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New Cancer Diagnostics - A Threat to Critical Illness Cover?
By Karin Brendel August 28, 2017English Deutsch
A consensus among medical experts is that histopathology will lose its importance in selecting appropriate cancer treatment, and eventually diagnosis, over the course of the next 15 years. During this time, liquid biopsy techniques targeted at finding...
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How Changes in Neurological Disorder Treatments Can Affect Claims
By Dr. Chris Ball July 20, 2017English
Brain disorders contribute significantly to disability figures throughout the world, adding more Disability-Adjusted Life Years than HIV or ischaemic heart disease. Many of these disorders have a young age of onset leading to long periods of disability...
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Insurers Shouldn’t Stigmatize Epilepsy
By Anke Siebers February 13, 2017English Deutsch
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that can affect people of all ages. According to the WHO, some 50 million people around the world have epilepsy and an estimated 2.4 million new diagnoses are made each year. The condition has significant implications...
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Breast Cancer in Asia – A Look at the Incidence Rates and Trends
By Dr. Himanshu Bhatia November 28, 2016English
Almost one in four cases of female breast cancer diagnoses around the world are in the Asia-Pacific region – the highest proportion of new cases in China (46%), Japan (14%) and Indonesia (12%). The global total of new cancer cases is projected...
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Morbidity Gap in Hong Kong – Are Insureds Well-Covered?
By Orchis Li October 09, 2016English
The fundamental aim of lump sum Dread Disease insurance is to help meet the costs associated with the treatment of a critical illness such as a heart attack or cancer. The claims money may also enable the policyholder to take time off work whilst recovering,...
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Zika and the Olympics - Should Insurers Still be Concerned? [Presentation]
By Tim Eppert August 01, 2016English
In the weeks leading up to the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, a few athletes announced they would forgo the games for fear of contracting the Zika virus in Brazil. There’s a good chance athletes aren’t the only ones avoiding traveling to South...
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