How Would Individual Market Premiums Change in 2019 in a Stable Policy Environment?

whitePaper | February 2, 2020

The outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019- nCoV), in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China, has prompted questions of how insurance policies might respond to claims stemming from business losses attributed to this infection prompting this White Paper. The primary virus infection, which can result in pneumonia and even death, originated from a Wuhan city seafood market. Subsequently, person-to-person transmission has occurred, primarily to health workers who had contact with those initially infected. The concern is that this may lead to widespread infections, worldwide.

whitePaper | May 3, 2022

The insurance industry is no stranger to technological change, whether it was forced to change or inspired by grander visions. For decades, the insurers that led the industry ranked as some of the most technologically innovative operations in the world. But the exact technologies that used to showcase the C-suite’s willingness to adopt cuttingedge solutions are now holding them back.

whitePaper | December 19, 2022

Customers are now accustomed to digital-first interactions, with Gen-X in particular expecting a frictionless experience. As a result, brokers are having to rethink how they engage with customers in order to meet these expectations. Increasing competition from a fast-changing industry – through consolidation and new independent digital-only providers – means they must improve customer satisfaction to stay in the game. Ultimately, broker business success relies on engendering long-term relationships with customers (and partners) based on trust.

whitePaper | September 20, 2022

When it comes to major events that impact people, economies and environments, insurance is firmly on the frontline. In the last few years, the industry — traditionally slow to modernise — has been reinventing strategies and working models to meet the demands of the changing global landscape, from the pandemic to economic and political instability. Acceleration of digital transformation has become a priority because it directly impacts current strategic imperatives — customer focus, operational simplification, financial sustainability and innovation. But despite the drive for change, the same challenges that have historically held back insurance providers are yet to be overcome. Legacy systems, data and processes can be difficult and expensive to modernise, and bringing in new technologies to solve these issues can create more problems when they are layered on top of the old.

whitePaper | July 18, 2023

Insurance companies and providers of health care benefits lose hundreds of millions of dollars yearly due to fraudulent claims for health benefits. Some of these are bogus claims that originate from insured persons, while others are payments for insured services that are not needed but are wrongly prescribed by providers who stand to make illegal profits.

whitePaper | September 10, 2022

State governments, not federal agencies, have preeminence over the insurance industry (as defined by the McCarran-Ferguson Act of 1945). Thus, it is up to each state to pass and enforce laws governing insurance companies. Each state has its own chief insurance commissioner to manage this function.