Global health service company Cigna and TTK Group, the Indian conglomerate, recently announced that they have signed a joint-venture agreement to sell a range of health, wellness and insurance products across India, making Cigna the first US insurer to apply for entry into India as part of a stand-alone joint venture health insurance company.
CIGNA International Expatriate Benefits (CIEB) is now providing health, wellness and benefits podcasts in English, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Spanish and Swiss-German for individuals on international assignments and business travellers, which are available from the company’s website. “We’ve seen the needs of multinational businesses and their globally mobile employees continually change and grow during CIGNA’s 30 years … in the expatriate benefits business,” said Ken Vaughan, senior vice president of global sales, client management and marketing at CIEB. He continued: “While some may say that the language of our business is English, we argue that the language of healthcare is universal. As with all of our services, our multilingual podcasts are designed to help address our customers’ needs, regardless of their home country or where they do business.”
In related news, CIEB has announced that it is seeking a head of global marketing to spearhead the initiative undertaken by the company to offer individual private medical insurance to customers around the world.
CIGNA Corporation, meanwhile, has reported its results for the first quarter of 2010 – adjusted income from operations for the first quarter was US$281 million, compared to $188 million for the same period last year. David Cordani, chief executive officer of the corporation, commented on the results: “Our first quarter 2010 results reflect strong earnings contribution from our ongoing operations, and demonstrate the overall strength of our diversified global health service businesses. These results represent meaningful progress towards achieving our 2010 goals as we effectively execute on our growth strategy.”
International healthcare insurer Swiss Life has launched a new global group employee benefits product, which covers the health and protection sectors for expatriates.
Following the announcement in April’s ITIJ that ALC Health had signed an agreement with HTH Worldwide to launch ALC World, the system has now gone live and is accessible to ALC members via the new website
Treatment Abroad, an online health information guide for UK-based medical tourism, has partnered with foreign exchange specialists HiFX to enable medical tourists to get the best possible exchanges rates and save money when paying for treatment overseas
The Singapore Tourism Board (STB), in collaboration with MedicaView International, Inc, has announced the launch of a new website offering information on Singapore as a destination for medical tourism travellers.
Independent national life insurance advisory company illnessPROTECTION.com Inc. has proclaimed the launch of ELITE US Healthcare insurance, which aims to provide Canadians with no wait access to medical centres of excellence within the US.
Global health service company Cigna and TTK Group, the Indian conglomerate, recently announced that they have signed a joint-venture agreement to sell a range of health, wellness and insurance products across India, making Cigna the first US insurer to apply for entry into India as part of a stand-alone joint venture health insurance company.
CIGNA International Expatriate Benefits (CIEB) is now providing health, wellness and benefits podcasts in English, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Spanish and Swiss-German for individuals on international assignments and business travellers, which are available from the company’s website. “We’ve seen the needs of multinational businesses and their globally mobile employees continually change and grow during CIGNA’s 30 years … in the expatriate benefits business,” said Ken Vaughan, senior vice president of global sales, client management and marketing at CIEB. He continued: “While some may say that the language of our business is English, we argue that the language of healthcare is universal. As with all of our services, our multilingual podcasts are designed to help address our customers’ needs, regardless of their home country or where they do business.”