Welcome to the CRL Insurer Services blog. From big data and insurtech to accelerated underwriting and self-service products, the world of life insurance is moving at an unprecedented pace. We are confident that mortality data and insurance industry capabilities will continue to evolve, and seek to provide relevant expertise and updates to our valued clients.
As we continue to provide lab, data, and underwriting services through the CRL Insurers Business Unit, we look forward to sharing updates with you here. Check out the latest posts below from our dedicated team of medical directors and industry leaders, who provide commentary on timely topics, innovative services and solutions, and the existing database of CRL expertise.
Dr. Steven J. Rigatti explores marijuana use during the COVID-19 pandemic as a follow-up to earlier commentary on alcohol and tobacco use…. Read More
Tags: Alcohol, Covid 19, Laboratory, Marijuana, Pandemic
Recently Dr. Michael Fulks commented on 2020 mortality data from JAMA, citing an increase of 17.7% from 2019 to 2020… Read More
Tags: Cancer, Insurance, Life Insurance, Mortality, Retirement
Dr. Michael Fulks, Consulting Medical Director to CRL, comments on the 2020 leading causes of death in a COVID-19 world…. Read More
Tags: Cancer, Covid 19, Heart Disease, Life Insurance, Mortality
Delta-8 Compound Marijuana testing is used by a number of life insurers in the risk assessment process. New chemical entities… Read More
Tags: Delta 8 Thc, Drug Test, Insurance, Laboratory, Marijuana
Urine protein tests offer a simple way for insurance companies to obtain an important predictor of life risk. CRL recently… Read More
Tags: Healthcare, Kidney, Life Insurance, Medical Research, Mortality
Dr. Steven Rigatti, Consulting Medical Director to CRL, comments on alcohol and tobacco usage rates from a pre-pandemic period to… Read More
Tags: Alcohol, Covid 19, Covid 19 Crisis, Pandemic, Stay At Home
A new paper on COVID-19 research from CRL doctors was published this week. Over 460k samples collected from July 2020… Read More
Tags: Covid 19, Covid 19 Crisis, Covid 19 Testing, Covid Update, Data
A fundamental underwriting principal is to treat like risks in a similar manner. This fairness doctrine is a key to… Read More
Tags: Cigarettes, Insurance, Mortality, Nicotine, Risk
Dr. Robert Stout, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at CRL, and Dr. Steven Rigatti, Consulting Medical Director with CRL, conducted… Read More
Tags: Coronavirus, Covid 19, Covid 19 Crisis, Life Insurance, Risk Management
See below for details on the latest CRL acquisition. We are pleased to share that CRL has acquired Confirm BioSciences, a… Read More
Tags: Acquisition, Business, Laboratory, Life Insurance, Mortality