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Medical exam for employer-provided life and disability insurance?

According to this, I'll have to have a medical exam for my life/disability insurance plan paid for through my employers. I've never had life insurance before. The only specific test they had me sign papers for was HIV testing, however I suspect this will include nicotine, cholesterol, and drug testing as well.

My question is, will the medical examiner or life insurance company notify my employer of a failed drug test, or any other reason for failing or increased premiums through my medical exam? Any help or info is appreciated, thanks.

Update:

Saliva test? Why bother? Why not urine with a longer detection window and relatively cheap lab tests?

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago
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    If you say you are a non-smoker, they will take an oral swab to test for nicotine and THC (marijuana). If you tell them you smoke they won't take the oral swab. Other than that, it's a basic physical. The other tests they run check for medical conditions, not drugs.

    Source(s): FL Licensed agent appointed for Life and Health
  • 5 years ago

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    Source(s): Free SSD Benefits Evaluation - http://disability.ohfos.com/?fSC
  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Insurance is the equitable transfer of the risk of a loss, from one entity to another in exchange for payment. It is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent, uncertain loss. An insurer, or insurance carrier, is a company selling the insurance; the insured, or policyholder, is the person or entity buying the insurance policy. The amount of money to be charged for a certain amount of insurance coverage is called the premium. Risk management, the practice of appraising and controlling risk, has evolved as a discrete field of study and practice. The transaction involves the insured assuming a guaranteed and known relatively small loss in the form of payment to the insurer in exchange for the insurer's promise to compensate (indemnify) the insured in the case of a financial (personal) loss. The insured receives a contract, called the insurance policy, which details the conditions and circumstances under which the insured will be financially compensated.

  • Reena
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    A physical is not a drug test and no, your employer does not get the results... It is for the life insurance company only and even if they did "drug test" (which they won't) the results can not be given to your employer or used against you.

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  • 10 years ago

    No, they will not.

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