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Is Reactive Thrombocytosis Benign?
Reactive Thrombocytosis, or elevated blood platelet counts, may predict underlying disease and mortality risk and has been linked with poorer prognosis in COVID-19 patients. Explore in OTR.
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Evolving Role: Why Human Expertise Remains Central to Underwriting
Explore augmented underwriting and the evolving role of the underwriter and the continued importance of human expertise in the future of risk assessment. Learn more.
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Critical Illness: What You Need to Know and Why You Should Care?
What would happen if your loved one suffered a serious debilitating illness? Could you weather the storm? Learn more about the vital role of Critical Illness (CI) insurance.
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Pandemic Pulse: Highlights from the 2020 Academy of Life Underwriting (ALU) Survey
Get an unparalleled perspective on underwriting amid a pandemic with ALU’s comprehensive survey. Look back on how carriers responded and explore the challenges ahead. Learn more.
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Walking on Thin Ice: Navigating Risk Assessment in Winter Sports
Consider some surprising facts about winter sport risks, including participation, fatality and mindset trends for underwriters to watch. Read more.
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Post-COVID-19: predicting the future by looking at the past.
While the medical impact of COVID-19 on survivors is not yet fully understood, history from past outbreaks can impart important lessons. Read more.
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Is marijuana mortality just smoke and mirrors?
Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) use has increased substantially in the last decade. Curious what the science says about health impacts and mortality implications, and how use and age patterns can guide underwriting decisions? Read more.
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Hitting a sweet spot with HbA1c.
As diabetes reaches record levels, could the standard glycated hemoglobin A1c test to detect diabetes also serve as a blood biomarker for mortality? Rethink the purpose of this popular test.
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High-tech high?
Some are calling it the new addiction of the 21st century. Learn more about the physical and psychological implications of smartphone addiction and how it could impact life and disability insurance applications in OTR.
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The unfamiliar face of stroke
The face of stroke is younger than ever before. Out of every six strokes occurs in young adults, with stroke hospitalization rates on the rise among patients aged 18-64. Explore the risk factors in OTR.