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Mrs. Alison Massey, Marketing and Ecommerce Director, Now Health International

Mrs. Alison Massey, Marketing and Ecommerce Director, Now Health International

Alison Massey is the Marketing and ecommerce Director of international private medical insurance (IPMI) provider, Now Health International. Alison has been a financial services marketer for over 20 years; the previous seven within IPMI with Goodhealth Worldwide, Aetna Global Benefits and most recently Now Health.  

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Mr. Brian S. Piper, Head of Business Devlopment, Integra Global

Mr. Brian S. Piper, Head of Business Devlopment, Integra Global

Mr. Brian S. Piper, MBA, is the Head of Business Development for leading international private medical insurance provider Integra Global. Integra Global provides private medical insurance and expatriate health insurance worldwide. Mr. Piper started his career after completing business school at the Babcock School at Wake Forest University working with the Chamber of Commerce in Business Development and an adjunct professor at Winston-Salem State University. Following, he came to then Czechoslovakia as a volunteer in 1992 to teach business principles to local managers and he has been based in Czech Republic and the USA since.

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Mr. Jon Carpenter, Managing Director, Morgan Price

Mr. Jon Carpenter, Managing Director, Morgan Price

Jon Carpenter, ACII Chartered Insurance Broker owns two companies in the expatriate insurance business – Morgan Price International Healthcare Ltd, an MGU/Product provider; and Expatriate Insurance Services Ltd, a broker. Jon has been involved in international and domestic private medical insurance since 1990, when he was on the project team that set up Norwich Union (now Aviva) Healthcare. MPIH was a founding member of the Association of International Medical Insurance Providers, and EIS is a member of BIBA and the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries. Both Morgan Price International Healthcare and Expatriate Insurance Services are looking at the domestic UK private medical insurance market for 2012.

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Mr. Carl Carter, Managing Director, IMG Europe & AIMIP Chairman

Mr. Carl Carter, Managing Director, IMG Europe & AIMIP Chairman

Carl is approaching 15 years experience in the international medical insurance business at senior management and Board level. As a Chartered Marketer with many years’ senior board experience in the international travel and health insurance marketplace, he regularly writes articles for the press and is a regular key note speaker on international and expatriate medical insurance at insurance conferences and seminars around the world. He has been responsible for major international medical insurance business and projects from all corners of the globe. Carl is Managing Director of IMG Europe and has previously been Group Managing Director for a major international claims and assistance company being responsible for over 1500 different travel and international medical insurance programmes from insurers all over the world; prior to that, Group Marketing Director for a Lloyd’s broking group and acting Managing Director of one of the UK’s longest established international travel and health insurance brokers. He was also recently re-elected as Chairman of the Association of International Medical Insurance Providers (AIMIP).

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Mr. Hans Biekmann, CEO, Marm Assistance

Mr. Hans Biekmann, CEO, Marm Assistance

Hans Biekmann has 25+ years of experience in assistance, insurance, marketing, sales and operational management. He was most recently Network Director of ARC Europe SA, the international association of the leading Automobile Clubs based in Brussels, Belgium. Hans was brought on board by the Automobile Clubs to develop strategy and vision, to improve operations in the international network and to expand its covering territory. This required market research, several market entry models and supporting business-plans, but also initial product strategy and raising additional venture funding. This International leading European Assistance Network serves more than 40 Million individual members and approx. 11 Million vehicles.

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Dr. Joachim Friese, Medical Director, MedCare Professionals

Dr. Joachim Friese, Medical Director, MedCare Professionals

Dr. Joachim Friese is a medical doctor and was born in Germany in 1964. He is the Medical Director for MedCare Professionals. After finishing Medical School in Frankfurt Dr. Joachim Friese worked as a trauma surgeon and intensivist in University and teaching hospitals at Hattingen, Bochum and Koblenz. Whilst attending Medical School Dr. Joachim Friese discovered a passion for Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care. After years of doing ER in the streets, Dr. Joachim Friese was finally airborne in 1995 and gained extensive experience in Medical Missions on fixed wing and rotor wing aircrafts, in repatriations and evacuations. Related Reading: iPMI Magazine Speaks with Dr. Joachim Friese, Medical Director, MedCare Professionals

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Mr. Adriano Valente Rocha, Rocha Consultora e Corretora de Seguros Risk Consulting & Insurance Brokerage Brazil

Mr. Adriano Valente Rocha, Rocha Consultora e Corretora de Seguros Risk Consulting & Insurance Brokerage Brazil

Adriano Valente Rocha is the Managing Director of Rocha Consultora e Corretora de Seguros Risk Consulting & Insurance Brokerage in Brazil.

