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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
Zero. "We helped with matters related to reopening, such as tracking down pro bono legal assistance on critical insurance and real-estate issues," she says. "We also brought in top experts from the restaurant industry to give advice."... View Details
- 25 Aug 2015
- News
Sunset in the East?
markets? —Timothy O'Sullivan (MBA 2001) KIRBY: I agree completely. The challenge is huge, however, since good health care (anywhere) is costly, and at present it is largely only available in quality in larger cities. The basic insurance... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
The Billion-Dollar Question
places that he said were "logistically hard and time-consuming." Few people in the world are as able as HBS grads to take a sabbatical: We are blessed with high incomes, fat savings (you do save, right?), and the ultimate career insurance... View Details
- 25 Sep 2009
- News
Are You Being Served?
Recently, I successfully appealed and overturned a ruling handed down against me by the State of Massachusetts. After being found at fault for a minor, non-injury traffic accident, I challenged the decision, hoping to reverse it and prevent an increase in my View Details
- 19 May 2022
- News
Leading to Salvation
was such a nice person. People would come in and say, Mr. Estes, my mama just died and I don’t know what to do. We don’t have no insurance and we don’t have no graves or anything like that. In the area that we’re in, it’s poverty. And my... View Details
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
population is increasing faster than any other nation in history, while its birthrate is shrinking. That double whammy is reducing both the workforce to care for the elderly and the tax base to support its universal health insurance... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
An Economy Undermined
Reg Q was a capital control instituted during the New Deal to keep banks from raising the rates they paid savers and then chasing risky investments for a big payoff — all with federally insured funds. To get around Reg Q’s focus on U.S.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Research Brief: Developing High-Tech Talent
occupations, such as computer support specialists, insurance underwriters, and customer service representatives. Fuller also contends that American companies should consider learning from their European counterparts, which provide... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
Creating tools to help patients be better informed about costs
Kyle Schultz (MBA 2004) works with a software company that is developing ways to notify patients about the costs of their health care procedures and the ways insurance can be applied. (Published November 2014) View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
tenure, the 9/11 terrorist attacks shook the nation, and the company, to its core. GE was connected to nearly every part of the tragedy—GE-financed planes powered by GE-manufactured engines had just destroyed real estate that was insured... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Funny Business
started doing stand-up gigs at age 9, had an aha moment: She liked reading scripts. But she wanted to be the one writing them. “It was like I had been building up insurance for this very risky jump into a career that I wasn’t sure would... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Forecasting ’15
once it is in there, it is my belief that it will give back to the health care system. Patients, doctors, hospitals, government, insurance companies, and researchers will all make better decisions in health care with better information.”... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Case Study: Your Data, Your Health
with the potential to help the most people. —Rene Robichaud (MBA 1984) I suggest that you target the applications that will most likely impact insurers. If insurers see the value in it, they will certainly patronize it, and that will give... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
revolutionizing everything from online payments and wealth management to cybersecurity and insurance through digital technologies as diverse as blockchain and artificial intelligence. Despite being the world’s financial capital and home... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
New Jakurski Chair Supports Research in Global Finance
topics in international finance, including securitization of insurance risks (particularly those linked to catastrophes), risk management for corporations and financial institutions, and asset allocation for investors. He is a founding... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Vision: Into the Breach
data, and pay for any loss of business you’ve had,” says Itskovich. Half of the startup’s 180 employees work in areas like security research and data science, while the rest handle traditional insurance activities such as underwriting and... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues
practiced; what it means to be a “health care provider” needs to expand to include caregivers without advanced clinical degrees; and the United States needs a new health insurance model. Huckman concludes, “It is critical to start... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Saving Grace
or cease to exist,” she says. Some people aren’t even aware that they’ve been auto-enrolled, according to the Association of British Insurers and the Pensions Policy Institute, which recently found 1.6 million unclaimed pension funds,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
the service. But that’s not going to happen because the largest investors in bonds — banks, insurance companies, and mutual funds — aren’t willing to pay because they think they do a much better job than the rating agencies. What I... View Details
- 21 Nov 2024
- News
Mother Nurture
that women were suffering from anxiety, depression, and birth trauma,” notes Keshani. “We weren’t able to clinically treat them with our original MVP, and it wasn’t covered by insurance. So many women need these resources, but the services have to be affordable. Being... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley