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Oct
04

Aviva Makes Improvements to International Health Insurance Offerings

Aviva has instituted a handful of changes to their international private medical insurance products, ranging from adjustments in applications and claims handling processes to minor changes to group policies. Aviva said it has introduced the adjustments, which are part of a larger package of improvements, to their offerings in order to make it easier for intermediaries to do business with them. One…

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Sep
30

Allied World Assurance Launches European Health Insurance Unit

Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd. has established a healthcare division through its European operation, Allied World Europe, to sell health insurance solutions in European Markets. Allied World Assurance, which offers property, casualty and specialty insurance and reinsurance solutions as well as a growing international health insurance unit, intends to use the new European health…

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Sep
24

South Africa National Health Insurance Scheme Commences in 2012

South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC) has released more information regarding their plan to mandate universal access to healthcare through a National Health Insurance Scheme. The Ministerial Advisory Committee on the NHI has produced a document providing a rough outline of the ANC's National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme, which is ready to be submitted to the ANC National…

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Sep
09

Healthcare Reform Caveat for Back-to-School International Students in US Colleges

An unintended side effect of some provisions in the Obama administration's new healthcare plan has the potential to prevent public and private universities in the US from offering certain types of health insurance to their students, including international students.

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Aug
31

Aetna Global Benefits Appoints New Head of Middle East Operations

Stuart Leatherby has been appointed as the Managing Director to head up Aetna's expatriate health insurance business, Aetna Global Benefits, in the Middle East and Africa. Leatherby has been working with Aetna Global Benefits since 2000, and prior to his promotion he has been working as the head of Aetna Global Benefits' International Markets Development team where he was responsible for expanding…

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Aug
25

Discovery Health in Agreement with Ping An Over Stake in Ping An Health

South Africa-based health insurance company, Discovery Holdings, has signed an agreement with Ping An Insurance Company to take a substantial stake in Ping An's health insurance subsidiary, Ping An Health Insurance Company, in order to develop the Chinese health insurance market. The agreement was signed during a trip to Beijing and Shanghai by South African government officials, including the…

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Aug
23

Emergency Evacuation Coverage Often Ignored

With the ability to travel across the world getting easier every year, one thing many people do not take into account is the price of getting home should an accident occur. Cases like Carrie-Anne Dudbridge and Ryan Elley are sad illustrations of the necessities of travel insurance in the modern age. There have been a number of incidents this year involving…

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Aug
18

Bajaj Allianz Star Package Covers Multiple Risks in One Policy

India-based joint-venture Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company has launched a new policy dubbed the Star Package Policy, which provides modular coverage of up to eight separate risks, ranging from health insurance coverage to home contents insurance. Star Package provides eight coverage options which are a mix of health insurance, life insurance and general insurance risks. The policy options…

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Aug
10

Singapore's Life and Health Insurance Business Up on New Sales

The life insurance industry in Singapore is riding high, after growth in new sales of life insurance and health insurance policies continued into the second quarter of the financial year. The new business premiums in the Singaporean life insurance market were up 16% year-on-year for the second quarter, with figures for the first half of 2010 showing total weighted new business premiums growing…

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Jul
29

FICCI Releases Report Aiming to Improve Healthcare through Insurance

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has released the results of the developmental framework to provide high quality healthcare through insurance in a document titled "Health Insurance Report, 2010". Among the recommendations to give a boost to the health insurance sector, the report highlights the need for creating consumer awareness and satisfaction, quality healthcare delivery, improved insurance services, and an increased level of trust between insurers and healthcare providers.

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