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Star Health and Amplify Health Partner to Scale AI-Led Claims Intelligence Across India’s Largest Private Health Insurance Operations

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Three-year strategic partnership to strengthen claims governance and support improved customer outcomes at scaleAI-powered analytics platform to enhance claims quality, support misuse detection and improve customer experience

MUMBAI, India, June 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Star Health and Allied Insurance Company Limited (NSE: STARHEALTH) (BSE: 543412), India’s largest standalone health insurer and the first in the country to settle over one crore claims, has entered into a three-year India-market partnership with Amplify Health to deploy AI-led claims intelligence and healthcare analytics capabilities across its health insurance operations. Amplify Health is a pan-Asian health technology and analytics company with deployments across 10 Asian markets, bringing to India AI and analytics capabilities it has built and refined across the region. The tie-up is part of Star Health’s broader push to enhance customer experience through investments across the digital health stack, including artificial intelligence, machine learning and predictive analytics, with the aim of making the cashless claims journey faster, more predictable and less stressful for customers during hospitalisation.

India’s health insurance market is experiencing rapid growth in cashless claims volumes, driven by expanding digital infrastructure and rising insurance penetration. Managing claims quality and customer experience at this scale increasingly requires AI-led capabilities that go beyond traditional rules-based approaches—the gap this partnership aims to address.

The partnership will leverage Amplify Health’s technology platform, clinical intelligence and analytics capabilities to strengthen claims governance, enhance detection of wasteful claims, support real-time decision-making, optimise network management and contribute to improved customer experience.

A key focus of the partnership is improving the experience for Star Health’s customers at critical stages of their healthcare journey, including hospital admission, pre-authorisation and discharge. By integrating Amplify Health’s AI-powered platform into Star Health’s cashless claims operations, both companies aim to improve claim decisioning timelines and help reduce customer waiting times. The integration is expected to bring greater speed and consistency to claims processes, supporting Star Health’s ongoing investment in digital health infrastructure. For customers and families, this is expected to translate into quicker pre-authorisation decisions, reduced avoidable delays at discharge, faster clarity on claim status and a more seamless cashless claims experience across network hospitals.

Anand Roy, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Star Health Insurance, said:
“Health insurance is increasingly being shaped by data, technology and artificial intelligence. We chose to partner with Amplify Health because of the capabilities they have built across Asian markets. This partnership with Amplify Health will help us strengthen claims intelligence, improve decision-making and deliver a better experience for customers across key stages of their healthcare. For customers, the real value of technology is felt when it reduces uncertainty at moments that matter—when they are waiting for an approval, arranging admission or preparing for discharge. As the ecosystem evolves, we remain focused on building a stronger health stack that improves outcomes at scale.”

Dr. Axel Baur, Chief Executive Officer, Amplify Health, said:
“Health insurers across Asia are investing in AI and analytics to manage rising complexity, medical inflation and changing customer expectations. Amplify Health has spent years building AI and analytics capabilities for health insurers across Asia—from claims intelligence and payment integrity to chronic disease management—in 10 markets, with our technology independently recognised through the Celent Model Insurer Award and ITC Asia Award. India is one of the region’s most significant and complex growth markets, and Star Health, with its scale and track record, is the ideal partner through which to deploy these capabilities at national scale. This partnership reflects our commitment to supporting sustainable, data-led healthcare across Asia.”

Star Health will deploy an AI-led claims intelligence platform designed by Amplify Health to identify patterns linked to fraud, waste and abuse (FWA). With medical cost inflation across Asia exceeding 10% annually,1 health insurers are under increasing pressure to adopt more rigorous, data-led approaches to claims governance. The platform is designed to support real-time anomaly detection and enhance data-led claims management, with models that adapt to new healthcare and claims patterns as they emerge.

By improving claims quality and reducing avoidable leakages, the platform is also expected to support a more sustainable health insurance ecosystem, helping preserve fairness, affordability and trust for genuine customers.

The collaboration signals a strategic shift for India’s largest private health insurer, as it seeks to move beyond traditional rules-based claims management towards an AI-enabled, real-time claims intelligence model designed to optimise FWA detection. The deployment will use machine learning, clinical expertise and generative AI capabilities to identify irregular billing, duplicate claims, unusual utilisation trends and other complex claims patterns across Star Health’s digitised cashless claims operations, building on Amplify Health’s established experience in claims intelligence across Asian markets

The partnership also includes a healthcare analytics and advisory component to support Star Health’s wellness ecosystem and preventive health initiatives, helping customers take a more proactive approach to managing their health.

