New York Life, America’s largest mutual life insurer 1, today announced a strategic partnership with Human API, a leading provider of digital health data innovation and solutions, to continue to streamline and simplify the life insurance purchase experience.

Nationwide announced today a partnership with Human API, a leading health data platform, to improve the life insurance buying experience by maximizing the use of digital health data to accelerate the underwriting process. Human API’s Health Intelligence Platform connects electronic health data from thousands of sources in the US, servicing millions of Americans. This platform enables Nationwide to rapidly acquire consumer’s rich, digital health data and eliminate the need to wait weeks for labs or exams. Human API and Nationwide have built a fully integrated process where only HIPAA-compliant health data that the applicant has agreed to release is automatically ordered and delivered. Using digital health data instead of traditional attending physician statements, labs, and exams during underwriting is especially attractive to those who may have previously put off buying life insurance due to the cumbersome process

Nationwide announced a partnership with Human API to improve the life insurance buying experience by maximizing the use of digital health data to accelerate the underwriting process. Human API’s Health Intelligence Platform connects electronic health data from thousands of sources in the US, “servicing millions of Americans.” This platform enables Nationwide to acquire consumer’s digital health data and eliminate the need to wait for labs or exams