Insights and Knowledge Base

Insights and Knowledge Base

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How telehealth and virtual care can lower your school’s health insurance costs and increase faculty satisfaction

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Michael Pennington

During the recent COVID pandemic many people accessed healthcare over the telephone or online for the first time. The use of ...

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The Importance of an Annual Health Check-up After the Festive Season

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Michael Pennington

If you are the administrator of your school’s health insurance plan or in a leadership role at your school, now ...

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Don’t Get Spooked This Hallowe’en – In Health Insurance, the Devil is in the Contract Details

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Michael Pennington

“One World Cover demands the best from us insurers. Their focus is very much on correct benefits, correctly priced, correctly ...

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Find Your Broker Before Choosing Your Health Insurance Provider

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Michael Pennington

Any Other Way Puts the Cart Before the Horse No one has to tell you the cart goes behind the ...

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COVID-19 and Your China-based Health Insurance Plan – March 2022

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Michael Pennington

This page includes all the latest updates that we are sharing with our client base to help with the ongoing ...

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Balancing the Health Insurance Goals of CFOs and HR

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Michael Pennington

How to Create a Win-Win and Fewer Ups and Downs A seesaw goes up and down and that’s what makes ...

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International School Health Insurance Renewal Calendar

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Michael Pennington

Don’t Be Forced to Renew Because You Run Out of Time It feels like you just renewed your health insurance ...

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Find Your Broker Before Choosing Your Health Insurance Provider

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Michael Pennington

Any Other Way Puts the Cart Before the Horse No one has to tell you the cart goes behind the ...

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Who Owns Your Group Health Insurance Plan’s Claims Data and Why Should You Care?

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Michael Pennington

As health insurance claims data becomes more and more valuable, make sure you own yours.

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“Control Room” Insuretech Platform Brings Clarity to Health Insurance Data

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Michael Pennington

Nimble Health Insurance Broker Poised to Become a Major Disruptor You’ve heard the buzzwords for years. “Big Data,” “Algorithms,” “FinTech,” ...

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Health Insurance Headaches? The Right Broker Can Be Your Perfect Prescription

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Michael Pennington

Who really understands group health insurance? Your premiums go up every year and you can’t figure out why. The numbers ...

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Great Health Insurance is a Great Investment, Especially During a Global Pandemic

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Michael Pennington

Five ways to lower costs and raise staff satisfaction right now For international schools, health insurance for staff and faculty ...

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Building your company’s medical insurance plan

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Michael Pennington

Working with so many international group clients, we often get asked what is the ideal plan design. Unfortunately, there is ...

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Building a cost effective group health insurance solution

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Michael Pennington

Every year, I have no problem planning and budgeting for expenses such as the school’s utility bills, property and liability ...

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Debunking Common Myths of Health Insurance Plans

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Michael Pennington

When you think of health insurance, what comes to mind? It’s complicated. It’s difficult to understand. Insurers and insurance brokers ...

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Insurance: Ensure Your School is Covered

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Michael Pennington

Insurance is all about the transference of risk. At this time of heightened risk and abundance of misinformation circulating online, ...

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China: Does my Health Insurance Cover Coronavirus?

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Michael Pennington

Publish Date: February 11, 2020 Generally speaking insurers are increasing cover at this time, by waiving co-pays or removing deductibles. ...

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China: Current Telemedicine/Telehealth Services

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Michael Pennington

Publish Date: February 12, 2020 We have been putting together a list of clinics and hospitals that are offering remote/telephone-based/telemedicine ...

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China Licensed Group Pension Plan

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Michael Pennington

In China, the retention of key staff is extremely difficult – headhunting agencies and competitors are always seeking out the ...

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Building a sustainable schools’ medical insurance solution

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Michael Pennington

How it’s possible for international schools in Asia to implement more sustainable (and cheaper) medical insurance plans, by adding a ...