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Mr. James Simpson, Managing Director, The Marketing Campaign Company

Mr. James Simpson, Managing Director, The Marketing Campaign Company

James is an experienced marketing professional who has worked in the health and general insurance markets for many years. His work has extended to both UK and international markets for clients such as Goodhealth Worldwide, Aetna Global Benefits, Aetna UK, Now Health International, Liberty International Underwriters, the Chartered Insurance Institute, QBE Insurance and Bluefin Group. His commercial attitude and market knowledge combines with across-the-board exposure to B2B and B2C marketing activity including strategic planning, public relations, digital marketing, brand management, segmentation, advertising, copy writing, campaign execution, video production and event & exhibition management.  

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Mr. Steve Nelson, Sales Manager, APRIL Medibroker

Mr. Steve Nelson, Sales Manager, APRIL Medibroker

Joining APRIL Medibroker in 2003 as an International Sales Advisor Steve has spent several years living as an expatriate in Saudi, where his father worked. He lived in, or visited Saudi for 8 years and understands some of the concerns expatriates can have.

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Mr. Brian Friedman, Founder and CEO, The Forum For Expatriate Management

Mr. Brian Friedman, Founder and CEO, The Forum For Expatriate Management

Mr. Brian Friedman is the Founder and CEO of The Forum For Expatriate Management. The Forum for Expatriate Management is a membership organisation for all Global Mobility professionals. Membership is free to anyone who works full-time is any area of expatriate management - including HR, tax, insurance, health & welfare, financial services and relocation. Related Reading: iPMI Magazine speaks to Mr. Brian Friedman, Founder and CEO, The Forum For Expatriate Management.

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Mr. Chris Connor, VP, Life Flight International

Mr. Chris Connor, VP, Life Flight International

Chris Connor is the Vice President and Operations Manager of Life Flight International Inc. Spending many years owning and operating several companies, Chris brought his management expertise to Life Flight International Inc in 2002 as Vice President and Shareholder. His experience in management has excelled the development of Life Flight International Inc. over the past decade. Chris’s driven focus to bring the company up to internationally recognized standards and the completion and accreditation from EURAMI has significantly brought Life Flight International Inc. to stand as a highly recognized reputable company.

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Mr. Rupert Dent, Managing Director, AirMed

Mr. Rupert Dent, Managing Director, AirMed

Rupert Dent is the Managing Director and Accountable Manager of AirMed. After 20 years in the Investment Banking industry, 12 of which were with what is now known as UBS Investment Bank, Rupert joined AirMed in 2003 as a Director and shareholder. His experience in corporate finance has helped in the development of AirMed over the last nine years. In particular the adaptation of the aircraft fleet to include jets and the significant expansion of the medical capabilities of the company, have proved key aspects in being able to grow sales from £1.4 mio per annum to the current £7.2 mio per annum.  

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Miss. Irena Dimitrijevic, Marketing & Sales Manager ,JET EXECUTIVE International Charter

Miss. Irena Dimitrijevic, Marketing & Sales Manager ,JET EXECUTIVE International Charter

Irena Dimitrijevic is the Marketing & Sales Manager of JET EXECUTIVE International Charter. At Jet Executive you will find for every aspect of executive and ambulance flights. With over 20 years of experience in our business we find cutting-edge and secure solutions for all your charter needs - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year - since 1990. JET EXECUTIVE INTERNATIONAL CHARTER is the legal successor of taunus air, founded 1990 in Wiesbaden. The company is dealing under actual ownership since 1999. The actual fleet consists of three Learjets 35A, one Learjet 55, one Beechcraft King Air 200 and since January 2008 also one Challenger 600.

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Mr. Angelo Masciantonio, CEO, HTH Worldwide

Mr. Angelo Masciantonio, CEO, HTH Worldwide

Angelo Masciantonio is the CEO of HTH Worldwide. Prior to co-founding HTH, Angelo was the CEO (and Founder) of WCA, Aetna U.S. Healthcare’s managed workers comp company in Blue Bell, PA. Prior to WCA, Angelo founded and served as CEO of Managed Health Care Services, a private managed care development, management and data services company which developed HMO/PPO networks in over sixty U.S. cities. He has served as Director of Marketing for ASA, an online healthcare claims processing software systems company in Chicago, as Director of Cost Management for Pacific Life Insurance Co., and as Senior Planner in the Division of Program Innovation of Blue Cross of Massachusetts.

