Opinion

Business Travel Risks: Welcome to The New Normal

From politics to purposeful travel, Adam Schrader, Director of Operations at travel risk intelligence company Riskline, reveals the business travel trends set to shape the rest of 2021. With the continued roll out of the vaccine programme, business travel is gradually returning. However, the landscape that business travellers […]

Global insurance trends

Ping An Deploys AI Data Analytics in Philippines

COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment in the Philippines is being supported by Ping An’s groundbreaking artificial intelligence-driven AskBob Clinical Decision Support System. Ping An International Smart City, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Group, is working in […]

Travel Insurance

Jackson Lee Underwriting Launches Corporate Travel Product

Jackson Lee Underwriting (JLU) has today launched a new Corporate Travel policy, including Covid-19 cover for cancellation, curtailment or medical expenses and repatriation. Covid-19 has changed the face of business travel.  The new policy allows […]

Travel Insurance

Repatriation Cover is Worth Thinking About

Insurance experts are urging travellers to consider repatriation cover especially amid the pandemic if they have made the huge decision to permanently move abroad or travel for an extended period. Repatriation cover is designed to […]

Travel Insurance

Generali Global Teams Up With FootprintID

Generali Global Assistance (GGA), today announced that it has partnered with FootprintID to enhance its Trip Mate Travel Protection Plans. This partnership will let travelers with Trip Mate protection plans have access to FootprintID’s Portable Personal Health Records,- allowing users to take their […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

OCR Docs Scanning Can Save Insurers Time & Unlock Data

Despite the digitalization of medical and other customer documents, life insurers are often under-exploiting the vast data that is available to them through paper, scanned, or imaged records. Further, it is not uncommon for underwriters […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

De-Stress Medical Claims? You Need a Smoother Online Engine

One sticking point with medical and health claims can be the dreaded paperwork; endless pages of questions, technical terms and definitions that can be baffling for customers, plus gathering up evidence of financial hardship or […]