Swiss Re
Biographical Sketch: Paul Hately is Head of Global L&H Underwriting and Client Services at Swiss Re.
He graduated in Mathematics and Statistics from University of London, UK in 1986 and became a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in 1994.
For over 25 years his driver has been to make good value life insurance products more accessible to more people and he is a leading proponent of the use of data to improve the customer journey when applying for life insurance.
Since 1986 he has worked in various life and health protection markets as an insurer and reinsurer and in a variety of roles mostly focused on product development, strategy, underwriting, marketing and innovation.
Since 2005 Paul has been a member of the Global Life and Health Executive Team at Swiss Re and since 2009 has led Swiss Re's global team responsible for Magnum (automated underwriting), 'plasma' and predictive underwriting. In June 2012 he added the Global Underwriting function to his responsibilities.