Travel insurance is constantly adapting to meet the needs of leisure and business travellers, with cover for terror-related events an ongoing priority.
Features
The feature articles in ITIJ are an integral part of the publication, allowing us to place a special focus on issues and trends affecting the global travel and health insurance industry. Whether an extended article analysing a key topic in the news, a ‘Profile’ interview with a leading industry representative, or an in-depth look at a pertinent subject area, ITIJ’s ‘features’ provide unique industry insights and offer readers a chance to keep up-to-date with the latest thinking on the most important issues.
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ITIJ 211, August 2018
Infectious diseases pose a real threat to travellers worldwide. What role do individual travellers, insurers and healthcare organisations play in preventing their spread?
ITIJ features
ITIJ 211, August 2018
With more older travellers seeking adventure ensuring access to appropriate cover is an important aspect of the insurance industry’s role.
News analysis
ITIJ 211, August 2018
Mark Parrish, Regional Medical Director at International SOS, and James Wood, Security Expert at International SOS and Control Risks, map out the road to a safe and secure mobile workforce
The world is shrinking.
Op Ed
Tatum Anderson explores healthcare and health insurance in India, where a growing need for high-quality medical care has prompted the growth of private enterprises.
India is predicted to become the most populous country on the planet in the next decade, and is an emerging economic powerhouse that is witnessing rising prosperity and a rapid growing middle-class population (estimated to increase by seven per cent for the five-year period 2016-21). Not surprisingly, there is growing demand for high-quality medical care.
ITIJ 210, July 2018
The travel insurance industry can utilise tech to improve consumer knowledge and drive take up, writes Mark Colonnese, Director of Aquarium Software.
Op Ed
Tatum Anderson explores the difficulty of accessing renal services abroad and investigates the largest problem: cost.
ITIJ 210, July 2018
Continuing concern about ever-increasing healthcare bills in the US has focused attention on the importance of crafting precise policy terms and conditions that, while meeting the needs and expectations of foreign travellers, build in a brake on costs for assistance operators and insurers.
ITIJ features
Security experts warn that more major cyber attacks like the WannaCry ransomware attack of May 2017 are inevitable. How will hospitals be affected and what steps must they take to protect themselves and their patients? Robin Gauldie investigates
ITIJ 209, June 2018
Paula Covey, Chief Marketing Officer for Health at Allianz Partners, talks to ITIJ about her career, technological innovation, and the challenges of 21st Century healthcare provision
How did you first get started in the international health insurance industry, and how did you come to be where you are now?
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The feature articles in ITIJ are an integral part of the publication, allowing us to place a special focus on issues and trends affecting the global travel and health insurance industry. Whether an extended article analysing a key topic in the news, a ‘Profile’ interview with a leading industry representative, or an in-depth look at a pertinent subject area, ITIJ’s ‘features’ provide unique industry insights and offer readers a chance to keep up-to-date with the latest thinking on the most important issues.
