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Current State of Group Medical EOI Applications
By Joe Iannetti Jul 31, 2018 English
This past May, Gen Re released the results of our Group Medical Evidence of Insurability Underwriting Survey. The survey covered Group Life, LTD and STD products with a focus on how companies staff and process their Evidence of Insurability (EOI) applications....
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Sugar and Fat – and Diet Research
By Jean-Marc Fix, FSA, MAAA Jul 12, 2018 English
While we know that sugar is a key element of the obesity equation, it’s difficult to design a perfect diet because biochemical pathways and their communication with the brain do not necessarily translate to the combination of motivation and weight loss...
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Healthy Food and Exercise Can Reduce Our Risk of Cancer
By Ross Campbell Jul 03, 2018 English
We are increasingly encouraged to be healthy. Government advice, advertising, peer pressure, and social and media messages all promote its benefits: Good health follows if we avoid sugar, quit smoking and eat less processed meat in favour of vegetables....
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The Rise in Sugar Consumption in the U.S. – and the Obesity Equation
By Jean-Marc Fix Jun 05, 2018 English
For years, sweets were marketed as innocuous treats for kids whose only drawback was cavities if you did not brush your teeth properly. A more nefarious role was alluded to much earlier: in the early 1900s, a British physician stationed in India, Sir...
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