We applied for a life policy and i was just curious as to what information is found out through a life insurance swab test.
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Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 02:11 am Post Subject:
from what I have read they are checking to see if you are a smoker or not.
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 06:05 am Post Subject:
Well..in my opinion life insurance swab test is just a routine check-up to find whether they are in a position to cover you!
It could get them a lot of other information regarding the condition of your mouth & teeth...especially when we know how the medical bills are often mounting upon critical diseases amounting to death!
Its just a way to be sure..
Thanks, Fatman
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 09:51 am Post Subject:
they get your dna from a mouth swab, can find out just about everything.
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:07 am Post Subject:
Medical underwriting plays an important role in life insurance policies. Hence, the insurer may ask you to do blood test and other physical check-ups. The life insurance swab test (testing of mouth swab) falls into this category. It is done to check whether you have a habit of smoking or drugs.
Smoking affects the insurance premium to a large extent. The smokers are required to pay more premium than the average rate even for the same age base.
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:16 am Post Subject:
We applied for life insurance and i was just curious as to what information is found out through a mouth swab.
Well, normally, they checks for the smoking habits, since its an important determinant of your life insurance premium.
However, the result derived from the mouth swab can't often be trusted, as the specimen may get corrupted very soon. In that case I agree with fatman, life insurance swab test can only be a routine check-up.
Also, if you have quit smoking long ago, then the swab test may not yield the right result, because the damaged cells might have got replaced by new cells by now.
IMO you may not have to worry a lot regarding the outcome of the swab test. It is a part of the insurance companies underwriting process.
Regards,
Juanita
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:36 pm Post Subject:
Oral swabs are now commonly used for testing for HIV infection...plus a host of other issues. They are now routinely taken, and are much less painful that blood draws...
InsTeacher 8)
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 11:43 pm Post Subject:
I have just recently asked the carrier that I work for about this very question. They told me that smoking and drugs is detected from the Urin sample only because swabs and blood tests do not show drugs or nicotine from smoking. Nicotine supposedly stays in your urin for up to 4 weeks then is no longer detected. This is where the importance of a life insurance swab test lies. Drugs, depending on which ones, stays in your urin longer.
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:57 pm Post Subject:
what types of drugs can they detected from a mouth swab if any
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 08:49 am Post Subject: Continue
With the question what can nicotine be dectected thru the swab test?
Please asap
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 04:40 pm Post Subject:
Although the primary purpose of a saliva test is to detect the presence of HIV, a side benefit is that the presence of nicotine may also be tested. Unlike one of the old posts in this thread, insurance companies do not do DNA testing with a saliva test -- its still too expensive, and it doesn't really say anything about the insurability of the individual -- especially if they do not currently have an impairment for anything that might show up in a DNA test result.
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 02:11 am Post Subject:
from what I have read they are checking to see if you are a smoker or not.
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 06:05 am Post Subject:
Well..in my opinion life insurance swab test is just a routine check-up to find whether they are in a position to cover you!
It could get them a lot of other information regarding the condition of your mouth & teeth...especially when we know how the medical bills are often mounting upon critical diseases amounting to death!
Its just a way to be sure..
Thanks, Fatman
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 09:51 am Post Subject:
they get your dna from a mouth swab, can find out just about everything.
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:07 am Post Subject:
Medical underwriting plays an important role in life insurance policies. Hence, the insurer may ask you to do blood test and other physical check-ups. The life insurance swab test (testing of mouth swab) falls into this category. It is done to check whether you have a habit of smoking or drugs.
Smoking affects the insurance premium to a large extent. The smokers are required to pay more premium than the average rate even for the same age base.
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:16 am Post Subject:
We applied for life insurance and i was just curious as to what information is found out through a mouth swab.
Well, normally, they checks for the smoking habits, since its an important determinant of your life insurance premium.
However, the result derived from the mouth swab can't often be trusted, as the specimen may get corrupted very soon. In that case I agree with fatman, life insurance swab test can only be a routine check-up.
Also, if you have quit smoking long ago, then the swab test may not yield the right result, because the damaged cells might have got replaced by new cells by now.
IMO you may not have to worry a lot regarding the outcome of the swab test. It is a part of the insurance companies underwriting process.
Regards,
Juanita
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:36 pm Post Subject:
Oral swabs are now commonly used for testing for HIV infection...plus a host of other issues. They are now routinely taken, and are much less painful that blood draws...
InsTeacher 8)
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 11:43 pm Post Subject:
I have just recently asked the carrier that I work for about this very question. They told me that smoking and drugs is detected from the Urin sample only because swabs and blood tests do not show drugs or nicotine from smoking. Nicotine supposedly stays in your urin for up to 4 weeks then is no longer detected. This is where the importance of a life insurance swab test lies. Drugs, depending on which ones, stays in your urin longer.
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:57 pm Post Subject:
what types of drugs can they detected from a mouth swab if any
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 08:49 am Post Subject: Continue
With the question what can nicotine be dectected thru the swab test?
Please asap
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 04:40 pm Post Subject:
Although the primary purpose of a saliva test is to detect the presence of HIV, a side benefit is that the presence of nicotine may also be tested. Unlike one of the old posts in this thread, insurance companies do not do DNA testing with a saliva test -- its still too expensive, and it doesn't really say anything about the insurability of the individual -- especially if they do not currently have an impairment for anything that might show up in a DNA test result.
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