July 21, 2022In conjunction with industry partners APPS, ExamOne and IMS Paramed, we recently collaborated on an effort to analyze and understand… Read More
Tags: Cigarettes, Insurance, Mortality, Nicotine, Risk
December 22, 2021As most physicians and many families can attest, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients often show memory issues and other… Read More
Tags: Bypass, Cognitive, Insurance, Memory, Underwriting
December 16, 2021The Insurers team is excited to share an update with our readers on CRL PLUS Rx™, a service to help… Read More
Tags: Insurance, Lab data, Plus Rx, Underwriting
December 2, 2021It’s a simple concept: the more people you can label as having a condition for which you provide support (as… Read More
Tags: Diabetes, Insurance, Mortality, Study, Underwriting
November 16, 2021Major depression is a common and serious illness, affecting up to 10% of the population at any given time. Unfortunately,… Read More
Tags: Depression, Insurance, Mental illness, Psilocybin, Underwriting
July 14, 2021By 2018, over 42% of US adults were obese (BMI 30+) with little variation by age and sex, and almost… Read More
Tags: Bmi, Insurance, Life Insurance, Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes
June 28, 2021Recently 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
May 18, 2021Delta-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
January 20, 2021A 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
January 30, 2020Epigenetic testing is a critical part of CRL’s approach to innovative science. Read below to learn about how epigenetic testing… Read More
Tags: Clinical Research, Epigenetics, Insurance, Laboratory, Life Insurance
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