A 64 year old female was submitted for life insurance with what the agent felt were “insurable problems.”  She was diagnosed with lupus 20 years ago but the disease had remained inactive, on no specific medications, normal kidney testing, and only with recommendations to stay out of the sun for photosensitivity reasons. 

I recently attended the AHOU 2018 17th Annual Conference and had the opportunity to talk to tons of underwriters who all had strikingly-common challenges. In many of my conversations, I asked how long their average APS is and how long it takes them to underwrite a policy, and I was often met with responses like oh jeez – too long? Or Gosh, hundreds of pages and anywhere from 45 to 90 minutes.

Thyroid cancer (TC) is the most prevalent endocrine cancer, accounting for about 95% of all such malignancies. The incidence of this cancer has increased dramatically in the last three decades.