Category Archive For "Insurance"
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 …
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 …
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, …
6 of the Strangest Insurance Policies Ever (and 10 extras)
If you thought Jennifer Lopez insuring her gluteus maximus for over one billion dollars was weird, then you are in for a handful of surprises… The insurance industry is likely thought of as traditional, stern, and commercialized, which is fair enough, judging by the aspects of risk that it deals with. However, this is not …
