To Be or Not to Be (Vaccinated)? By Daniel Miller The "controversy" over whether to be vaccinated for measles is no controversy -- it derives from a completely discredited research hoax.
Hospitals Buy Practices, Raise Prices By Eric Bricker Hospitals are buying doctors' practices as part of a wide-scale consolidation, then adding huge charges to bills. You need to defend yourself.
Is This the Worst Policy Ever Issued? By Tim Worstall Worst policy ever? Letting life insurance policy holders allocate funds based on week-old information may cost Aviva a big piece of its business.
Stop Overpaying for Pharmaceuticals By John Bobik Studies show huge overpayments for pharmaceuticals, but claims administrators have simple ways to end the problem.
Reinventing Life Insurance By Jamie Yoder Anand Rao Reinventing life insurance is necessary to get the industry out of doldrums that have lasted for decades. A proven method is the "LITE" model.
Wellness War Is Over; Wellness Lost By Al Lewis Vik Khanna Actually, proponents surrendered in the wellness war, producing a report that debunks their own claims of return on investment.
Wellness Programs Save Money! By Al Lewis The author, a longtime critic of claims that corporate wellness programs deliver a return on investment, says he has reconsidered his position.
Hide and Seek With Healthcare Profits By Craig Lack To maintain healthcare profits, key players resist transformational change and use the power of political lobbying, fear and confusion.
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.