The role of the medical director in a life insurance company.

This title sounds rather restrictive. It is and it is meant to be! Of the 700,000 licensed physicians in North America fewer than 500 are full-time medical directors for life insurance companies. Many more have broader corporate roles as employee health physicians, medical director of health insurers or as providers of medical care for segments of the community. Others are involved in disability, long term care, claims review, risk management, loss control and a variety of other lines of business. However, I want to focus upon what a life insurance medical director traditionally did, what a life insurance medical director does and what a life insurance medical director could do for a life insurance company.