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  1. (PDF) Impact of Covid-19 on Insurance: A Systematic Review

    Our report re views the profound impact of the current Covid-19 pandemic on an importa nt industry. like the insurance sector and how insurance firms have take n the pandemic to be an opportunity ...

  2. Trends in US Health Insurance Coverage During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    The COVID-19 pandemic has placed millions of workers at risk of uninsurance. The pandemic's onset was accompanied by an unprecedentedly large, swift decline in employment, with the unemployment rate peaking at 14.7% in April 2020 and steadily declining to 6.7% in December 2020.

  3. PDF Evaluating the Role of Insurance in Managing Risk of Future ...

    The COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be one of the most extensive and complex catastrophic risks the global economy has ever faced. This paper provides stakeholders with a practical framework, informed by the recent experience with COVID-19, for defining a meaningful role

  4. Health insurance coverage during the COVID‐19 pandemic: The role of

    Reemployment or acquiring employment was associated with a gain in health insurance coverage. During an economic downturn, eligibility, and coverage gaps leave many without affordable coverage options, and the pandemic will likely bring renewed attention to gaps in Medicaid coverage in nonexpansion states.

  5. Covid-19

    A Crisis in Public Health. The United States has 4% of the world's population but, as of July 16, approximately 26% of its Covid-19 cases and 24% of its Covid-19 deaths. 17 These startling ...

  6. Changes In Health Coverage During The COVID-19 Pandemic

    The COVID-19 pandemic had the potential to alter patterns of health insurance coverage in the US. Using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, we found increased stability of Medicaid cove...

  7. Health financing policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and implications

    The private insurance sector also had a role in protecting the population from the medical costs derived from COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 health services. This approach was observed in some countries whereby distinct lines between the government and private insurance sector were drawn, such as Germany, Thailand, and the USA.

  8. The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on insurance demand: the ...

    The COVID-19 has been a worldwide pandemic and it needs for studies related to effect on people's demand for insurance during the pandemic which is an important way to transfer risk. However, there is a lack of research linking COVID-19 and people's demand for insurance. The objective of this paper is to investigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on issuance demand, using data covering ...

  9. PDF The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Policy Responses on Excess

    1. INTRODUCTION. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented policy response from public health. officials and governments. As of September 16, 2021, approximately 4.7 million deaths. worldwide and 669,000 deaths in the United States were attributed to COVID-19 (Johns Hopkins. Coronavirus Resource Center 2022).

  10. PDF COVID-19 and the Workplace: Implications, Issues, and Insights for

    in the wake of COVID-19, including unemployment, mental illness, and addiction; and, (3) the importance of moderating factors (e.g., age, race and ethnicity, gender, personality, family status, and culture) for which there are likely to be disparate COVID-19 impacts.

  11. The risk of losing health insurance in the United States is large, and

    Health insurance coverage in the United States is highly uncertain. In the post-Affordable Care Act (ACA), pre-COVID United States, we estimate that while 12.5% of individuals under 65 are uninsured at a point in time, twice as many—one in four—are uninsured at some point over a 2-y period.

  12. Consumer preferences for health insurance, in the wake of covid-19

    This study concludes that health insurance providers needs to devise insurance policies incorporating the features of home health, telemedicine and income protection features. The existing users should be offered customization option due to covid-19 to prevent customer switch.

  13. Trends in US Health Insurance Coverage During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Key Points. Question How did health insurance coverage change during the COVID-19 pandemic?. Findings In this cross-sectional survey study of more than 1.2 million US adults, rates of employer-sponsored coverage declined and rates of other types of coverage increased after the pandemic began and throughout 2020. Rates of uninsurance increased, particularly during the spring and summer.

  14. Impact of health insurance coverage on health care utilization during

    Our study shows that the health insurance coverage had significant impact on utilization of healthcare services during COVID-19 pandemic. Further longitudinal research exploring the effect of different forms of health insurance for improving access and utilization of healthcare services can be undertaken.

  15. Unexpected Health Insurance Profits and the COVID-19 Crisis

    For example, the UnitedHealth Group's net income during the second quarter grew from $3.4 billion in 2019 to $6.7 billion in 2020 and Anthem Inc's net income increased from $1.1 billion to $2.3 billion. Under the law, insurers must return a large portion of these excess revenues back to individuals, families, and employers.

  16. The impact of COVID-19 on health and care workers:

    Key messages. Between January 2020 and May 2021, surveillance data reported to WHO showed 3.45 million deaths due to COVID-19. Of these only 6643 deaths were identified as being in health and care workers (HCWs), but this figure significantly under-reports the burden of mortality world-wide in this group.

  17. PDF Did Covid-19 Change Life Insurance Offerings? National Bureau of

    capacity in the health care system for non-COVID-19 issues, some of which certainly a ects younger and healthier groups. Almond (2006) shows long-lasting consequences from the 1918 in uenza pandemic. In addition, some of the precautions that individuals take against COVID-19 might also reduce the harm from other illnesses like in

  18. Identifying the impact of COVID-19 on health systems and lessons ...

    The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has triggered a public health and economic crisis in high and low resource settings since the beginning of 2020. With the first case being discovered on 12th March 2020, Kenya has responded by using health and non-health strategies to mitigate the direct and indirect impact of the disease on its population. However, this has had positive and negative ...

  19. PDF COVID-19: Impact on the Indian insurance industry

    e averse to locking their money for long periods.PwC's COVID-19 CFO Pulse Survey (May 2020) shows that 51% of CFOs across sectors expect a decreas. in revenue of up to 25% as a result of COVID-19. With respect to the potential impact on their company's revenue and/or profits this year, around 31.7% of the respondents acro.

  20. The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on India's Health Insurance ...

    Unlike a cataclysmic disaster, the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that global economic and financial activity are inextricably linked. Insurance claims and financial operations have experienced extreme growth in the life and non-life industries, which has put tremendous strain on the sector. Averting pandemic risk has failed miserably in the past.

  21. How Insurance Consumers Are Responding to Covid-19

    Consumers' responses to Covid-19, on top of longer-term trends, suggest how insurers should concentrate investment and resources to reduce churn of existing customers and attract new ones: Tailor the offering. All-inclusive, high-priced products have become obsolete. Effective tailoring includes products designed for specific customer ...

  22. PDF The Impact of Covid-19 on Student Experiences and Expectations ...

    Importantly, we nd that the disparate economic and health impacts of COVID-19 can explain 40% of the delayed graduation gap (as well as a substantial part of the gap for other outcomes) between lower- and higher-income students. To our knowledge, this is the rst paper to shed light on the e ects of COVID-19 on college students' experiences.

  23. Influences on COVID-19 vaccine Decision-Making: A Qualitative Study

    Christian Goes Ahead-Lopez (she/her) is the Indigenous Research Coordinator at All Nations Health Center in Missoula, MT.She is an enrolled member of the Apsáalooke tribe of Southeastern Montana. Christian holds a Bachelor of Science in Health Administration and a Master of Science in Health Administration at Montana State University-Billings focusing on Indigenous health equity.

  24. Comparing virtual reality vs. augmented reality in promoting COVID-19

    Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) are innovative technologies that can be employed as effective tools for creating health interventions by altering psychological distance. 3 VR immerses users in artificially created digital environment and provides simulated sensory information that makes the environment seem real to the user. 4 AR augments the physical world by projecting and ...