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COVID-19: Higher insurance amounts with no medical exam may last

By Alain Thériault | Aug. 14, 2020, 10 a.m.

Nick Pszeniczny

The pandemic has forced insurers to raise the limits of life insurance amounts that can be underwritten remotely with no medical exam. One MGA is rallying with peers to urge insurers to maintain the revised offer.

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