Telecom giant Telenor launches a digital health service for emerging markets

There’s a new company entering the mobile healthcare space in Asia, and it is perhaps an unlikely name. That’s because telecom giant Telenor has launched Tonic, a service that provides basic medical information as well as more sophisticated services.

Tonic has launched first in Bangladesh via Telenor-owned Grameenphone, the country’s largest operator with over 57 million customers.

Bangladesh is the world’s eighth largest country with a population of 168 million people, yet there are just 0.4 doctors per 1,000 people and the World Health Organization estimates that 60 percent of national healthcare spend is not covered by insurance. Continue reading

Re-Imagining InsuranceTech

Insurance, The Blockchain, and The Sharing Economy: Re-Imagining InsuranceTech with P2P Social Insurance Networks on the Blockchain.

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness – not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way

Charlie Chaplin, the Great Dictator


Insurance Origins

“Friendly Societies” or “Collaborative Communities” was the original model of the insurance business. However, the modern problems associated with the insurance business can be somewhat attributed to corporate centralization, state controls, and constructive policy decisions. Continue reading

Motivation at Work: insurance and banking are behind

Ernst & Young has recently published a very interesting report about job satisfaction and enjoyment in Swiss business branches (private and government).

It is interesting to see that among many industries people are far less happy and enjoy their work in the sectors of insurance and banking, few leading categories in Switzerland, where evergreen Pharma and raising Biotech are at the top.

We are wondering why is that so. Maybe it is also another indirect sign that the industry is expecting a big change in nearest future?

Work satisfaction report. EY 2016

Read full report at EY website. Make your life easier with online claims management solution today and register at unadox.com

Partnership with Intersys, reputable Swiss integrator

unadox is proud to announce a partnership with reputable Swiss integrator – Intersys AG.

With a deep expertise covering the complete software lifecycle for its clients, Intersys inc. provides services in consulting, requirements engineering, software design and development of customer specific solutions, system integration as well as test management.

unadox and Intersys AG will be working particularly in (health) insurance domain and online claims management, providing best integration, testing and support services for their clients.

Read more news in Intersys’ latest news magazine available online in English or German.

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Die Prognosen für das Schweizer Wirtschaftswachstum für 2016

Positive prognoses by different organisations for year 2016 look very promising and inspiring.

Credit Suisse expects new year to be only 0.25% better than 2015, but all the others, including UN, EU Commission, are a bit more positive by 1% or more.

infografik, prognosen zum wachstum des bruttoinlandsprodukts in der schweiz 2016

We at unadox wish you all of the success for new year 2016!

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