To Focus On Healthcare, Cigna To Sell Life Insurance Business To Chubb For $5.75 Billion
Cigna is selling its life, accident and supplemental benefits businesses to Chubb for $5.75 billion to focus on its healthcare business. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - October 8, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Japsen, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Enterprise Tech /enterprise-tech business pharma Source Type: news

The risk of birth: life insurance for enslaved pregnant women in fifteenth-century Genoa - Barker H.
Why did fifteenth-century Genoese slaveholders insure the lives of enslaved pregnant women? I argue that their assessment of the risks associated with childbirth reflected their views on the connection between slavery, property, and lineage. Genoese slaveh... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 21, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Alex Murdaugh, lawyer who allegedly botched $10 million life insurance scheme, to turn himself in
Authorities say the shooting was part of a $10 million life insurance scheme the attorney cooked up, but the bullet only grazed his head. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 16, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

South Carolina lawyer who allegedly botched $10 million life insurance scheme to turn himself in to authorities
Authorities say the shooting was part of a $10 million life insurance scheme the attorney cooked up, but the bullet only grazed his head. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 16, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The freelancing boom may change how you buy life insurance
As Generation Z and millennial workers challenge the concept of a traditional career, the role of workplace group life insurance is likely to change. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - September 15, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: news

South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh had man shoot him in $10M life insurance scheme, police say
Alex Murdaugh allegedly had a man shoot him in an attempted life insurance payout scheme worth $10 million, authorities say. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 15, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Alex Murdaugh shooting: South Carolina police say attack on lawyer was botched hit in life insurance plot
South Carolina police have arrested a man who allegedly conspired with Alex Murdaugh, a high-profile attorney whose wife and son were... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 15, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Truveta welcomes new health system members and raises $95M; YuLife scores $70M to transform life insurance and more digital health fundings
Also: Entos works to improve drug development after closing its Series A round and Castor plans to build out its decentralized clinical trial platform with a $45 million investment.     (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - July 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Q & A with a startup CEO looking to disrupt life insurance
With the company ’s Predictive Protection technology, the life insurance policies are designed to adapt over time based on changes in a person’s life, so that consumers aren’t overpaying for insurance. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - July 12, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Emma Campbell Source Type: news

One of Ohio ’s largest health insurance firms names new Cincinnati VP
Medical Mutual of Ohio, a Cleveland-based health and life insurance company, has added to its leadership team in the Greater Cincinnati region. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - April 1, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Liz Engel Source Type: news

Will Covid-19 Vaccination Disqualify You From Life Insurance? Here Are The Claims
Posts on social media platforms like Twitter are claiming that Covid-19 vaccines are "experimental" and that status can affect your life insurance coverage. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - March 13, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Social Media /social-media business pharma Source Type: news

News: A Better Option than Disability and Life Insurance
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Source: Emergency Medicine News - March 1, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: News Source Type: news

Cigna Completes $6.3B Sale Of Non-Medical Insurance Unit To New York Life
Cigna completed the sale its group life and disability insurance unit to New York Life Insurance for $6.3 billion in a move to focus on its healthcare businesses. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - December 31, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Japsen, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma Source Type: news

AIA forms exclusive APAC partnership with Holmusk
AIA, the largest public listed pan-Asian life insurance group announced earlier this month that they are forming an exclusive Asia-Pacific (APAC) partnership with data science and healthcare technology company Holmusk.   (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - August 17, 2020 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Africa: I'm HIV+, but Can I Still Take Out Life Insurance?
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] HIV status is protected in Britain by the Equality Act, so insurers should be non-discriminatory (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - July 30, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news