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In this exclusive iPMI Magazine interview, Christopher Knight, CEO, iPMI Magazine, sits down with Mike Webb, CEO, Healix International. They discuss in detail Healix International core services, client profiles, and the international medical assistance trends shaping the future of the business. Please introduce yourself and your background in the international medical and risk markets: I’ve spent the last 25 years working within the general insurance risk marketplace, with a focus on international...
11-03-2020 Executive Industry Interviews
Aetna International has announced it will provide all their members with free access to its virtual health offering, vHealth, to help ensure continuous access to health care during the COVID-19 outbreak. vHealth will give members access to confidential medical consultations over the phone or via video link, without having to travel to a doctor’s surgery or hospital. Members will be able to speak with a doctor at any time, about any...
23-03-2020 iPMI Magazine Breaking News
Independent research by AXA – Global Healthcare has shown that many expats find life abroad to be surprisingly expensive, with one-in-six (17%) saying that the cost of living is the thing they miss most from their home country and one-in-five (21%) going so far as to say that it would prompt them to return. This is despite three-in-five (58%) saying that they actually enjoy a higher salary since moving abroad. The greatest source...
20-03-2020 iPMI Magazine Breaking News
The March 2020 edition of the iPMI Magazine Provider Network e-Directory is out now. Over 70 pages of company intelligence including iPMI - Assistance - Air Ambulance - Funeral Directors - Cost Containment - Claims Management + MORE. Enter full screen click the small rectangle above ↑ The IPMI industry use the iPMI Magazine Provider Network Directory to source the best information and data on international private medical insurance payors and providers. They may be...
11-03-2020 iPMI Magazine Breaking News
Global health service company, Cigna, appointed Arjan Toor as Chief Executive Officer of European operations. Arjan will lead the newly-combined operational structure, which spans International Organisations (IGO’s and NGO’s), European employers as well as the company’s solutions for globally mobile individuals. “Arjan’s leadership, combined with his deep knowledge of customer and client needs is an important asset to Cigna,” said Jason Sadler, President, Cigna International Markets. “In his previous role as...
05-03-2020 iPMI Magazine Executive Appointments Movements News
CEGA, a Charles Taylor company, and AXA are driving innovation in the travel insurance sector with the Travel Health Calculator. In October 2019, the Travel Health Calculator was launched by travel insurer AXA. Enabled by technology developed by claims and medical assistance providers CEGA, a Charles Taylor company, the online tool offers a unique solution to travel insurance uncertainty. In short, it helps to empower people with pre-existing medical conditions to...
04-03-2020 Articles Case Studies
Global Excel Management Inc. has announced the appointment of David Rivelis to the newly created role of President – Global Strategy. David will continue to oversee Active Claims Management Inc. (ACM) as well as CanAm Special Risk Insurance Agency Limited (CANAM), adding responsibility for delivering corporate strategy as it relates to global market development. David has been with Global Excel since our acquisition of ACM and CANAM in 2018. Previously he had...
04-03-2020 Cost Containment News
Leading international private medical insurance publisher iPMI Magazine is excited to announce the launch of “International Health Insurance 2019 - International Health Insurance for Expats, High Net Worth Individuals, 3rd Country Nationals, Domestic Nationals and Global Nomads: Volume 1, 2 and 3. There are more opportunities than ever for insurers and brokers to sell health insurance globally to locals and internationals. The global demand for health insurance is rising fast; There are opportunities for...
05-04-2019 International Private Medical Insurance Magazine Reports
The definition of an expatriate is obsolete because more people, including local nationals and expats, regularly travel internationally, due to their lifestyle, income and careers: a view shared by Ian Youngman, author of the brand new IPMI report, International Health Insurance 2019 and Generali Global Health CEO Marco Giacomelli. In the video Generali Global Health CEO Marco Giacomelli explains why IPMI is so important for globally mobile people and why the traditional concept...
19-06-2019 Articles Case Studies
The March 2020 edition of the iPMI Magazine Provider Network e-Directory is out now. Over 70 pages of company intelligence including iPMI - Assistance - Air Ambulance - Funeral Directors - Cost Containment - Claims Management + MORE. Enter full screen click the small rectangle above ↑ The IPMI industry use the iPMI Magazine Provider Network Directory to source the best information and data on international private medical insurance payors and providers. They may be...
11-03-2020 iPMI Magazine Breaking News
How One Company Repatriated a Complex Claims Patient. Introduction Managing a complex claim is one of the biggest challenges faced by medical assistance professionals. Each claim requires a highly adaptive approach, using specialized techniques, robust multidisciplinary strategies and flawless communication. Harmonizing these elements for success demands a very high degree of flexibility and creativity, in-depth medical knowledge and astute discernment, especially when working within different medical and cultural contexts around the world. While the stakes are usually high – life & death, or permanent impairment – prognoses are...
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