Cigna Global Health Benefits was recently named Best Group International Private Medical Insurance Provider at the 2012 Health Insurance Awards in London. The event is hailed as the leading health and… Read more »
More major insurers have announced their plans to deal with pipeline business in the run up to the gender neutral pricing deadline of 21 December. Initially, insurers were slow to… Read more »
Changes in global trade and emerging economies have forced medical insurance companies to divide the world in different ways. Until the 2000s insurers considered the world in simple terms of… Read more »
Thirty-one insurance associations representing 87 percent of global insurance business have together formed the Global Federation of Insurance Associations (GFIA). Members include the Association of British Insurers (ABI), the American Insurance… Read more »
For intermediaries and employee benefits consultants (EBCs) in the UK 2012 has continued to be a tough year. While there is the possibility of growth in the UK corporate healthcare… Read more »
ALC Health, an international private health insurer has launched a new online member service. The service is available to all policyholders whose cover started on or after 1 December 2011…. Read more »
Zurich has become the second major insurance provider to announce the date it will switch to gender neutral pricing. The EU gender directive, which will prevent insurers pricing products according… Read more »
International Medical Group, a distributor of global health products, has announced a new addition to its travel insurance family. The Patriot T.R.I.P (Travel Itinerary Protection) series of products protects travellers across… Read more »
A study from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has shown countries in Africa and Asia could achieve universal health care through health insurance schemes. The report, published in the Bulletin of… Read more »
China has developed as popular destination for expatriate assignments. Its rapid economic growth has also made it a target for health insurers, pharmaceutical companies and companies selling medical products. This… Read more »