Brian Chen

Consumers Say They Would Submit Saliva to Get Better Insurance Price

Consumers are ready to submit a saliva sample if it meant they could obtain a better price for their life insurance or even just to streamline the process of applying […]

AI, Machine Learning Expert Randal Olson Joins Life Epigenetics

Life Epigenetics, the insurtech subsidiary of GWG Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:GWGH), announced that Dr. Randal S. Olson has joined the firm as its Lead Data Scientist. Dr. Olson will bring machine learning, […]

GWGH Hires Insurtech Expert Tom Nodine to Lead New Division

GWG Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: GWGH), the parent company of GWG Life, a financial services company committed to transforming the life insurance industry through disruptive and innovative products and services, announced that […]

Inventor of GWG Life Epigenetic Technology Wins $1.5MM Prize

Dr. Steven Horvath, the inventor of the DNA methylation technology GWG Life has licensed to help determine life expectancy, has been awarded a $1.5 million prize by the Paul G. Allen […]

GWGH Exclusive Licenses Mortality Predictive Technology from UCLA

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – May 4, 2017 – GWG Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: GWGH), the parent company of GWG Life, a financial services company committed to transforming the life insurance industry through […]

This company wants to analyze your saliva — to try to predict when you’ll die

This company wants to analyze your saliva — to try to predict when you’ll die By REBECCA ROBBINS @rebeccadrobbins MARCH 13, 2017 The life insurance business is all about betting on how […]

GWG Holdings Reports 4th Quarter and Full 2016 Financial Results

MINNEAPOLIS, March 08, 2017 — GWG Holdings, Inc. (GWGH), the parent company of GWG Life, a financial services company committed to transforming the life insurance industry through disruptive and innovative […]

GWG Life Becomes 1st Insurtech Firm to Collect Epigenetic Samples to Analyze Biomarkers of Life Insurance Policy Owners

MINNEAPOLIS – GWG Life (Nasdaq:GWGH), a financial services company applying epigenetic technology to transform the life insurance industry, announced that it is collecting and analyzing epigenetic samples from life insurance […]

Jon Sabes Interviews Epigenetics Expert Brian Chen

On his Innovating Life with Jon Sabes podcast, GWG Life CEO Jon Sabes learns about Frankenstein mice, using epigenetics to determine life expectancy and the joys of iceboating on Lake […]

Genomic Technology May Turn GWG Life Into an Insurtech Disrupter

Click here for the full story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/588f9c05e4b02c397c178a02 In a world where big data – and in particular, deep reserves of digital data – is being used to dramatically alter nearly every […]