Orlando, Florida, November 30, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Hannover Life Reassurance Company of America “Hannover Life Re”, has announced today that they have just released a cutting edge Older Age Life Underwriting Module within their web based ASCENT underwriting manual.

ASCENT is a leading edge web-based guide providing the most current information needed for assessing life insurance risks. The new Older Age Module provides a different approach to elderly underwriting that will be more effective in consistently stratifying the elderly risk, by incorporating key risk factors from special underwriting requirements focused on cognitive function and activity level. The new module takes all key factors in one place and ties them together, which allows for underwriting the elderly on a more global/holistic basis.

For more information on ASCENT, please visit the company’s web site at www.hlramerica.com

About Hannover Life Re

Hannover Life Reassurance Company of America "Hannover Life Re“, which is licensed and/or accredited in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, is the North American life and health reinsurance subsidiary of Hannover Re Group. With a gross premium of around 10 billion euro, Hannover Re Group is one of the leading reinsurance groups in the world. It maintains business relations with more than 5,000 insurance companies in about 150 countries. Hannover Life Re is rated "AA-" by Standard & Poor’s and "A" by A.M. Best. Additional information about the Company can be obtained from its web site at www.hlramerica.com

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Hannover Life Re
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