Coming Soon: A Weekly Shot to Control Obesity
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
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Recent Publication on Mortality: Impacts on Insurers
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
2020 US Mortality Results: How do they compare to prior years?
June 17, 2021Dr. 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
Urine Protein Tests: A Mortality Predictor in Life Insurance Populations
March 31, 2021Urine 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
COVID-19 Antibody Prevelance Increased throughout 2020: New Research from CRL
January 7, 2021Dr. 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
CRL Acquires Confirm BioSciences
December 14, 2020See 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
Are You Overpricing Applicants with HbA1c Elevations?
November 11, 2020There are many articles that can help answer the question of applicant hemoglobin A1c values, including this study from CRL: Relationship… Read More
Tags: Diabetes, Diabetic, Life Insurance, Mortality, Underwriting
Epigenetics White Paper on Technology & Innovation: CRL Doctor Expertise
November 4, 2020Dr. Heather Fehling, Chief Scientific Officer of Molecular Diagnostics at CRL, was honored to join the Society of Actuaries Epigenetics… Read More
Tags: Epigenetics, Genetics, Life Insurance, Mortality, Science
Simple Lab Tests May Still Offer the Best Underwriting Protection
October 7, 2020Dr. Michael Fulks, MD, comments on earlier research regarding the relative mortality in apparently healthy adults with various urine protein/creatinine… Read More
Tags: Lab Tests, Life Insurance, Mortality, Underwriting, Urinalysis
Understanding Systolic Blood Pressure
August 25, 2020Are you giving systolic blood pressure (SBP) the credit or debit it deserves? Review your company’s preferred criteria and note… Read More
Tags: Blood Pressure, Bp, Hypertension, Life Insurance, Mortality