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Healix International, the global travel risk management and international medical and security assistance provider, has signed up to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC); a voluntary commitment from businesses to act in an environmentally and socially responsible way. The largest initiative of its type, 9,933 companies across 160 countries have joined so far, since it was announced by Kofi Annan in 1999. Healix International’s decision to sign up for the UNGC...
13-02-2019 iPMI Magazine Medical Travel Technical Roadside Assistance Company News
Place your brand in the right place, at the right time in front of an active audience of IPMI market executives from payor to provider. Due to the nomadic nature of the international private medical insurance (IPMI) industry, iPMI Magazine is an internet based news service for worldwide insurance and assistance professionals who need to understand the impacts of insurance and healthcare policy, regulatory, and legislative developments. Over 40,000 senior...
12-02-2019 iPMI Magazine Breaking News
By Jonathan Bancroft, Managing Director of Traveller Assist. For insurance underwriters, travel insurance brands and assistance providers with risk exposure in Nepal, a recent announcement by Tourism Minister Rabindra Adhikari, of his intentions to bring those responsible for a multimillion dollar insurance fraud scam to justice, is welcome news. After a 12-month insurance fraud investigation by Traveller Assist into helicopter charter companies and hospitals in Nepal, and following a subsequent 60-day investigation...
12-02-2019 Articles Case Studies
2018 was unquestionably a turning point in awareness about mental ill health with a wide range of high profile individuals urging employers, as well as the wider community, to put the issue front and centre. Employers recognise the importance of understanding mental health issues – and providing workers with the support they need to manage their mental health and wellbeing in the same way their physical health is supported. However, Healix...
11-02-2019 Articles Case Studies
Cigna Corporation has appointed Jerome Droesch its new Chief Executive Officer for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and Board Member of Cigna’s joint venture operations in India and Turkey. The move reinforces the company’s commitment to the fast-growing insurance industry in the Middle East. As the premier provider of health and wellness solutions in the region, Cigna Insurance Middle East remains focused on delivering service excellence to the...
08-02-2019 iPMI Magazine Executive Appointments Movements News
Temos has announced that the National Hospital - Abu Dhabi has passed Temos International Healthcare Accreditation for its “Quality in International Patient Care” as the first hospital in Abu Dhabi. AVIVO Group’s National Hospital - Abu Dhabi is a secondary care, multi-specialty hospital offering a wide range of services from preventive to curative healthcare services that include specialties like urology, laparoscopic surgery, orthopedics, dental and cosmetic services and health check-ups.
08-02-2019 iPMI Magazine Hospital Clinic Provider News
The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has signed an agreement with Neuron. As per the agreement, Neuron will be the third party administrator (TPA) for the Saada health programme. The agreement was signed by HE Humaid Al Qutami, Director General of the DHA and HE Mohammed Al Mutaiwei, Chairman of Neuron, in the presence of Saleh Al Hashimi, Advisor of Dubai Health Insurance Corporation; Umair Nizami, Managing Director and Board Member of...
02-02-2019 iPMI Magazine Medical Travel Technical Roadside Assistance Company News
Healix International, the global travel risk management and international medical and security assistance provider, has published a report outlining the potential security risks in 2019 facing businesses that have employees working and travelling abroad. James Pothecary, Regional Security Coordinator, believes the report underlines the need for organisations sending workers abroad to employ a wide-ranging scope when it comes to risk assessment and mitigation. “The range of risks now present for those...
31-01-2019 iPMI Magazine Medical Travel Technical Roadside Assistance Company News
The European Aeromedical Institute is delighted to announce that Claudia Schmiedhuber has accepted the position as Managing Director at EURAMI e.V. as well as the position of CEO at EURAMI Global GmbH. Claudia has extensive background in the aeromedical and assistance industry and has successfully managed EURAMI as Interim Managing Director since September 2019. Claudia is also the CEO & Founder of Alpine Health Consulting which she will continue to work...
31-01-2019 iPMI Magazine Medical Air Ambulance Repatriation Medevac Company News
The latest ONS data[1], released earlier this month, showed strong growth in UK exports – growing by £13.9 billion since the previous year. Commenting on the data International Trade Secretary, Dr Liam Fox, encouraged all businesses to mark 2019 as a year for overseas expansion, building on the Department for International Trade’s ambitious Export Strategy launched last August which seeks to move exports as a percentage of GDP from 30%...
30-01-2019 iPMI Magazine Risk News
Mr. Casey has a long history in the ASEAN region and is currently in the Philippines. He is currently both President & CEO of Pacific Cross (Philippines) and Chief Executive Officer and Director of the holding company of his group’s health insurance and related businesses in Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam. Prior to his current appointment, he was President of a US life insurance company in the Philippines. Aside from directly building a significant health insurance company in the Philippines, he is focused on a long term business plan for the group to establish a common branded ASEAN specialist health insurance business across the region in...
Please introduce yourself and background in the International Private Medical Insurance (IPMI) market: Having enjoyed 32 years working in the PMI industry, the past 26 years exclusively in the international sector, I have gained firsthand experience of how both insurers and intermediaries operate, enabling an understanding of the way each side behaves and the changing demands of one of the insurance industry’s fasting growing sectors. As a seasoned traveller and former expatriate, I have worked extensively across South East Asia, the Former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East, developing business operations with local and multi-national companies. This valuable experience has enabled a unique understanding not...
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