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PwC’s Scale | InsurTech Programme Alumni, Artesian Solutions, Announces Strong Year End Finish with 59% Revenue Growth in the Insurance Sector

17th May 2021: Artesian Solutions, a PwC Scale | InsurTech Programme alumni has today announced revenue growth of 59% in the insurance sector. Artesian also credits the InsurTech scale-up programme, which provided a valuable coaching framework to help it expand and grow, as playing a part in this success. Following an extensive selection process, 2019’s… Read More »

Covid-Inspired Montana Health Insurance Proposal Wouldn’t Kick In for 2 Years

For employees of small businesses in Montana suddenly laid off during the covid-19 pandemic, maintaining health insurance coverage could be a struggle. Employers with 20 or more workers offer a bridge insurance program made possible by a federal law known as the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, or COBRA. The law allows people who have… Read More »

In the Past Ten Years, Workers’ Health Insurance Premiums Have Grown Much Faster Than Wages

For a worker in the U.S. who benefits from health insurance at the workplace, the annual family premium will average $ 21,342 this year, according to the 2020 Employer Health Benefits Survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation. The first chart illustrates the growth of the premium shares split by employer and employee contributions. Over ten… Read More »

Health Insurance Needs to Grow Up

By KIM BELLARD I’ve been covered by private insurance my entire life.  Even more telling, I worked in the health insurance industry for — gasp! — some thirty years.  It’s not just paid for my healthcare, it’s financed my life. Today, though, for the first time in my life, I’m covered by public insurance —… Read More »

Appeals court upholds sale of short-term limited duration insurance plans 

In a win for the Trump Administration, an appeals court on Friday ruled that the sale of plans that don’t comply with the Affordable Care Act can continue. In the 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said the sale of short-term limited duration insurance plans is neither contrary… Read More »