Category Archive For "Insurance"
Pacific Prime Insurance Survey 2017: Complete our questionnaire and get yourself a free report
Pacific Prime is excited to announce that it has just launched its 2017 insurance survey. The survey has been created with the goal of furthering the market’s understanding of consumer views and preferences around insurance. Your input will help us inform market players on just what consumers want, need, and value, hopefully ensuring that insurance …
What expats need to know about the Affordable Care Act
In our latest report on the cost of health insurance, we found that the US is the single most expensive location on earth for health insurance. One of the main reasons why the US is so costly is the fact that healthcare is so expensive, meaning that people essentially need health insurance if they plan …
Insurance tax in the UK increased: Does this affect you?
On March 16 the British government released their budget for the 2016 financial year, and as with many other years, there were a number of increases announced around the various taxes levied including insurance tax in the UK. While there are a number of important increases all citizens in Britain should be aware of, it …
Mental health and insurance
According to the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI), “One in four adults experiences mental illness in a given year. One in 17 − about 13.6 million − live with a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia, major depression or bipolar disorder.” With revealing numbers like this, it is clear to see that mental health …
Mosquito-Borne Diseases and Insurance
Recently, numerous diseases have been in the news in Asia. Of these, the most reported on all have one thing in common: They are transmitted by mosquitoes. From the scary new Zika virus that seems to be spreading to Asia rapidly from South America to the ever present Dengue fever, which appears to be on …
Battling high premiums
Health insurance premiums are almost always guaranteed to increase year-on-year. Some years, the inflation may be more than others and providers will have different premium increases from their competitors. Some years, the premium increase of your international health insurance plan can be drastic, making it feel like high premiums have made the plan not worth …
Is your doctor covered by your insurance plan?
Spend even a short amount of time looking for health insurance in Hong Kong and you will quickly find that there is a mind-boggling number of plans available. While to many, this choice is a good thing – you can find a plan that fits your needs perfectly – it can also be overwhelming if …
Transgender Health Care and Insurance
Across international news, we’ve been hearing the word ‘transgender’ a lot more. Some states in America are passing transgender bathroom bills to make public facilities more (or less) inclusive. The Amazon series Transparent picked up its first Golden Globe, and in March even Pope Francis set aside some time to meet with Diego Neria Lejárraga, …
Ebola Insurance: Are You Covered?
With no vaccination and no cure, Ebola is a disease you really don’t want to get. Unfortunately Ebola is also extremely transmissible, spreading from person to person through blood and bodily fluids, including sweat. Just touching an Ebola patient is enough to spread the disease – even if that patient is already dead. Add to …
Medical Tourism: What You Need to Know Before You Go
For the most part, travellers are trying to stay out of a hospital whilst they’re on holidays. But across the world there is an emerging class of voyagers crossing international borders with the sole purpose of obtaining affordable medical services which can range from dental work to liposuction. The proliferation of affordable air travel, skyrocketing …
