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Insurance in a Climate-Changed World

NonProfit Quarterly

The first place that most of us will experience the direct costs of climate change is in the insurance market, and the problem has already emerged. Loading the Dice” In many areas, property insurance premiums have soared, and finding coverage has become extremely difficult. This escalation is our new normal.

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Is Your Health Insurer Breaking the Law?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: AntonioGuillem on istock.com Despite hundreds of state laws meant to protect health insurance consumers—patients, in other words—from denials of legitimate claims for coverage, health insurers are routinely flouting these laws and illegally denying coverage in even life-threatening situations.

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A Quarter of All Homeowners Could Lose Insurance Due to Climate Change

NonProfit Quarterly

Seven months later, State Farm followed suit and publicly announced it would no longer accept personal or business applications for casualty or property insurance in California. California, the nation’s most populous state, is too much of an insurance risk due mainly to escalating wildfires. The reason? California isn’t alone.

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A Blueprint for Designing Better Digital Government Services

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Joe Lee , Annie Newman & Bry Pardoe Public perceptions about government and government service delivery are at an all-time low across the United States. Government’s “customers” typically confront a whiplash experience between accessing services from the private sector and government.

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Challenges, Opportunities, and Insurance Buying Trends in the Nonprofit Industry – 2021

NonProfit PRO

During this informative webinar attendees will learn the impacts of COVID-19 on the nonprofit sector, the trends influencing nonprofits’ growth plans, the actions and investments nonprofit organizations are taking to expand services, and critical factors determining insurance requirements and provider preference.

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How India’s Gig Worker Unions Are Fighting for Change

NonProfit Quarterly

According to a 2022 report by the Indian government-backed public policy group NITI Aayog , the number of Indian gig workers is expected to rise to 23.5 Millions of gig workers lack pensions, maternity leave, health insurance, and compensation for death by accident or injuries on the job. million by the decade’s end.

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How Mobile Health Clinics Advance Health Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

These include: shortage of insurance coverage and affordable services, poor geographical access to medical services, lack of culturally responsive service delivery, and experiences of racism in services. The fee-for-service structure of insurance reimbursement is often inadequate to sustain programs.

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