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Is Mexico City Safe for Expats 2024
Mexico’s recent election is shaping up to be one of the most violent elections in modern Mexican history, with at least 23 political candidates killed during the campaign and new reports of political figure shootings after the results. As an expat, you may be wondering if Mexico is safe for expats in 2024 or if …
Understanding the GBG Insurance Limited Administration: Policyholder FAQs
Global Benefits Group (GBG) Insurance Limited, one of the most well-known international health insurance providers, entered into administration on December 21, 2023 following a capital shortfall. This raises questions about the status of policyholders’ policies and their necessary course of action. This Pacific Prime Latin America article aims to clarify the situation and guide policyholders …
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Day of the Dead: What You Need to Know about This Holiday
Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos, is a two-day annual celebration of life and death firstly introduced in Mexico and is now celebrated throughout Latin America between November 1st and 2nd. During this time, Mexicans remember and honor their loved ones who have passed. In this Pacific Prime Latin America article, we …
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Mexico imposes one of world’s strictest anti-smoking laws
Smoking is not only harmful to smokers, but also for the people around them in the form of second-hand smoking. This is why many venues have either a no-smoking policy or dedicated smoking areas, and charge hefty fines to violators. With that said, some countries like Mexico are going one step further. In this Pacific …
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Everything you need to know about monkeypox
While the COVID-19 pandemic still has the world on its toes, monkeypox starts to appear in different countries across the globe. Mexico confirmed its first case in May 2022 – Argentina was the first-ever Latin American country to report a monkeypox case. Monkeypox was detected in 24 countries and has affected thousands of people (mainly …
Do you want to sell your vacation days for cash?
You might have heard of carrying your vacation days over to the following term, but have you heard of cashing your vacation days? New startups have been popping up over the last few years in the USA to help employers to buy out workers’ unused vacation days. And the pitch sounds like this – get …
5 reasons why U.S. citizens are crossing the border and moving to Mexico in large numbers
According to a recent report, many Americans are moving to Mexico. Mexico News Daily reported that over 8,000 Americans were issued temporary resident visas to live in Mexico in the first nine months of the year, which is 85% more than in 2019. Over the last few years, Mexico has become the destination of choice …
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Apple to enter the health insurance market in 2024
Yes, the rumors are true, according to Ben Wood, the chief analyst at CCS Insight. Apple Inc. is going to enter the health insurance business in 2024 with a major insurance partner. The news has created waves in the insurance industry as the tech giant is in a pretty strong position to do so. Let’s …
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Announcing the State of Health Insurance Report 2021-2022
We’re so excited to introduce our latest report: the State of Health Insurance Report 2021-2022. Staying on top of the latest trends and creating content that simplifies insurance for our readers is what we strive for at Pacific Prime Latin America. Following the recent release of the Cost of Health Insurance Report 2021-2022, which covers …
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Amazon is continuing its expansion into healthcare
Big Tech companies are increasingly diversifying. We’ve talked about how they’ve started to venture into the insurance space, given the ample data they have access to for the ‘underwriting process’, and healthcare is no different. Case in point: Amazon, the tech and e-commerce giant, recently announced that it plans to acquire One Medical, a tech-powered …
