your underwriting future ready, now? Life Guide's state-of-the-art technology provides faster, more reliable performance and is adaptable for future advances in technology, automation, and deployment of ever-increasing alternative data sources and allows more ways for you to personalise Life Guide to fit your needs.

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Request a demo and see why Life Guide is used by more than 800 companies in over 100 countries.

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    Commonly rated by NMG as the industry's No. 1 underwriting manual
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    Used by more than 800 companies in more than 100 countries
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    Every day, thousands of underwriters access Life Guide, adding up to millions of searches every month
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    Guidance in 12 languages

Swiss Re Life Guide Scout

A Generative AI-powered underwriting assistant (currently a pilot version) helps increase efficiency and quality of your underwriting. It generates swift answers compiled from our curated expert knowledge in response to questions asked by the underwriter in natural language.

Simplifying your training needs

Let us take the pressure out of your studying needs. Life Guide houses a comprehensive suite of eLearning modules, offering you flexible, bite-sized, and intuitive content to simplify and support your learning and development goals. Our eLearning modules take you through the basic methodology of underwriting to in-depth medical conditions to strengthen your underwriting expertise.

Evidence-based backup

Tackle underwriting challenges knowing you always have trusted validation and evidence to answer the "why" behind a rating now or far into the future.

  • Built-in evidence behind every rating and calculator output
  • Consistent underwriting philosophy and guidance for multiple product types
  • Cutting edge medical reviews from our global team of doctors
  • Access to historical guides for claims questions

Better. Faster. Flexible.

As underwriting transforms so does Life Guide. The evidence and risk knowledge you rely on to make confident underwriting decisions are still there – and now, paired with state-of-the-art technology to make your life easier.

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