1 Celent (2025, June 19), AIA: Clinical Encoding Innovation for Peak Provider Efficiency, Celent. https://www.celent.com/en/insights/aia-clinical-encoding-innovation-for-peak-provider-efficiency 

About Star Health and Allied Insurance:

Star Health and Allied Insurance Co. Ltd. (BSE: 543412) (NSE: STARHEALTH) is the market leader in standalone health insurance in India. The Company commenced operations in 2006 as India’s first Standalone Health Insurance Company. Star Health Insurance provides Health, Personal Accident and Travel Insurance to its customers. The Company has grown to emerge as one of the preferred health insurance companies in India with several pioneering products and services to its credit. With customer-centricity at its core, the Company has developed superior and innovative product offerings, service capabilities and a seamless claims management process. Star Health offers tailor made products to cater to needs such as, cancer, diabetes, cardiac illnesses and to specific segments such as senior citizens, women and children. Star Health is India’s first health insurance company to settle over 1 crore claims.

Star Health and Allied Insurance Co. Ltd. has a strong multi-channel distribution network of 900+ offices, over 8 lakh agents and robust bancassurance and financial institution partners. The Company has 15,000+ network hospitals and 18,500+ employees.

For more information visit www.starhealth.in.

About Amplify Health:

Amplify Health Asia Pte. Limited (Amplify Health) is a pan-Asian health technology and analytics company which brings together health technology assets, proprietary data analytics and healthcare expertise to support innovation across the healthcare value chain.

Headquartered in Singapore, Amplify Health operates in 10 markets across the region: Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Amplify Health develops integrated solutions that empower healthcare payors, providers and policymakers across Asia to identify value and drive new partnerships, understand variation and address systemic inefficiencies—with the aim of improving outcomes for individuals and the sustainability of health systems.

Powered by a clinically enriched data foundation, Amplify Health’s health intelligence platform combines modular AI solutions, context-aware automation and deep regional insights to offer localised, AI-powered health solutions spanning health payment integrity to chronic disease management. The company’s technology has earned recognition at several industry competitions, including the Celent Model Insurer Awards, ITC Asia Awards and SBR Technology Excellence Awards.

As an ISO27001 certified organisation, Amplify Health maintains clearly defined policies, structured oversight mechanisms and ongoing risk assessments that ensure alignment with global best practices on enterprise data security.

For more information visit www.amplifyhealth.com.

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Flō Networks Announces Intention to Launch Public Tender Offers to Acquire Up to 100% of Controladora Axtel, S.A.B. de C.V. and Axtel, S.A.B. de C.V.

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MEXICO CITY and EL PASO, Texas, Sept. 1, 2026 /CNW/ — Transtelco Holding, Inc. (doing business as Flō Networks, or “Flō”), a U.S.-based, independent digital infrastructure provider operating its own fiber-optic network across Mexico, the Southwestern United States and Latin America, today announced its intention to launch concurrent public tender offers (ofertas públicas de adquisición, or the “Offers”) to acquire up to 100% of the outstanding shares of Controladora Axtel, S.A.B. de C.V. (“Controladora Axtel”) and up to 100% of the outstanding CPOs of Axtel, S.A.B. de C.V. (“Axtel,” and together with Controladora Axtel, the “Axtel Companies”).

Flō has received preliminary approval from the Boards of Directors of both Axtel Companies to continue the process

Flō has received preliminary approval from the Boards of Directors of both Axtel Companies to continue the process toward launching the Offers, and is working to obtain the required regulatory approvals.

The commencement of the Offers remains subject to authorization by the Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores, clearance by the Comisión Nacional Antimonopolio, the receipt of any other required regulatory approvals, and the satisfaction of the applicable contractual and corporate conditions. Subject to the satisfaction of these requirements, Flō is prepared to move promptly toward commencement of the Offers. The terms and conditions of the Offers, including the applicable offering documents, will be published in accordance with Mexican securities laws and the regulations of the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores at the appropriate time.

“This is an important step in our long-term vision for Flō and for the digital infrastructure that will support Mexico’s continued economic and technological development,” said Miguel Fernandez, Chief Executive Officer of Flō Networks. “By bringing together the complementary networks, capabilities and talent of Flō and Axtel, we have an opportunity to create a stronger digital infrastructure platform with greater scale, reach and capacity to serve customers across Mexico and beyond. We believe that stronger infrastructure enables stronger businesses, greater innovation and new opportunities for the communities and economies we connect.”

The proposed acquisition would combine complementary assets and expertise to strengthen Flō’s ability to invest in network resilience, expand its portfolio of digital services and deliver greater value to businesses operating in Mexico and across the region. Flō believes the combination would create meaningful operational and commercial synergies while supporting continued investment in the infrastructure required for critical technologies for productivity and competitiveness. The transaction would also create opportunities for long-term value creation for customers, employees, shareholders, partners and the communities the companies serve.

About Flō Networks

Founded as Transtelco in 2001, Flō Networks is a leading digital infrastructure provider connecting companies on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border and across the Americas. Flō provides comprehensive connectivity solutions and advanced cloud infrastructure to Fortune 500 companies, telecommunications providers and cable operators through a fiber-optic network spanning more than 30,000 route miles across the Southwestern United States and Mexico, with connectivity across fifteen countries throughout the Americas. For more information, visit flo.net.

