by Kem Snavely Frost on July 12, 2018
This week our Canadian teams in Ontario celebrated coming together to form a new Head Office, located in Pickering. An open house celebration was hosted at the new location for all employees. Senior Director Canadian Operations Len Butticci welcomed everyone to the new Head Office. He took time to recognize and appreciate our committed employees,“Thank you for your dedication to our clients, our industry, and for the tremendous work you do to help continue our growth in Canada.”
The new Head Office team and all of our employees across Canada are committed to providing life insurers an extensive range of innovative services and dedicated to ensuring applicants have a positive experience.
“Serving our clients’ needs and helping them protect more families with life insurance is a common goal all of our dedicated employees work very hard towards.” said Dorothy Fitzgerald, HR Manager
Following the 2017 acquisition of Watermark Insurance Services Inc. and BW Underwriting Services Inc., this new office unites more than 60 Canadian team members.
For a complete listing of all our locations in Canada, please visit examone.ca/locations/.
See more photos of open house on Facebook.
by Lindsey Amaya on June 22, 2018
2018 Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index™
The 2018 Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index™ (DTI) has been released and workforce drug positivity remained at the highest rate we’ve seen in a decade. The positivity rate held steady at 4.2 percent which was the same in 2016. One of the biggest shifts in drug positivity was seen in the cocaine and amphetamine classes. Positivity rates for each of these drugs skyrocketed in some areas of the country. The overall positivity for cocaine increased seven percent from 2016. As these positivity rates rise, what is the prevalence of life insurance drug abuse positivity rates?
An increase in drug positivity also prevalent in life insurance population
Our data analytic experts have done their own analysis on life insurance drug abuse positivity and they aren’t far off from the workforce positivity rates. Cocaine, which had a 0.30 positivity rate among the American workforce in 2017, had a 0.18 positivity rate within the life insurance population. Further, amphetamines which had a 1.10 positivity rate in the workforce similarly showed a 1.02 positivity rate in the life insurance subset.
Additionally, as we see marijuana being legalized in more and more states, positivity rates are rising. Marijuana positivity for the workforce was 2.10, but in life insurance it nearly doubled to 4.10.
Understanding the prevalence of drug positivity among the American workforce should be an eye opener for insurers. This epidemic is affecting people of all walks of life, including those who work, who have families and who apply for life insurance. Take a look at this interactive map to see where some of the highest overall drug positivity is, as well as by individual drug class.
Misuse of these drugs can cause premature death and can cost insurance companies a significant amount of money, if it goes undetected during the underwriting process. If you would like to learn more about adding a drug panel to your laboratory requirements, please contact your Strategic Account Executive, or call us at 913.859.6992.
This week our Canadian teams in Ontario celebrated coming together to form a new Head Office, located in Pickering. An open house celebration was hosted at the new location for all employees. Senior Director Canadian Operations Len Butticci welcomed everyone to the new Head Office. He took time to recognize and appreciate our committed employees,“Thank you for your dedication to our clients, our industry, and for the tremendous work you do to help continue our growth in Canada.”
