Life & Health

There is no bigger contributor to 20 years of wage stagnation and decline than hospital profiteering. Transparency is needed--and inevitable.

The same old methods of managing closed blocks will lead to the same old results for life insurers. But technology has leapt ahead.

Healthcare underwriting can be improved by using technology and expert analysis to enhance clinical member data.

An AI technique called group analysis, used to detect e-commerce fraud, holds great promise for catching fraud rings sooner rather than later.

Insurers need not panic. The coronavirus pattern of broad-spectrum severity, with deaths mainly in sickly individuals, is akin to most flu outbreaks.

While insurance premiums soared 288% over 20 years, even as deductibles soared, the official rate of healthcare inflation was 107%. Hmm.

To ensure that people have all the life insurance they need requires insurers to better express the urgency of financial safety.

Lack of trust in institutions and declining policy sales are forcing insurers to redefine their value propositions to stay relevant.