Small study population notwithstanding, the results are of interest to our profession.
Author: SupremeCmdr
Occupational Risk – Journalism Can be Bad for Your Health
One of the more arcane areas of mortality risk is occupational risk. It is best to think about occupations in their context. For example, a climb leader working the Arbuckles is a different risk profile than a climb leader working K2.
Today I want you to think about journalists.
BBC NEWS | Americas | Gunmen attack Mexico TV station
Working for Uncle Sam – (sorry, no openings for remote underwriters)
Remote Underwriting with Turkeys
Remote underwriting turkeys
This post marks the beginning of a periodic series covering remote underwriting management issues. Based upon search engine traffic there seems to be a high level of interest on this topic, hence a new periodic series. Personally I have experience in several aspects of the remote underwriting experience. I have managed remotes. I was a project manager for the design and implementation of a paperless workflow system from the technology side. I’ve functioned as an Interim Chief Underwriter managing remotes. I have worked remotely for numerous companies (not all at the same time).
I am remote.
Again, thanks for visiting. Please leave a comment or two.
(the picture was taken in my brother’s backyard while working remotely from Marlborough, MA)
Remote Underwriting Jobs – OK…I Get It
Revised October 16, 2010
The first version of the post was written nearly two years ago. A lot has changed since then. One of the more interesting developments for my business is the continued development of the Google search algorithm. I just recently discovered what happens when you search on Google for “remote underwriting jobs”.
This post is on page one of the search results. You’re probably looking for a remote life underwriting job and you got this page. I figured I better revise this post for clarity. So here we go…
Underwriting Solutions LLC is a consulting company based in Edmond, OK. We do provide outsourced life underwriting services and have multiple technology partners to help your company improve efficiency, effectiveness, and time to issue all while lowering costs. At the present time my company has no opportunities for remote underwriting work. Due to the current economic environment and the continually evolving life underwriting landscape most of my activities have been strategically focused elsewhere.
I do have friends in several companies that provide outsourced underwriting support who may have openings. Feel free to email me with your contact information. Also do explore this site for posts on other companies in the hiring mode as I try to pass along information on open positions as I come across them. I also have some links to job boards on my home page.
Best of luck in finding what you’re looking for. But if you’re in management and trying to figure out how to do remote underwriting from the technology and management perspectives, call me. I’d love to chat about APS medical summaries, structured XML databases, and our flexible hybrid fixed/variable underwriting model. I have a mortgage, one kid in college, one kid in medical school, health insurance premiums and a small fleet of cars to support. Call me.
More on Meds
The risk assessment implications from this study are obvious. Note the age range of the study population and the percentage of individuals potentially at risk of having a major drug interaction.
Sleep More for Lower CAC Scores
I’ve already posted on this topic but here is the link to the JAMA abstract.
Read a Book a Week (or 0.9846)
I came up short in my 2008 efforts to read a book a week. Every year I have the same goal – read a book a week. Hitting or exceeding that number is not the point. The point of this simple exercise in goal setting is establishing motivation to read. The beauty is in the simplicity. One. You know when you are on track. You know when you are off the pace.
Last year I read or listened to 40 books. I got busy with other stuff and my reading got less time. But the end of 2008 marked the completion of five years of practicing this simple success strategy. Over that time period, I have read 256 books or 0.9846 books per week. So while I missed my goal in the short term, over the longer term I am reading about one book a week.
Here are some strategies I plan on using in 2009 to raise my average to 1.0:
- More audio-books. You can get a lot of “reading” done by listening. This is especially effective when exercising.
- Find little blocks of time to read. Get up 30 minutes earlier and read. Listen to a book in your car on your way and from work. Read when you’re waiting in a line.
- Read something you normally don’t read. Personally, this means less business books and more fiction.
Tune in next year, same place. I’ll report on my 6 year average which, hopefully, will be >1.0.
Watch, Listen, & Learn – Triglycerides
Nonfasting Triglycerides Predict Stroke
Pay attention to those trigs. As the commentator notes, these study results need to be replicated in other populations. But for the purposes of mortality risk assessment these findings are significant.
By the way, my fasting trig level was 72. What’s yours?
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