The £1.6bn spent by new Bupa CEO Stuart Fletcher are paying off with 2014 sales ahead 15% at constant exchange rates at £9.8bn in 2014. We talk to him about PMI, deals with hospitals and future plans.
In just six years India has enrolled 110m people on its revolutionary national health insurance scheme. RSBY (Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana) grants $550 worth of care to a family of five each year. The private sector is involved in both service delivery and insurance opening up a huge market.
This week we spoke to Irish sources about US insurance giant AIG’s takeover of Irish health insurer Laya. Laya is Ireland’s second biggest PMI group and a strategic buy for AIG, which will use Laya’s customer base to cross sell other insurance products.
Ireland’s private medical insurance market has been given a boost by international insurer AIG taking over Laya, the second biggest Irish health insurer, formerly owned by Bupa. Meanwhile, the government is to introduce a law which will encourage the young to take out PMI.
Brazil’s healthcare system is fragmented, inefficient and underfunded. Still, this is Latin America’s largest private healthcare market and is consolidating fast. What are the characteristics of the Brazilian healthcare system? Here we look at the structure of the market and segments such as health insurance, acute care and diagnostics.
No one can rival Cercone’s expertise running and consulting on private healthcare service groups across the Developing World. In this wide ranging interview, we look at insurance trends, how hospital and diagnostic chains are growing and what the combination of information transparency and international hospital chains will look like in a few years time.
Private Medical Insurers (PMIs) in South Africa say they don’t fear the introduction of a National Health Insurance policy. They don’t think the government is likely to restrict private insurance to top-up cover, over and above a new public insurance scheme. Healthcare Nova spoke to two of South Africa’s biggest insurers: Dr Jonny Broomberg, CEO of Discovery Health, and Heyn van Rooyen, Principal Officer for Medihelp.
Innovative technology and business models are necessary to succeed in Africa according to KPMG’s head of healthcare in the continent. Dr Anuschka Coovadia says universal health insurance will create stable markets where before there was only need.
International Medical Group (IMG) is the biggest provider of private healthcare in Uganda offering primary, secondary and tertiary care through its international hospital in Kampala and network of clinics, as well as medical insurance. We spoke to founder and CEO, Dr Ian Clarke about the group and issues of staff retention in the developing world.
The governments of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are shedding their welfare-state approach to healthcare funding and moving towards a market-driven approach. We talk to Daniel Whitehead, Director of Medical Strategy at Abu Dhabi’s national health insurer Daman about the impact of mandatory health insurance (MHI).
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