health insurance

November 20, 2020 – The demand for securing hybrid and digital events rose rapidly in the corona year. The specialty insurer Hiscox is recording significant growth in new business here. Hiscox manager Peter Pillath spoke to VersicherungsJournal about risks, coverage, the uncertainty factor technology, claims and prospects. For three years the Hiscox SA, branch for … Read more

November 20, 2020 – If an insured cannot conclusively prove that their building was damaged in a storm in accordance with the insurance conditions, their insurer is not obliged to pay. The Saarland Higher Regional Court ruled that on October 9, 2020 (5 U 61/19). One of the homeowners had taken out storm damage insurance … Read more

20.11.2020 The ING-Diba Austria branch recently offers one Credit protection for consumer loans, this in cooperation with the Axa. Credit protection is offered as an option in the course of the application for installment, home or car loans. In the application, no information on the state of health is required, explains the ING. Epidemics or … Read more

November 20, 2020 – Uniqa was able to keep premium income and pre-tax earnings practically constant in the first nine months compared to the same period of the previous year. The expense for insurance benefits has decreased and the underwriting result has doubled. The downside: persistently high costs and poor investment income. The first nine … Read more

November 17, 2020 – The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the insurance industry were the topic of the first day of the autumn meeting of the German Association of Actuaries. Among other things, government assistance with the business closure insurance was called for. The Covid-19 pandemic is expected according to the German Actuarial Association … Read more

11/10/2020 – After his old business interruption insurance was about to expire, a freelance advertising specialist took out new insurance through a multiple agent. He was not told that there was a waiting period. When he became seriously ill shortly afterwards, the insurer refused to pay. The ORF citizens’ attorney was mainly concerned with the … Read more

November 4, 2020 – The basic skills protection is an additional product for the protection of the workforce, which is taken out by a different customer group than the occupational disability insurance. This is what Klaus-Peter Klapper, Head of Product and Sales Marketing Biometrics at Stuttgart Life Insurance, says. In an interview, he explains his … Read more