23 Questions on the Use of Narcotics By Mark Pew At some point, the evidence of death and destruction from our prescription drug abuse epidemic will overwhelm the lobbyists.
What New Delhi’s Free Clinics Can Teach U.S. By Vivek Wadhwa The Swasthya Slate, costing just $600 and no bigger than a cake tin, performs 33 common medical tests and can be operated with minimal training.
6 Limitations of Big Data in Healthcare By Tom Emerick David Toomey No. 5: Miscoding can render analysis meaningless -- one company didn't know it was paying for 25 organ transplants a year.
BPO for Life & Annuity Market By Paul Livak Bruce Brodie Paul Frank Growth is hard enough in today’s market; it’s harder when your back-office holds you back. Business process outsourcing (BPO) can help.
Why Healthcare Costs Bleed Firms Dry By David Berg Many employers are rising up about soaring healthcare costs. The secret is to write your own checks for your employees' healthcare.
Bringing Clarity to Life Insurance By Brian Fechtel Now, financial planners and agents who have been unsatisfied by non-transparent insurance products can apply an analytical structure.
Why Healthcare Costs Soar (Part 6) By Tom Emerick David Toomey A fundamental problem: 8% of employees represent 80% of healthcare costs -- and the 8% changes every 12 to 18 months.
When a Penalty Is Not a Penalty By Alan Katz The ACA creates a penalty for not purchasing health insurance -- but do the math. It's not really a penalty.
The Promise of Continuous Underwriting By Bill Deemer Bobby Touran Typically, a risk is underwritten, bound... and forgotten. But new streams of data and automation allow for continuous underwriting.
Convergence and the Insurance Ecosystem By Stephen Applebaum Alan Demers Companies must anticipate the future, innovate beyond their core and transform their capabilities as rapidly as technology allows.
Lemonade's 'Synthetic Agent' Nonsense By Matteo Carbone Desperate for growth, Lemonade produces another howler: A lender receiving a 16% interest rate is presented as a (synthetic) agent.
Auto Insurance in an Existential Crisis By Stephen Applebaum Alan Demers The 125-year-old, $300 billion U.S. auto insurance industry is caught between runaway inflation and strained consumer wallets.