Swiss Re rolls out cannabis guide for insurers

The ‘latest trends, facts and impacts’

Adam Saville
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Major reinsurer assesses mortality, morbidity and smoking status of marijuana users

Swiss Re's latest Life & Health Trend Spotlight - entitled ‘Where there's smoke there's fire' - explores what cannabis legalisation could mean for insurers. Focusing on three areas of usage - medicinal, recreational and CBD vs TBC - the report takes into account the use of marijuana as a pain-reduction technique prescribed by doctors, its increasing uptake as laws relax and the emergence of its compounds in the form of oils, lotions and teas. The document also considers hazards such as psychiatric dangers, accident death, addiction and smoking. Mortality According to the report,...

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