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The study, printed in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, assessed individuals' health, access to care and use of health care both before and after the application of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). AXIS Capital, a group of companies with branch offices in Bermuda, Australia, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Singapore and the United States, a global insurer and reinsurer, providing clients and distribution partners with a broad range of specialized risk transfer products and services, has full support with Affordable Care Act. (The company also services SE Asian countries such as KL Malaysia, Bangkok Thailand, Jakarta Indonesia and many more.) The PPACA was executed in September 2010, and part of its dictate was that insurance companies had to permit adults younger than 26 years of age to continue being covered by their parents' health insurance policy. Previous to this alteration, the authors report that just about 1 in 3 young adults aged 19-25 lacked every form of health insurance provision. Ever since then, the percentage of uninsured Americans decreased in 2011 - a decline accredited in part to the expansion of insurance coverage amongst this age group. Even though many have supposed that augmented insurance coverage directs to optimistic health outcomes for the population, the effect of the PPACA on the health of young adults and their access to health care is unidentified. And there had been some rumors of complaints. A crew of researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle, led by Dr. Meera Kotagal, studied data from two nationally representative reviews in order to better measure the influence of the PPACA on the access to care and health of young adults aged 19-25. Increased coverage The researchers utilize data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), matching results data from 2009 with data from 2012. From t

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