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Consumers Say They Would Submit a Saliva Sample to Get a Better Price for Life Insurance, Survey Finds
February 28, 2018 at 9:01 AM EST
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MINNEAPOLIS,
That’s what an overwhelming number of insurance agents and financial advisors said in a survey conducted by insurtech firm Life Epigenetics in conjunction with media partners IRIS.xyz and ETF Trends. The survey, conducted as part of an IRIS.xyz-ETF Trends Webinar about using epigenetics to underwrite life insurance, found that 97 percent of respondents thought it was likely or very likely that their clients would submit saliva to get a better price for their life insurance. And 82 percent said clients would submit saliva to automate and streamline the underwriting process. The survey results were striking because almost 20 percent of the 200 attendees had provided saliva samples themselves for consumer services like 23andMe.com and Ancestry.com to assess their own genetic makeup and ancestry. The survey indicated that while less than 30 percent of participants said they had heard of “epigenetics” before participating in the webinar, they were all still interested in the science and the results it could produce. “We believe there is an enormous opportunity for applying cutting-edge science into financial planning tools such as life insurance,” said Jon Sabes, CEO of Life Epigenetics. “This survey is a strong indication of how open minded and interested consumers are in learning more about what science can tell them about their own biology to help them improve their lives. You would have to be living in a hole not to recognize the radical improvements technology is making in our daily lives, so why wouldn’t it be the case here?” The new field of epigenetic science is quickly opening new insights into health and wellness that no one envisioned five years ago. The scientific field is developing rapidly now because of the continued advances in computing power and high throughput bio-technology. “The application of predictive technology to financial planning is a natural next step,” Sabes said. “Knowing more about your health and wellness can help people make important decisions about their future that should include the means to pay for it.” Life Epigenetics is pioneering the move to apply epigenetic analysis to measuring health and wellness for the life insurance industry. The company has been collecting epigenetic information from the owners of life insurance for a year, making it the first insurtech company to begin applying its DNA methylation-based predictor of mortality technology ( Life Epigenetics holds the exclusive license for lifespan-predictive technology developed by Dr. Steve Horvath at the About Life Epigenetics Life Epigenetics is the insurtech subsidiary of For more information about About Photos accompanying this announcement are available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/3870de30-79ba-4627-a655-6f76c2e11c58 http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/06d22b7e-65f1-4fae-84e8-4ab15c6a56d1 For more information about |