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There is a $4 billion tobacco misrepresentation cost to the life insurance industry that is getting worse with time

July 21, 2022

In 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

What Causes Cognitive Decline After Bypass Surgery?

December 22, 2021

As 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

CRL PLUS Rx™: Your Solution for Missing Pharmaceutical Data

December 16, 2021

The 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

Recent Evidence Suggests Underwriters Can Ignore a “Pre-Diabetes” Label

December 2, 2021

It’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

Antidepressants or Magic Mushrooms: Which Works Best for Depression?

November 16, 2021

Major 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

Coming Soon: A Weekly Shot to Control Obesity

July 14, 2021

By 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

Recent Publication on Mortality: Impacts on Insurers

June 28, 2021

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

The Emerging Marijuana Challenge: Δ8-THC

May 18, 2021

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

Trends in Nicotine Misrepresentation

January 20, 2021

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

Epigenetics: Why the Science is Important & What CRL Needs from You

January 30, 2020

Epigenetic 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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