Is 'Connected Health' for Real? By Andrea Silvello A reduction in loss ratio of around 50% seems to be achievable through consistent and intelligent implementation of "connected health."
A Road Map for Health Insurance By Tony Steuer With "repeal and replace" looking less and less likely for Obamacare, here is a long list of ways it can be repaired and improved.
Healthcare Debate Misses Key Point By Hugh Carter Donahue As Congress considers another healthcare bill, the conversation continues to be about insurance, even though a form of reinsurance is the answer.
'Single-Payer': the Wrong Debate By Dan Munro "Single-pricing" is the real issue. In other words, we're having the wrong debate, creating a huge distraction.
Fitbit's Impossible Claims on Wellness By Al Lewis Among the mathematical issues, Fitbit cannot reduce healthcare costs by 46%. Taking a certain number of steps just isn't that important.
Don’t Lower Number on Medicaid.... By Norbert Goldfield What if, instead, we looked for innovative ways to reduce the cost of the Medicaid program per customer? Those ways exist.
Walmart on Health: Congress, Take Note By Leah Binder Away from the noise in Washington, there’s a quiet movement among employers to improve healthcare and lower costs, and it’s making progress.
Are Patients Ready to Take Control? By Michael Levin Consumers still don't seem to understand how to manage healthcare and its costs -- but, increasingly, there's an app for that.
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.