Norwich Union Healthcare announced today enhancements to Global Care and Global Care Plus (GC and GCP) its international private medical insurance (PMI) product range.
Norwich Union Healthcare announced today enhancements to Global Care and Global Care Plus (GC and GCP) its international private medical insurance (PMI) product range.
Shah Rouf, head of international for Norwich Union Healthcare, said: “We launched our new look international PMI range Global Care last year and have been constantly reviewing what’s happening in the market to ensure that our product continues to offer a comparable range of benefits, customer service and competitive premiums. These latest enhancements ensure that our product will continue to be popular with intermediaries and customers.”
Enhancements include:
- Multi base currency – premiums and benefits are now expressed in £ Sterling, US Dollars and Euros.
- Coverage – the product splits the world into 5 areas, these areas have been expanded to include some countries that were previously in a higher area of cover.
- £500 Wellness benefit as standard on GCP, previously there was no benefit for this. Covers Well Woman and Well Man tests. (750 in Dollars or Euros).
- Chronic conditions and HIV aids cover- routine maintenance and monitoring of chronic conditions introduced as standard for individual policies. Benefit limits are £3000 for GC and £5000 for GCP.
- Ambulance benefit – full cover for the cost of a road ambulance to the nearest facility. Benefit limit removed.
- Increase in cash benefit limits from £25 to £100 per night for GC and from £50 to £150 per night for GCP. Paid for up to 28 nights.
For further information about Norwich Union Healthcare’s Global Care policies, intermediaries should contact their usual Healthcare Sales Consultant or call The Healthcare Bureau on 0845 3000 649 or go to www.nuglobalcare.com.
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About Norwich Union Healthcare
- Norwich Union Healthcare was founded in 1990 as the healthcare arm of Norwich Union and now provides a range of income protection and private medical insurance products that cover over 750,000 lives. It is one of the largest providers of income protection and private medical insurance in the UK.
- Norwich Union Healthcare is authorised and regulated by the Financial Service Authority and is a member of the Association of British Insurers and the Financial Ombudsman Service.
- Norwich Union is the UK’s largest insurer. It is the UK’s largest provider of life, pensions and investment products and one of the leading Financial Adviser (FA) providers. FAs provide around 75% of the company’s long-term savings business in the UK.
- Norwich Union has strategic alliances with building societies and other leading UK brand names including Tesco Personal Finance and The Royal Bank of Scotland Group.
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