Health insurance members gain exclusive access to the Fitbit Inspire

February 14, 2019February 13, 2019 Nordstrom

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The popular fitness tracker maker has launched a new device that you won’t find in stores. Fitbit has unveiled a brand new model of fitness tracker available only to health insurance members and employees. The Fitbit Inspire was developed for this exclusive use and won’t be sold in stores or on its own website. The launch was a quiet one this month, representing its first release that won’t be available to consumers. The Fitness Inspire was developed specifically for use by health insurance members and corporate employees. The concept behind…

Fitness incentives now included in all John Hancock life insurance policies

September 25, 2018September 24, 2018 Marc

The insurer is eliminating the sale of its traditional policies in favor of more interactive options. John Hancock life insurance policyholders will now receive discounts on their premiums for tracking fitness on wearable devices and regularly hitting their exercise targets. Fitbit, Apple Watch and other device wearers may pay less for their insurance policies. John Hancock life insurance is among the oldest North American insurers in that market. That said, as much as its company is steeped in tradition, it plans to cease the sale of those traditional policies. Instead,…

Life insurance could become more affordable with a fitness tracker

April 14, 2015April 11, 2015 Julie Campbell

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For the first time in the U.S., an insurer is using the same idea as pay as you drive coverage, but for a person’s health. A life insurance company in the United States is now offering a service that represents a first for the country, in which wearing a tracker that will reveal an individual’s health, location, and body information to reveal healthy lifestyle habits and reduced risk opportunities that could bring about a discount for premiums. While some are seeing this as an interesting opportunities, others are calling this…