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Desjardins Insurance Teams up with TELUS Health to Expand Access to Health and Wellness Services. Press release, December 1, 2022.

TELUS Health successfully and rapidly extended its Employee and Manager Assistance Programs for Desjardins to include Mental Health Support, Crisis Management, Legal and Financial Support, and a Referral Service.

Everest Funeral Concierge Announces International Expansion with Entry into UK Group Life Market. PR Newswire, October 17, 2022.

As part of this initial three-year exclusive arrangement, MetLife will offer funeral support services to more than 1.4 million UK employees via its Group Life Insurance arrangements. Everest is a funeral concierge service rolled into a life insurance plan that aims to simplify and streamline the funeral planning process.

Desjardins Insurance Launches a New Group Insurance Product for People in the Process of Gender Affirmation . Newswire, October 3, 2022.

Desjardins Insurance is now offering a new group insurance product for people in the process of gender affirmation. This initiative was developed in collaboration with Fondation Émergence, an organization that, through its ProAlly program, advocates for the rights of LGBTQ+ people by creating more inclusive workplaces.

“CPIC Elite Club” Creates High Quality Services Escorts for Healthy Living. Yahoo, December 21, 2022.

The CPIC Elite Club is a membership system that offers a wide range of exclusive gifts and services, such as medical check-up coupons, to each member for better health, wealth, and pension planning. CPIC Elite Club members will be divided into four classes based on the number of accumulated points they earn: Silver Member, Gold Member, Platinum Member, and Titanium Member.

IPPB Launches Group Accident Insurance. APAC News Network, October 28, 2022.

IPPB launched a group accident insurance plan with an accidental death coverage of Rs. 10 lakh. India Post, in partnership with TATA AIG and Bajaj Allianz General, will offer the insurance plan at a premium of Rs. 399 or Rs. 396 per annum.

BPI AIA Makes Health Security Affordable and Accessible for SMES. Press release, October 18, 2022.

Health Essentials is a solution enabling SME clients to provide their respective employees with medical assistance benefits like those extended by health maintenance organizations (HMOs) – at a manageable cost. BPI AIA can also create a tailor-fit plan for the SME, enabling an easy mixing and matching of benefits to determine which combinations fit one’s needs. The solution has extensive in-patient and outpatient benefits.

MedLife and NN are Launching NNCare Group Health Insurance, an Integrated Solution for Employee Healthcare. Business Review, October 13, 2022.

MedLife, Romania’s leading private healthcare provider, offers its corporate clients NNCare group health insurance. NNCare is intended for companies with at least 20 employees, for both existing MedLife medical plan members and clients who plan to offer this benefit to their employees and their families as part of their extra benefits package.

DocDoc Partners with QBE Asia. Coverager, October 17, 2022.

DocDoc is working with QBE Asia in Singapore to launch a group health insurance product – Group Medical Prestige.
This product will be offered to employers through partnerships with brokers in Singapore.

Sukoon Insurance Launches “Health Extend” – a Unique Medical Corporate Offering. Press Release, December 12, 2022.

Health Extend provides employees with a medical product with strong base benefits. Employees can then add additional individual medical protection according to their specific needs. There will be a selection of four base plans for medical benefits. Additional benefits include annual wellness cover and dental and optical cover.

Bupa Launches Inclusive Health Propositions in Group PMI . Press release, November 10, 2022.

Bupa UK has launched a range of health propositions for its corporate customers, including more diverse, inclusive offerings to employees. The new propositions look after a range of diverse health needs, including women’s health, sexual health, and neurodiversity. The new propositions include a Period Plan, Menopause Care, and Sexual Health.

Allianz Partners Announces Significantly Enhanced Health Insurance Options for Customers. Press release, November 21, 2022.

The enhanced benefits include the Allianz Summit plan, which offers SMEs increased flexibility when designing their employee health insurance benefits. Second, the addition of moratorium underwriting offers faster onboarding when purchasing health insurance for both individuals and SMEs. Third, all customers can now access the Wysa app for immediate, confidential, high-quality mental health support at no additional cost.