Customers are now able to buy Norwich Union Healthcare Private Medical Insurance products over the internet.
Customers are now able to buy Norwich Union Healthcare Private Medical Insurance products over the internet. They can also get a number of quotes and buy cover immediately online. Following a successful pilot the online application system was launched this week. Norwich Union are also currently offering customers who apply for a Norwich Union Healthcare policy online their first months cover free for the first year of the policy.
The new system gives consumers a quicker way to buy healthcare, with a simple three stage quote process. The quotes service is linked to a hospital database, by entering their postcode and house number a list of hospitals within a 50 mile radius of the consumer’s home is generated. By selecting at least one hospital and then adding age and contact details a no obligation quote is generated. The whole process takes just a few minutes.
Consumers can get a no obligation quote by visiting Norwich Union Healthcare’s website at www.norwichunion.com/health. From there click on the "Get a quote" link.
Heather Smith, head of marketing at Norwich Union Healthcare, said: "This new development gives choice and simplifies the way customers buy healthcare, by reducing the number of steps involved in obtaining a quote, improving the hospital selection process, and being able to buy cover immediately. The ability to both quote and apply online is a major step forward and we are the largest private medical insurer providing this facility. Currently we are also offering customers who apply online their first months cover free."
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Notes to Editors
- Norwich Union is the UK's largest insurer. It is a leading provider of life, pensions and investment products and one of the leading IFA providers. IFAs provide around 70% 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
- Norwich Union’s news releases and a selection of images are available from Aviva's internet press centre at www.aviva.com/media
- 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 a member of the General Insurance Standards Council, the Association of British Insurers and the Financial Ombudsman Service.