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Developed countries from the West are not the only ones who are upgrading their systems against insurance theft. With the widespread of technology and the integration of new knowledge and computer geniuses, even those living in the suburbs of Africa now has their own system to secure their data and confidential information. Axis Capital, with group of insurance and reinsurance companies in Bermuda, Australia, United Kingdom, Singapore and in over ten states in the US, is one of the many companies reported to first integrate a more tighter security system in the start of 2015 in the Asia-Pacific. Data theft and fraud are fast becoming key issues for regulators and law enforcement across Asia-Pacific, as elsewhere. Insurers are paying close attention to the new data privacy rules being drafted in response to the increased risks. According to reviews, regional and global insurers with operations in the Asia Pacific region also are grappling with the issue of data sovereignty - which can be transmitted among jurisdictions - as the data privacy regulations vary across the region. More stringent data protection rules in Australia and Singapore also may create questions about the identity of countries in which insurers store their data. A subpoena issued by a government to an insurer to provide certain data requires knowledge of where it has been physically stored. Insurers also will need to identify new metrics and processes to monitor data security and compliance. Many insurers in the region will continue to enhance their data controls in the latter part of 2015, prompted primarily by new and stricter regulations. Asia-Pacific insurers must pay closer attention to the changing cyber security laws and focus more stringently on data security, network crime legislation and law enforcement. Singapore's Personal Data Protection Act, for example, includes rules on the collection, use, disclosure and care of personal data. The law establishes penalt

Local governments initially started carrying health insurance back in 2003 when Megawati Soekarnoputri’s government presented the Health Service Insurance for Poor Families program, or JPK-Gakin. The notion was for district managements to apply their personal community health insurance schemes in line with local requirements. Nevertheless, limited programs ever actually got off the ground before Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s new government presented a bill that laid the foundation for a nation-wide program and made JPK-Gakin redundant, Law no. 40/2004 on a National Social Security System (SJSN). Simultaneously, Yudhoyono’s government announced a program to run free, however basic, healthcare to the poor - Askeskin (health insurance for the poor), which was substituted in 2008 by Jamkesmas (community health insurance). Certain regional administrations put up a round. In 2005, East Java’s government led a test at the Constitutional Court demanding that SJSN gave the central government a monopoly on social service provision and broke the constitution and Law no. 32/2004 on Regional Governance. The court approved that SJSN did not stop local governments from emerging their own social security programs, as well as for healthcare. Ever since, the quantity of local health insurance programs has increased year on year. One of the groundbreaking systems was Jaminan Kesehatan Jembrana (JKJ) presented in 2003 by Gede Winasa, the head of Jembrana district in Bali. According to this scheme, all members of JKJ, may they be poor or non-poor get free pri

In order to gain more money in the now so-materialized world, people and companies have thought of things to gain out of greed. Insurance agencies are no exceptions especially in places which have lose insurance policies like Jakarta in Indonesia, South Africa and Cambodia. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had released the most common insurance fraud used by the insurance companies. Premium Diversions It is considered as an embezzlement of insurance premiums and is considered the most common type. This happens when the insurance agent doesn't wire the money to the insurance company and keeps it to himself. Other form of premium diversion scam involves selling policies without license, collecting premiums and then not paying claims. Payers are advised to keep track of this kind of fraud by knowing and verifying the legitimacy of the agent. Asset Diversion This large-scale scheme involves theft of insurance company assets held to pay valid claims. This most frequently occurs as insurance companies merge, reorganize or change ownership. Fee Churning In this scheme, a group of people set up a company that will eventually fail. The business gets involved in reinsurance agreements, and people in different steps of the process pocket commissions. The amount of a premium is cut by each repeated commission until the money to pay claims runs out. This scheme lasts as long as it does because each individual move looks normal as it occurs. The full picture emerges only after the damage is already done. How to report Insurance Fraud 1. Report fraudulent behavior to your state's insurance frauds bureau. 2. Contact the specific insurance company's fraud hotline if one is available. 3. Turn in the social security fraud perpetrators. 4. When you are reporting the scheme, make sure to give all pertinent details and any other documents that may help. Be Wise. Act Wise. The most important factor before buyi