Opinion

Opinion: Using Barcodes to Process Medical Insurance in Healthcare

It’s still common for front office staff of medical facilities to manually enter data of new patients or to update a patient’s records. The use of barcodes can help improve workflow and productivity. It can […]

Global insurance trends

Aon Launches Coronavirus Employee Impact Tool for Companies

Aon, a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, has designed a tool to help employers anticipate medical costs, absenteeism and potential needs to shift work operations […]

Insurance Brokers

Life/Health Market: wefox Group Launches Broker Platform

Berlin-based insurtech, wefox Group is making its global push with the launch of a new tech platform – wefoxGo – which the company is giving to insurance brokers for free amid concerns that the crisis […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

Willis Re Appoints Dan Melanson in Senior Health Practice Role

Willis Re, the reinsurance business of Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW), a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, announces the appointment of Dan Melanson as senior vice president and Health Practice leader. In this […]

Insurance Regulation

India: IRDAI Stands Firm on Corona Claims – Insurers MUST Pay Up

India’s insurers are braced to expect a raft of claims as Coronvirus sweeps across the country, and the regulator IRDAI insists that healthcare and hospital claims WILL be met for all COVID-19 sufferers. At present […]

News

Fitbit; One Small Step for Mankind, One Big Leap for Yulife

Yulife, the wellbeing life insurance company, has some big news. The employee wellbeing specialist has announced the launch of a new partnership with the activity tracker giant Fitbit. The new venture pairs Yulife’s activity-based app […]

Opinion

The Interview: Talking Healthcare, App Overload, Virtual GPs & More

Insurance Edge caught up with Tim Boyce, Healthcare Practice Leader at CFC Underwriting, to find out how rapidly the healthcare market is changing for insurers and brokers alike. IE; One thing that is happening right […]