Whether for the season’s latest couture, that fancy dinner or more significant bills such as our children’s school tuition, plastic cards are popping out of our wallets three times more …
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In February, thieves stole $45 million from thousands of ATMs worldwide in a matter of hours. In New York City alone, 2,904 machines were hacked, yielding $2.4 million. According to …
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Whether the title is general manager or chief executive, or the role is niche player or regional rover, the best way to dress for survival as an insurance company in …
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Insurance often does not have the most sterling of reputations as a career or a mindset — even among insurance professionals. When an up-market British insurance broker last February wrote …
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When economic times are tough for Lebanese companies, insurers get singed. Less international trade means fewer cargo insurance contracts. Less hiring means fewer premiums invested in employee needs. Fewer overland …
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Operating a high-end diagnostic center in Lebanon may be life saving, commendable and personally rewarding, but the financial returns are unlikely to match those from a plastic surgery outfit. Imbalances …
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The venture was conceived to solve a problem of medical claims management for several Lebanese insurers in 1991, right after the country’s civil war ended. Today, GlobeMed Group has 800 …
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Dr. Roger Sfeir is one of Lebanon’s leading cardiovascular surgeons and has been a key advisor on national healthcare reforms. International bodies such as the World Bank and United Nations …
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Twenty-one-year-old Peter Dagher has a rare type of leukemia, a form of blood cancer, and he needs a donor of hematopoietic stem cells (often referred to as bone marrow) for …
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The phrase “medical tourism in Lebanon” conjures for many the idea of visitors from the Gulf sitting in cafés and waiting for nose jobs. In reality, plastic surgery makes up …