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Oct
24

Women Already Benefitting From Qatar National Health Insurance Scheme

Stage 1 of Qatar’s National Health Insurance Scheme has seen success, offering free coverage for women’s health services at public and private hospitals.

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Jul
25

Smartphone Technology Paves the Way for a New Approach to Healthcare

Instead of waiting for doctor visits, Aetna have worked with smartphone technology and developed their new CarePass app in an attempt to revolutionise the way we approach healthcare in the twenty-first century. The app is designed to help Aetna's customers monitor their own healthcare data and to allow them to see the steps required to improve their overall health, thereby reducing their…

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May
17

Aetna and Saudi Arabia-based Tawuniya Announce New Partnership

Internationally renowned and insurance giant Aetna, and The Company for Cooperative Insurance (Tawuniya), recently announced their plans for a strategic partnership that will offer medical services to Saudi Arabian citizens residing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as well as those living abroad. The new alliance…

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Apr
24

Aetna Makes Changes to Group Plans, Improves Services For Corporate Companies

Global health giant, Aetna, are in the process of making several changes to group plan products and the services that can be offered by employers providing health benefits for their employees.

The first changes will involve Aetna's WorldTravelerSM plans and will affect both new and existing plans.…

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Jan
24

Aetna International Partner with Starr International Insurance (Asia) Ltd in Hong Kong

Insurer Aetna International is changing its strategic insurance partner in Hong Kong. As of the 24th January 2013, all underwriting will be provided by Starr International Insurance (Asia) Ltd as opposed to their prior partner GAN Assurances IARD. Changing underwriting providers is rarely seen as a positive thing, as it hints at disputes amongst…

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Oct
10

Compliance in International Private Medical Insurance Gathers Pace

In a move that has caught agents and brokers off guard, Nordic Healthcare, a provider of international health insurance, has announced that it will cease sales of new individual policies in all but its core markets.  This means that, with immediate effect, Nordic will no longer be issuing new IPMI policies anywhere in the world except Europe, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand and Vietnam. The announcement…

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Jan
11

India's GIPSA shopping for Third Party Administrator Partner

India's General Insurers Public Sector Association (GIPSA), have shortlisted 9 companies to create a captive joint-venture third party administrator (TPA) to manage their cashless claims services. GIPSA's group of four public sector general insurance companies -- New India Assurance;…

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Dec
03

Insurance in the US Post Reform

The US Health Reform law mandates that by 2014, US citizens must have health insurance coverage or otherwise pay a hefty US$695 annual fine. It is estimated that the Health Reform will reduce the number of the uninsured from 19% of US citizens in 2010 to 8% by 2016. The Health Reform law imposes new regulations and fees on insurers, and although it expands coverage to the millions of uninsured Americans,…

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Oct
25

New CEO Named for Aetna

Aetna Inc., the third-largest health insurer in the US, has announced that its Chairman and current Chief Executive Officer, Ronald A. Williams, will be succeeded by the end of November 2010 by Mark T. Bertolini, current President of Aetna. Mr. Williams intends to retire, and will stay on as executive chairman until April 2011, when this role will also be assumed by Mr. Bertolini.

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Oct
14

New Asia Pacific Appointments Announced by Aetna

Aetna, one of the leading global healthcare benefits companies, has announced the appointments of Hocking Cheng and Derek Goldberg as Managing Director of Greater China and Managing Director of South-east Asia, respectively. In these new positions, Mr. Cheng and Mr. Goldberg will oversee the development and execution of growth strategies aimed at further expanding the international business of the company in the Asia Pacific Region.

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