Insurance Economics Newsletter No. 69

Health & Ageing Newsletter 31: Christophe Courbage introduces the content of the newsletter and touches in particular upon the forthcoming Health and Ageing Conference on emerging health risks, and the increasingly important role of insurance in helping society to become more resilient to health risks.

Health & Ageing Newsletter 31: Debbie Verbeek-Oudijk et al. describe the degree to which long-term care for people aged over 50 years living independently in the Netherlands differs from that in other European countries.

Health & Ageing Newsletter 31: Roland Sturm addresses the impact on behavioural health risks of wellness programmes that are developed among employer benefits in the U.S. and by health insurers in other countries.

Health & Ageing Newsletter 31: Amanda Glassman reviews the fundamental challenge for all health systems and insurers to allocate finite resources across the unlimited demand for health services.

Health & Ageing Newsletter 31: Tim Eppert offers an analysis of how critical illness insurance can be an adequate insurance product to fit the needs of an ageing population faced with the risk of being diagnosed with a severe disease.

Health & Ageing Newsletter 31: William Encinosa et al. examine whether Direct-to-Consumer advertising raises costs in health insurance markets or makes these markets more efficient in drug pricing.

Health & Ageing Newsletter 30: This article reviews the history of the private long-term care market and suggests a near-term solution to address this need.

Health & Ageing Newsletter 30: The authors take a look at the situation of the long-term care insurance market in Spain.

Health & Ageing Newsletter 30: Medicare beneficiaries generally have two choices under the Medicare programme...