Add Greenery For Improved Recovery, Well-Being And Productivity
Most people now recognize the energy savings benefits of green buildings. These buildings use less water, energy and other natural resources. In some cases, they can increase biodiversity, produce their own energy and reduce the urban heat island effect.
February 4, 2022
Life & Health
Workers' Compensation

Zoomers: What To Understand About Gen Z
Generation Z, or ‘Zoomers,’ the cohort born between the late ’90s and early 2010s, is widely known as the first ‘digital native’ generation. They are also the least likely to purchase any form of insurance.
December 13, 2021
Life & Health

Insurers, Follow Swiss Re’s Lead And Make The Connection Between Biodiversity And Physical And Mental Health
A new report from global reinsurance giant Swiss Re puts in human terms the financial impact of biodiversity loss as the ‘twin risk of climate change.’
November 22, 2021
Life & Health
Risk Management

Swiss Re Believes Insurers Should Support Biodiversity With Real Dollars
Now and then a news release comes pinging into my e-mail inbox which gladdens my heart. Admittedly, it’s a rare occurrence.
November 18, 2021
Life & Health

Prepare For A ‘Tsunami’ Of Long-Covid Disability Claims
More than 40 million Americans have been diagnosed with Covid-19, and research suggests that between a quarter to a third of them will develop long-haul Covid, a mysterious illness characterized by persistent symptoms that include severe fatigue, cognitive impairment, and respiratory problems that may leave more than 20% of patients unable to return to work.
October 20, 2021
Life & Health
Workers' Compensation

Why Insurers Will Turn To Sonic Branding
What makes a consumer choose a particular insurance product? The scope of the policy will certainly be important; the price, the recognizability of the brand and its perceived reputation will be factors, too.
October 8, 2021
Auto
Life & Health
Property

18 Former N.B.A. Players Charged With Insurance Fraud
Federal prosecutors said Terrence Williams, who once played for the New Jersey Nets, had orchestrated a scheme that led to the filing of nearly $4 million in fraudulent medical claims.
October 7, 2021
Fraud
Life & Health
New York

How Blockchain Could Change The Health Insurance Industry
Blockchain is a technological breakthrough that will change the health insurance industry. It will allow communication avenues to be more transparent between insurance carriers, medical facilities, and consumers.
September 28, 2021
Life & Health
Technology

NC Patients Sue Insurer Over Claims Of Large, Surprise Bills
Six Charlotte-area patients claim that their insurance company, UnitedHealth Group, stuck them with unexpectedly large bills after dropping their anesthesiologists out of its network.
August 18, 2021
Life & Health
Litigation
North Carolina

Health Insurance Provider Sues COVID-19 Testing Lab Over Price Gouging
A major Kansas City health insurance provider is accusing a medical laboratory of price gouging for COVID-19 tests, charging roughly 10 times more than other companies.
July 22, 2021
Life & Health
Litigation
Kansas

Covid Disability Insurance Litigation Is Coming
Litigation against insurance companies for failing to pay disability benefits to people who can no longer work after having Covid-19 is on the way, attorneys say, the cases just take time to gain momentum.
July 15, 2021
Life & Health
Litigation

Boca Raton Doctor Pleads Guilty to Millions in Fraudulent Insurance Claims
A Boca Raton physician has pleaded guilty to four counts of defrauding three insurance companies of more than $17 million, the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office announced Monday.
July 14, 2021
Fraud
Life & Health
Florida

What is the True Cost of a $7 Lab Bill?
In January of this year, I had lab work performed as part of a follow-up to a physical exam. It was nothing out of the ordinary and represented a series of blood tests ordered by my doctor.
June 29, 2021
Life & Health

RiskStream Proves Need for Blockchain in Sharing Death Data for Life Insurance
The Institutes RiskStream Collaborative ran a study to prove whether its Mortality Monitor is a viable insurance blockchain use case. The purpose is for insurers to share their information about a policyholder’s death with other insurers.
June 16, 2021
Life & Health
Technology

Patients Could Get ER Bills as Insurer Moves to Deny Claims it Deems Non-Emergent
Insurance giant UnitedHealthcare is cracking down on unnecessary emergency room visits with a new policy starting July 1 that the American Hospital Association says will jeopardize patients’ health and threaten them with financial penalties.
June 10, 2021
Life & Health
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