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Mr. Andrew Apps, Director, ALC Health

Mr. Andrew Apps, Director, ALC Health

Mr. Andrew Apps is a Director of ALC Health, a leading worldwide provider of international private medical insurance (IPMI) for expatriates, business travelers and tourists. With over 29 years of senior management experience across the Private Medical Insurance industry and a career encompassing BUPA, RSA, Wand AG and Aetna, the past 22 within the international market, Andrew is deputy chairman of the Association of International Medical Insurance Providers (AIMIP), representing the interests of iPMI insurers and providers. A respected, well known health insurance industry figure, Andrew is a regular speaker at health insurance and IPMI conferences and seminars around the world, and brings a unique in-sight into the international health and private medical insurance industry, backed up by a wealth of international health insurance market experience. To contact Andrew directly, click here.

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Mr. Frank Reuter, Director, REUTER Consulting

Mr. Frank Reuter, Director, REUTER Consulting

Frank Reuter is an independent consulting professional with extensive experience in the Travel Assistance Industry. Frank has worked for renowned assistance companies such as International SOS and Allianz Global Assistance.    

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Medical Assistance Company Provider Directory

Medical Assistance Companies may provide out-of-hospital emergency healthcare services and manage medical cases for health payors under member insurance programs. Global Healthcare Insurance Companies rely on Medical Assistance Companies to provide a myriad of international medical assistance services. Medical Assistance Companies are located all over the world and act as an extended arm of assistance for expatriates,business travelers and tourists. Medical Assistance Companies may offer 24/7 Third Party Administration; Cost Containment and Medical Case Management Services; Air Ambulance Services including MEDEVAC and Repatriation Services.

International Private Medical Insurance Magazine provides a complete worldwide guide to medical assistance companies. The iPMI magazine Medical Assistance Directory lists and details key information on leading worldwide medical assistance companies. Medical Assistance Companies may assist you in navigating an overseas healthcare system, including ensuring that your private travel medical health insurance plan, covers the cost.

You can compare, select and source a medical assistance company in the International Private Medical Insurance Magazine medical assistance company guide and directory. International Private Medical Insurance Magazine works closely with medical assistance providers and companies from all corners of the earth including Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Malta, Mauritius, Panama, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey and the USA.

Finding the correct and appropriate medical assistance company is of critical importance for international medical, travel, health and expatriate insurance underwriters, providers and companies, as well as for the patient. Getting to know the right medical assistance company, before you need one, can make all the difference when accidents happen, or you fall sick abroad.

Overseas travel is a risky business in 2013 and expatriates, business travelers and tourists all face a myriad of new risks on foreign shores. Find the right medical assistance company and provider today by logging onto the iPMI Magazine medical assistance company guide and directory.

 

 

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You can compare, select and source a air ambulance company in the International Private Medical Insurance Magazine air ambulance company guide and directory. International Private Medical Insurance Magazine works closely with air ambulance owners, operators and brokers with providers and companies from all corners of the earth including Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Malta, Mauritius, Panama, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey and the USA. Air ambulance companies provides services like repatriation by air ambulance, medical evacuation (MEDEVAC), non-medical evacuation, disaster recovery and response services, medical escorts on commercial airlines and repatriation of mortal remains. Some air ambulance companies also provide ground ambulance medical transportation services and transfers.

Finding the correct and appropriate air ambulance company is of critical importance for international medical, travel, health and expatriate insurance underwriters, providers and companies, as well as for worldwide medical and travel assistance companies and the patient. Getting to know the right air ambulance, before you need one, can make all the difference when accidents happen, or you fall sick abroad. Overseas travel is a risky business in 2013 and expatriates, business travelers and tourists all face a myriad of new risks on foreign shores. Find the right air ambulance company and provider today by logging onto the iPMI Magazine air ambulance company guide and directory.

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Contributors

Mr. Brian Friedman, Founder and CEO, The Forum For Expatriate Management
Mr. Carl Carter, Managing Director, IMG Europe & AIMIP Chairman
Mr. Angelo Masciantonio, CEO, HTH Worldwide
Mr. Adriano Valente Rocha, Rocha Consultora e Corretora de Seguros Risk Consulting & Insurance Brokerage Brazil
Mr. Steve Nelson, Sales Manager, APRIL Medibroker
Mr. Chris Connor, VP, Life Flight International
Mrs. Alison Massey, Marketing and Ecommerce Director, Now Health International
Miss. Irena Dimitrijevic, Marketing & Sales Manager ,JET EXECUTIVE International Charter
Mr. Brian S. Piper, Head of Business Devlopment, Integra Global
Mr. Rupert Dent, Managing Director, AirMed
Mr. Jon Carpenter, Managing Director, Morgan Price
Mr. Andrew Apps, Director, ALC Health
Mr. Frank Reuter, Director, REUTER Consulting
Mr. James Simpson, Managing Director, The Marketing Campaign Company
Dr. Joachim Friese, Medical Director, MedCare Professionals
Mr. Hans Biekmann, CEO, Marm Assistance

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