How Your Selfie Could Affect Your Life Insurance

The Associated Press, Denver Post: Business
Sat, 04/22/2017 - 11:04pm

By Barbara Marquand, The Associated Press A selfie reveals more than whether it’s a good hair day. Facial lines and contours, droops and dark spots could indicate how well you’re aging, and, when paired with other data, could someday help determine whether you qualify for life insurance. “Your face is something you wear all your life, and it tells a very unique story about you,” says Karl Ricanek Jr., co-founder and chief data scientist at Lapetus Solutions Inc.

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