Small Business Health Insurance and the ACA: Views from the Market 2017

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) ushered in dramatic changes for small employers and the market where these employers purchase coverage. However, the impact of ACA provisions designed to improve coverage options and reduce administrative costs for small businesses has been lessened by the availability of non-ACA compliant plans and other benefit arrangements. This report assesses small-group market trends through a review of premium and enrollment data, federal and state policy decisions, and semi-structured interviews with insurance company executives, brokers, and representatives of small business purchasers in six states Arkansas, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Vermont.

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Enhance Health

At Enhance Health, we're a dedicated team of health insurance experts that leverages digital technologies and a concierge experience to streamline the health insurance enrollment process. We simplify what is too often a time-consuming, overwhelming and confusing process by connecting our customers with best-in-class health insurance plans in only a few minutes. Founded in 2021 through partnership with and funding from Bain Capital, we're on a path for continued growth as we expand into other insurance products.

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Are Insurers Moving with Changing Times and Tastes?

whitePaper | June 24, 2022

For the third year running, Guidewire is publishing its survey of consumer attitudes towards insurers and general insurance products. Guidewire commissioned the market research agency Censuswide to survey a representative sample of 1,008 UK insurance customers aged 18 to 55+ in May 2022. The aim of the survey is to provide the latest insights into how UK insurance customers view insurers as well as insurance products and services. While the primary focus of this report is on the UK results, it is worth noting that Guidewire commissioned simultaneous parallel reports in France, Germany, and Spain.

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How Bond Insurance Delivers Value for Investors: In The Pandemic And Beyond

whitePaper | July 31, 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic spurred new demand for insured municipal bonds, and the strong interest appears poised to continue as investors team with states and local governments to help execute the largest wave of U.S. infrastructure investment in a generation. Amidst the uncertainty surrounding municipal fiscal stability and an increase in taxable debt issuance immediately following the outbreak, wrapped bonds offered investors stable ratings, increased liquidity and less volatility. Since then, the market has faced more prolonged volatility brought on by questions about the outlook for inflation, economic growth, and other factors like climate change. Insurance remains a valuable tool for investors and issuers to maintain reliable, affordable capital markets access and peace of mind.

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Improving the Speed and Efficiency of AI-Enabled Damage Assessment in Insurance

whitePaper | May 16, 2022

The combination of high-resolution aerial imaging and artificial intelligence has practical applications for multiple use cases, such as manufacturing defects detection, environmental impact studies and planning, urban vegetation mapping, and precision agriculture. Now, as major natural disasters have increased, the insurance industry is using aerial imagery and AI for damage assessment. This is part of an expanded focus on post-event analysis that uses data, AI, and analytics to understand risk mitigation. Aerial imagery and AI can help address varying spectral bands of resolutions and other factors that the human eye cannot easily connect.

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Battling Health Insurance Claims Fraud

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.

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Blanket & Self-Insurance vs. CPI

whitePaper | January 4, 2020

A self-insured lender assumes all risk and absorbs any losses that occur. The greatest disadvantage of self-insurance is that risk is not transferred. To minimize uninsured losses, some self-insured lenders add follow up procedures such as: Requiring evidence of physical damage insurance at the time of loan closing.

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How can data enrich the property claims journey from FNOL to payments?

whitePaper | December 13, 2022

A recent roundtable hosted by Insurance Post in association with LexisNexis Risk Solutions saw an expert panel discuss how data enrichment can be used from a post-loss perspective and what this change could mean for the future of property claims. This article provides a summary of the discussion.

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Enhance Health

At Enhance Health, we're a dedicated team of health insurance experts that leverages digital technologies and a concierge experience to streamline the health insurance enrollment process. We simplify what is too often a time-consuming, overwhelming and confusing process by connecting our customers with best-in-class health insurance plans in only a few minutes. Founded in 2021 through partnership with and funding from Bain Capital, we're on a path for continued growth as we expand into other insurance products.

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