The report ‘Healthcare in Emerging Markets: Exploring the Protection Gaps’ analyses the health protection gap as out-of-pocket spending that is financially stressful for households. The Geneva Association estimates the annual health protection gap in emerging markets at about USD 310 billion, or approximately 1% of these countries’ aggregate gross domestic product.
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Policymakers in emerging markets should harness private insurance as a means for an efficient transition to pre-funded healthcare schemes, says Kai-Uwe Schanz, Director Protection Gaps.
Current estimates don’t capture the costs of lack of access to medical services and the healthcare financial burden shifted from governments to households, says Kai-Uwe Schanz, Director Protection Gaps at The Geneva Association.
People in emerging markets are finding it difficult to fund their healthcare needs. Health protection gaps in emerging markets require flexible and creative responses from the private health insurance industry that address the needs of vulnerable people who have so far been denied suitable and affordable access to healthcare.
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「保険会社と保険契約者たちが力を合わせれば、とても大きなインパクトを与えることができる。」－東京海上ホールディングス 取締役社長 グループCEO 永野毅。（第45回年次総会にて）
Jad Ariss has been appointed Secretary General of The Geneva Association, effective 1 March 2019. Mr Ariss' distinguished and diverse career has included his most recent role as AXA Group Head of Public Affairs and Corporate Responsibility, as well as CEO of AXA Middle East & Africa, Group Head of Investor Relations, CEO of AXA Enterprises, and Deputy CEO of AXA France.
The Geneva Association, the leading international think tank of the insurance industry, announced today that its Secretary General, Anna Maria D’Hulster, has decided to resign from her position for personal reasons, effective from the end of February 2019.
