Duty of care is a legal obligation requiring someone (such as an employer) to maintain a “reasonable” standard of care when handling issues that could cause harm to others. Hence,… Read more »
Political turmoil in the Middle East and natural disasters in Japan have shown the wisdom in adding emergency evacuation clauses to expatriate insurance plans, notes The Telegraph. The challenging nature… Read more »
The Global Benefits Association, a non-profit trade organization for the international and expatriate insurance industry, will hold its second annual Global Benefits Conference from October 26-28th in Chicago. The conference… Read more »
The Travel Health Insurance Association of Canada (THIA) is urging all those living and travelling in Europe to carry proof of medical insurance while abroad. The President of the Canadian… Read more »
The earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that struck Japan in March will likely pressure the country’s renowned health care system, concluded The Telegraph‘s Peter Pallot in an article yesterday. Japan’s… Read more »
A 2008 McKinsey report claimed the medical tourism industry could be worth as much as $100 billion by 2012. In some Asian hospitals, as many as 40-60% of patients are… Read more »
India’s insurance industry is set to grow faster than its economy till 2020, according to a recent post at Globalsurance, with total premium income to hit anywhere from 350 to… Read more »
Malaysia’s growing economy is attracting talent from all over the world, and expats bound for Malaysia can rest assured the country’s healthcare system provides top quality care, according to insurer… Read more »
The US State Department has updated its Worldwide Travel Alert to reflect “recent counter-terrorism activity in Pakistan” (read: the killing of Osama bin Laden). According to the revised text Given… Read more »
Bupa Asia Pacific – Australia’s largest privately owned health insurer – saw its after-tax profits climb 26% in 2010, to USD249.4 million. The gains were partly the result of rising… Read more »