Our Perspective

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  Social Media Discovery: A Necessity for the Claims Toolbox

  By John Butler |March 20, 2019|English

  Not surprisingly, the amounts of personal information shared on social networking sites continues to rise. We first wrote about this trend, and its implications for insurers, back in 2011.1 Claim professionals, and the data mining experts they engage,...

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  Seniors in the Workforce

  By Jean-Marc Fix |March 06, 2019|English

  The bane of the writer is the trite cliché, and yet I cannot avoid the temptation: “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” strongly comes to my mind as I think about seniors in the workforce. As boomers, we are almost certainly...

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  Predictive Modeling Capability - No Longer an Analytics “Gold Standard”

  By Upendra Belhe |February 20, 2019|English

  As a company leader, you no doubt value predictive models as an important asset or aspiration for your company. Many insurers have developed predictive models already, perhaps for underwriting, pricing and/or claims. They know it’s a competitive...

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  Alzheimer’s - Is Early Detection Becoming a Reality?

  By Sabrina Link |February 14, 2019|English

  For a long time, Alzheimer’s could only be definitively diagnosed after a patient’s death based on neuropathological findings in the brain. Positron emission tomography (PET) scanning and spinal fluid technologies can improve on purely clinical...

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  Office Romance and Sexual Harassment - Knowing the Difference

  By Mindy Pollack |February 14, 2019|English

  Is the #MeToo movement influencing workplace behaviors? Sexual Harassment charges filed with the EEOC are up 13.6% in the past year, even as overall employee charges are trending downward.1 More than one in four workers say that recent allegations...

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  Electronic Health Records in Germany - An Answer To All Health Questions?

  By Annika Tiedemann |February 12, 2019|English | Deutsch

  The German Appointment Service and Supply Act, which comes into effect in early 2019, requires health funds to offer policyholders electronic health records (EHRs) by 1 January 2021 at the latest. Although large sections of the act’s wording are...

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