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iPMI Global Speaks with Michael Nole, Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing, World Travel Protection

iPMI Global Speaks with Michael Nole, Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing, World Travel Protection

In this exclusive iPMI Magazine interview, Christopher Knight, CEO, iPMI Magazine, met with Michael Nole, Executive Vice President Sales And Marketing At World Travel Protection. They discussed in detail the range of travel risk management services on offer from World Travel Protection, and how they provide vital support for business travellers and expats.

31-08-2022 iPMI Global

Interviews

iPMI Global Speaks with Janette Hiscock, CEO, UnitedHealthcare Global, Europe and UK

In this exclusive iPMI Global interview, Christopher Knight, CEO, iPMI Global, met with Janette Hiscock, CEO, UnitedHealthcare Global, Europe and UK. They discussed 2023 in detail and looked at the achievements of UnitedHealthcare Global over the past year.

08-01-2024 iPMI Global

International Private Medical Insurance

iPMI Insights

Black Friday with iPMI Global: Save on 2 Major Market Research Reports

International Health Insurance 2024: The Future of International Private Medical Insurance (iPMI) The 2024 iPMI report on the international private medical insurance (iPMI) market, authored by Ian Youngman. The report analyses iPMI market trends, including growth drivers like high-net-worth individuals and international students, and the impact of partnerships and technological advancements. It also profiles 177 countries, 85 insurance companies, and 49 brokers/MGAs. The report is available for purchase in full or modular formats, with discounts for advertisers and subscribers. Accompanying news...

29-11-2024 iPMI Global

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Global Factors Contributing to Rising International Private Medical Insurance Premiums

In this iPMI Global Insights article, iPMI analyst Christopher Knight reads Pacific Prime’s new iPMI report, which explores the global factors that are contributing to the rising cost of international private medical insurance. The report analyses trends in individual and family International Private Medical Insurance (IPMI) premiums across 100 locations, highlighting key global and regional factors influencing these costs.

12-11-2024 iPMI Global

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Analysing iPMI Premiums for Individual and Family Plans Across 100 Global Locations

Pacific Prime, a global health insurance brokerage and employee benefits specialist, has released its annual Cost of International Health Insurance (COHI) Report 2024, analyzing IPMI premiums for individual and family plans across 100 global locations.

12-11-2024 iPMI Global

Expatriate Healthcare Insurance News

Expat Employees in Middle East Call for Workplace Pension Schemes

A survey of 1,504 expatriate workers in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates has highlighted contrasting views on workplace benefits. While 84% of those surveyed cited the benefits offered by their employer as playing a role in their decision to move to the Gulf, there is widespread dissatisfaction with the region’s End of Service Gratuity (EoSG) system. These one-off severance payments, a common practice in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, are deemed insufficient for meeting retirement needs by 60%...

12-11-2024 iPMI Global

Country Guides

Everest Insurance International® Unveils New Health Insurance Partnership to Transform Employee Care in Singapore

Everest Insurance International has enhanced its growing Accident and Health (A&H) offerings with the launch of Innovator, an AI-driven international private medical insurance product that aims to redefine the standards of employee health coverage. The product is first available in Singapore and was developed in collaboration with DocDoc and AXA Life and Health Reinsurance Solutions.

10-11-2024 iPMI Global

Country Guides

Navigating the LATAM iPMI Market with Best Doctors Insurance

In the iPMI Global Regional article, we discover how Best Doctors Insurance can help expatriates, travellers and tourists navigate the healthcare systems in Latin America. We review the key themes and insights from an interview with Sheldon Kenton, CEO of Best Doctors Insurance, published by iPMI Global. The interview focuses on the company's position in the Latin American international private medical insurance (IPMI) market, highlighting its strategies, the challenges, and opportunities.

08-11-2024 iPMI Global

MixCare Health and Pacific Prime Team up to Revolutionise Health and Wellness Benefits in Hong Kong

MixCare Health, the emerging Hong Kong Insurtech, has partnered with international health insurance broker and employee benefits specialist Pacific Prime to revolutionise the delivery of health and wellness benefits for Hong Kong employers.

The agreement, which is the first of its kind in the Hong Kong market for Pacific Prime, will allow Pacific Prime’s 15,000 Hong Kong employee benefit customers to access MixCare’s AI-powered digital health and wellness platform, which provides access to more than 4,000 individual wellbeing services in Hong Kong.

The MixCare health and wellbeing ecosystem is integrated directly into Pacific Prime’s platform with convenient access through a Single Sign-On (SSO) login that eliminates the need for separate accounts. With USD $750 million premium under management, Pacific Prime is now the third largest employee benefits broker in the Asia Pacific after acquiring CXA Group’s brokerage arms in 2021.

By providing access to an unparalleled ecosystem of health and wellness services, MixCare helps corporates to improve employee engagement and retention, and drives better policyholder experience for insurers. In just three years, MixCare has grown to serve a potential audience of more than 115,000 end-users, including through major employers in Hong Kong as well as notable brokers and insurers.

Alex Wong, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of MixCare, said: “By partnering with brokers like Pacific Prime we are able to provide easy access to health and wellbeing services to a much bigger audience of talents. This agreement is another significant milestone in the delivery of our growth strategy and we are delighted to welcome Pacific Prime’s employee benefits clients to the platform.”

Victoria Yow, Head of Client Solutions – Health & Employee Benefits at Pacific Prime Hong Kong, said: “We’re delighted to partner with MixCare to further our mission of streamlining and improving the employee benefits experience for clients. This collaboration underscores Pacific Prime’s commitment to innovative technology solutions in employee benefits broking to drive value to our clients’ annual employee benefits spend. Combining our cutting-edge flexible benefits management platform with MixCare’s health and wellbeing ecosystem, we aim to play a key role in expanding choice and accessibility within the growing flexible benefits sector.”

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Welcome To iPMI Global

iPMI Global is the leading business intelligence provider for international private medical, health, travel and expatriate insurance markets worldwide. Due to the nomadic nature of the international private medical insurance (IPMI) market, iPMI Global is an internet based news service for worldwide insurance and medical assistance professionals who need to understand the impacts of insurance and healthcare policy, regulatory, and legislative developments.

Senior level business executives, in over 120 countries, rely on iPMI Global to stay 1 step ahead of the risk and on the inside track of international PMI.

Covering business travellers, high net worth individuals, expatriate and leisure travel markets, iPMI Global is the only international news source covering the most exciting sector of international health insurance: international private medical insurance.

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