Insurance

Millions of Israelis, including 900,000 children, live in poverty, NII report for 2024 shows

Poverty rates remain especially high among Arab and haredi populations, who together account for 65.1% of people in poverty, nearly double their share of the population.

 ABOUT 41% of Jerusalem families suffer from poverty, compared to about 20% in the rest of the country.
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump gestures as he addresses House Republicans at their annual issues conference retreat, at the Kennedy Center, renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center by the Trump-appointed board of directors, in Washington, DC, US, January 6, 2026.

Trump declares he will get impeached if Republicans lose midterms, plans to meet health insurers

 Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks at a press conference following the weekly policy luncheon, more than a month into the ongoing U.S. government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, November 4, 2025

US Senate to hold vote Thursday on Republican healthcare plan

CENTRAL TO Israel’s push is its effort to influence the rapidly expanding ecosystem of AI-powered chatbots.

AI infighting: Patients use bots to fight health insurance claim denials


Israeli parents with children aged 6-18 are entitled to this new grant

The Knesset plenum recently approved, in the second and third readings, the bill increasing credit points for parents paying income tax.

 View of the National Insurance Institute (bituach leumi) offices in Jerusalem, October 26, 2020

Tel Aviv insurance conference to draw over 150 world industry leaders

The well-established conference will kick off on May 30 and facilitate face-to-face interactions between Israeli insurance companies and the world's leading reinsurance agencies.

Construction is seen in Tel Aviv on May 7, 2023

Cloud insurance tech platform Novidea closes $50 million funding round

The insurance industry has been slow to evolve due to legacy systems that are difficult and expensive to scale, and limited access to real-time management information.

 Person signing with insurance company (illustrative)

Israel's Capitola raises $15m. for AI-driven insurance technology

The successful funding round will be used to enhance Capitola’s market intelligence capabilities and accelerate sales in the United States.

 The Capitola Team

This week in Jerusalem: Born to be wild

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 IS MYOPIA common among ultra-Orthodox students?

‘Making later greater’ - maximizing aging potential

AssuredAllies features in the New Era Podcast Series.

 SUREDALLIES FOUNDERS Afik Gal (L) and Roee Nahir

Israel Police bust crime ring stealing millions from National Insurance

Some of the members of the crime ring worked for an office that claimed to help people file disability claims to National Insurance.

 A suspect is seen in handcuffs, arrested after an Israel Police raid on a crime ring that defrauded tens of millions from Israel's National Insurance, on February 28, 2023.

Some 50,000 elderly people in need of intensive nursing in Israel

Israel's National Insurance Institute recently gave an overview over the situation of the nursing care for the elderly in Israel.

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Libra promotes mortgage insurance at market-breaking prices

Libra is marketing mortgage insurance that includes structural/building and life insurance.

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Over half a million Israelis live in food insecurity, but GDP is up - survey

A new survey from Israel's National Insurance Institute (Bituach Leumi) found that food insecurity has decreased, but remains a problem.

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