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Arista Demand Hires Jordanna Howard to Strengthen the Company’s Continued Growth

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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Arista Demand, a leading provider of B2B demand generation solutions, is pleased to announce Jordanna Howard has joined the company as VP, Global Integrated Sales, effective September 1, 2026.

Prior to joining Arista Demand, Jordanna spent five years at Veritas Media Group, serving as VP of Client Services. Jordanna played a key part in growing VMG’s client portfolio and driving net-new revenue through new business partnerships, while also expanding and strengthening existing client relationships. She was instrumental in championing VMG’s reputation for white-glove service, exceptional client experiences, and long-term client success.

Jordanna joins Arista Demand as the organization continues to expand its capabilities, strengthen and build client partnerships, and help B2B organizations connect with the right prospects through results-driven demand generation and media initiatives.

“We are thrilled to welcome Jordanna to Arista Demand,” said Managing Director, Jennifer Sand. “She brings tremendous experience, energy, and a client-focused approach that aligns perfectly with how we work. Jordanna will be an important part of our continued growth, and we’re excited to have her on the team.”

In her new role, Jordanna will focus on client development, partnerships, and sales. Her experience in digital and non-traditional media will further strengthen Arista Demand’s ability to deliver innovative and integrated, measurable solutions, beyond lead gen, for clients.

“I’m excited to join Arista Demand and become part of a team that is so focused on its clients and their success,” said Howard. “I look forward to contributing to the company’s growth and helping our clients achieve meaningful results.”

Jordanna lives in Napa, California, with her partner, Jeff, and daughter, Mackie. Outside of work, she loves spending time with family and friends and is passionate about giving back.

She serves on UCSF’s Board of Directors for “All May See” vision foundation as well as sfBIG’s Board, supporting and connecting the Bay Area advertising community. Jordanna is also actively involved in her daughter’s school and is the troop leader for her local Girl Scouts Brownie troop.

About Arista Demand

Arista Demand helps B2B organizations accelerate revenue through intent targeted demand generation programs designed to connect brands with their respective audience that matter most. Through a combination of intent, 1st party data, strategy, technology, and client-focused execution, Arista Demand helps marketers build pipeline and drive measurable business results. Arista Demand brings buyers and sellers together around the globe. 

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Reducto Unveils a Frontier Parsing Model That Makes the World’s Hardest Documents AI-Ready for 1¢ a Page

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The new r-1 model is the first in a family of document intelligence models that reduces parsing errors by up to 20% while replacing complex, multi-tool pipelines with a single model that costs up to 6× less.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Reducto today introduced r-1, a frontier document parsing model that turns complex PDFs, scans, spreadsheets, and other files into accurate, structured data for AI systems.

Reducto has already established itself as a leader in document parsing by handling the long tail of complex files that break conventional tools. Available today in preview, r-1 extends that lead—reducing errors by up to 20%, improving latency at high volumes, and bringing the all-in cost down to 1¢ per page.

Before an AI system can reason over a document, it must first understand what is on the page. That becomes difficult when meaning is encoded not only in text, but also in tables, handwriting, reading order, formatting, checkboxes, strikethroughs, and the position of content. A parser that misreads a financial table can give an AI agent the wrong numbers. One that drops a strikethrough can reverse the meaning of a contract.

Established services such as Amazon Textract and Azure Document Intelligence helped make cloud document processing widely available. But organizations working with complex documents often still combine multiple tools, models, and layers of post-processing to achieve the accuracy they need. In Reducto’s evaluations, r-1 outperformed commonly used hyper-scaler products and large LLMs on complex documents while providing a complete parse at one all-in price.

Built from the ground up and trained on some of the most challenging document data in the world, r-1 combines layout detection, reading order, tables, formatting, grounding, and granular citations in a single model. It is designed for the long tail of documents where simpler parsers break down, including dense tables, unusual layouts, low-quality scans, handwriting, watermarked content, and files that do not follow predictable templates.

By combining these capabilities, r-1 can handle an organization’s full document workload without requiring teams to route files among providers or maintain separate pipelines for different document types. Its flat price of 1¢ per page includes the complete parse, without additional model charges or feature-based multipliers.

r-1 is the first in a broader family of Reducto parsing models designed for different points on the accuracy, latency, and cost curve. Planned additions include r-1 mini, a smaller model for speed- and cost-sensitive workloads, and automatic routing that selects the right model for each page.

Organizations using another parser can receive up to $5,000 in credits to test r-1 on their most difficult documents, along with hands-on benchmarking support, at reducto.ai/migrate. r-1 is also available today in preview through a configuration flag in the Reducto Parse API.

About Reducto

Reducto is an agentic document platform that turns complex, real-world documents into structured data for AI agents and document-intensive workflows. The company has raised more than $108 million from investors including Andreessen Horowitz and First Round Capital and has processed more than a billion pages a month. Its customers include Harvey, Scale AI, Vanta, Airtable, Toast, and Fortune 10 enterprises.

 

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