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"If You Always Got Treatment for Stiffness. .. 'Not Anymore': Popular Treatments to Be Excluded from Indemnity Health Insurance"
12+ hour, 42+ min ago (669+ words) Published 05 May. 2026 12: 00(KST) Updated 05 May. 2026 19: 40(KST) The coverage scope for non-severe non-reimbursable services (Special Clause 2), identified as a major cause of excessive medical use, will be significantly adjusted. Some items, such as manual therapy and other musculoskeletal physical therapies, extracorporeal…...
Airlines Hit Fuel Surcharge Ceiling. .. Turning to Oil Price Hedging and Flight Optimization to Cope
2+ week, 4+ day ago (455+ words) As the prolonged Middle East war continues to drive up oil prices, international fuel surcharges for Korean airlines in May have soared to record highs. .. Published 17 Apr. 2026 09: 31(KST) Paying an Extra 1. 13 Million Won for a Round Trip to New York…...
No Relief for Chinese Retail Investors as Yuan Strengthens and Losses Mount
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (383+ words) Published 28 Apr. 2026 15: 31(KST) As the yuan continues to strengthen, losses are mounting for Chinese individual investors who had invested in dollar-denominated assets in pursuit of high interest rates. For some investors, the losses from exchange rate declines have exceeded the…...
Prolonged Middle East War. .. International Flight Fuel Surcharge Hits Record High at Stage 33
2+ week, 5+ day ago (254+ words) Published 16 Apr. 2026 09: 51(KST) As the war in the Middle East drags on and high oil prices persist, the fuel surcharge for international flight tickets issued in May has risen to the highest level. According to the airline industry on April…...
GNNet Surpasses 20 Million Simplified Indemnity Insurance Claims
4+ week, 1+ day ago (253+ words) GNNet Surpasses 20 Million Simplified Indemnity Insurance Claims Published 06 Apr. 2026 10: 19(KST) 8. 74 Million Claims Processed in 2025 Alone GNNet, a provider of simplified claims services for indemnity insurance, announced on April 6 that the cumulative number of claims processed since the service launch in…...
Insurance Claims Said to Be Easier, but for Seniors It's a Maze-Like 'Adventure"
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (334+ words) Published 02 Apr. 2026 09: 28(KST) Updated 02 Apr. 2026 09: 33(KST) Insurers explain that these systems serve as mere supplementary tools and that people still oversee the entire process. They also emphasize the additional measures put in place for seniors, such as larger font sizes,…...
[AI Insurance, the Dark Side of Innovation]AI Reaches Insurance Claim Reviews. .. A Test for Consumer Protection
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (632+ words) Published 02 Apr. 2026 06: 30(KST) Expansion of Applications from OCR and NLP to Fraud Detection Office worker Mr. A recently had a frustrating experience after undergoing a non-reimbursable test (PP code) at an ophthalmology clinic in Seoul. While the insurance payout was…...
"Why Did My Pay Decrease?". .. April Health Insurance Adjustment Brings Mixed Fortunes for Salaried Workers
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (211+ words) Published 30 Mar. 2026 09: 02(KST) Updated 30 Mar. 2026 13: 42(KST) Salaried workers are expected to see mixed results in their April paychecks. As the results of the year-end settlement for health insurance premiums are reflected, some employees will face additional premiums, while others will…...
Hanwha General Insurance Adds Legal Products and Services to Core Women's Health Insurance
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (301+ words) Published 29 Mar. 2026 13: 00(KST) Hanwha General Insurance has further strengthened its competitiveness in the women's insurance market by acquiring exclusive usage rights for legal-related products and services. On March 29, Hanwha General Insurance announced that it has added newly developed legal coverage…...
Insurance Research Institute: "Future Profitability of Life Insurers Uncertain. .. Excessive Expansion of Protection-Type Insurance Should Be Avoided"
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (667+ words) Published 22 Mar. 2026 12: 00(KST) It has been diagnosed that the inflow of premium income in the life insurance industry has stagnated, and the ability to secure future profitability has become uncertain due to a decline in the capital adequacy ratio (K-ICS),…...