Health Insurance Marketplaces Offer a Variety of Dental Benefit Options, but Information Availability is an Issue

Infographic | January 23, 2020

With the number of cyber-attacks on the rise, it’s natural to think that this increase of cyber-attacks is due to new actors and technological developments, said Yakir Golan, the CEO of Kovrr, the Tel Aviv-based provider of predictive cyber risk modeling solutions. “The truth of the matter is, cyber attacks are very often a modified version of an old attack. Whether it’s the same attack vector, same tools or the same vulnerability with a new exploitation, similar types of attacks, methods and techniques are likely to reappear in the near future and re/insurers should be prepared and on the lookout for how they can affect their portfolios,” added Golan.

Infographic | February 28, 2020

Think of this as your overview to GI. Guaranteed issue policies are unique, so you will want to have a clear understanding of what you are buying. There are 7 important warnings you need to know about guaranteed issue life insurance.

Infographic | January 16, 2020

AI can improve productivity and help in decision making through training datasets. According to the survey of the Dataconomy, nearly 81% of 225 data scientists found the process of AI training more difficult than expected even with the data they had. Around 76% were struggling to label and interpret the training data.

Infographic | March 5, 2020

Hospital care is the largest contributor to commercial health insurance spending growth - 42% of the increase since 2016. The growth in spending due to hospitals is more than twice that of the growth due to physician services and administrative costs, and ten times that of prescription drugs and nursing care. Efforts to control spending should consider how drivers of spending growth are linked to better patient care and chronic disease management.

Infographic | March 9, 2020

How can you promote a positive workforce culture to draw a younger generation of professionals to the insurance industry? A survey by SALT Associates and RGA Group Research explores how culture influences disability and life insurance claims operations in the US and Canada. Results indicate that insurance technology will play a role in improving culture in claims administration by easing workloads and scaling processes. At the same time, positive culture will help foster insurtech adoption in this space.

Infographic | January 8, 2020

The technology risks and manifestations are potentially interconnected, e.g. a breach could be caused by a staff error which leads to extortion which rejected leads to interruption.