BUPA Therapy Benefit

There may be times in your life when you use complementary therapies to support your health and wellbeing. Bupa’s Therapy Benefit+ may be able to give your company financial support for a range of complementary therapy treatments that your emplyee needs receive.

What is Key Person Insurance Therapy Benefit
As a Bupa member with an key man income protection policy, you are able to be reimbursed up to a maximum of fifty percent of the amount you pay to a maxiumum of £100 per policy year for a range of complementary therapy services.

These services include:
• acupuncture
• chiropractic
• homeopathy
• osteopathy
• physiotherapy

How does it work
BUPA may pay fifty percent of the amount you pay for the therapy services as shown below as part of your Bupa Key Person Income Protection policy to a maximum of £100 per policy year. This sum is to cover all of the therapy services you receive during the policy year and not for each type of service or item charged individually. Treatment must be provided by an acupuncturist, chiropractor, homeopath, osteopath or physiotherapist approved by us.

Which therapy services are included
Acupuncture, chiropractic, homeopathy, osteopathy or physiotherapy services provided by an approved practitioner. The service must be provided by a practitioner approved by Bupa, see page 6 for more information.
Is there anything Therapy Benefit doesn’t cover This benefit covers treatment only, associated prescription fees and medication administered are not covered. Your income protection policy may exclude certain conditions. If this is the case, we will not reimburse any therapy costs for any treatments related to the excluded condition.

This information was sourced from BUPA 2010

We use a range of other insurance providers and their products may be more suitable for your needs

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L&G Make Improvements to Key Person Critical Illness Cover

Legal and General’s Critical Illness Cover comes with a 5 Star rating from Defaqto, a leading UK independent research company, and have recently doubled their ABI+ illness definitions, giving clients the most* ABI+ illness definitions available from any provider for no extra cost.

ABI+ definitions go beyond the ABI model** critical illness definitions and offer wider cover for the client.

Below shows the changes made to their Critical Illness Cover Plans, increasing the ABI+ definitions from 4 to 11. This is good news for those looking for Key Person Insurance with good critical illness cover as Legal & General tend to be good on price too. Ask us for a key man quote now and see how much cover with Legal and General costs.

Critical Illness ABI+ before 23 May 2010 ABI+ after 23 May 2010
Aorta graft surgery – requiring surgical replacement.
Benign brain tumour – resulting in either surgical removal or permanent symptoms.  
Coma - resulting in permanent symptoms.
Coronary artery by-pass grafts – with surgical thoracotomy.  
Heart attack – of specified severity.
HIV infection – caught from a blood transfusion, physical assault or accident at work.
Heart valve replacement or repair – with surgical thoracotomy.  
Loss of hand or foot – permanent physical severance.  
Paralysis of a limb – total and irreversible.  
Parkinson’s disease – resulting in permanent symptoms.  
Third degree burns – covering 20% of the surface area of the body or 50% of the face or head.  

 

This information was sourced from Legal & General June 2010

We use a range of other insurance providers and their products may be more suitable for your needs

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Bupa announce enhancements to Income Protection Cover

We are pleased to announce BUPA have made a series of enhancements to their Income Protection cover, which include a number of innovative benefits to help meet the needs of clients.

The enhancements include:

  • Benefit guarantee – by verifying your salary at application, BUPA guarantee that even if your situation changes you will receive the agreed amount if you make a claim
  • Exclusion discounts – if  your medical history means that conditions such as back related or mental illness cannot be covered at underwriting, the premium will be reduced
  • Best Doctors – all income protection policies will now have access to the Best Doctors service, providing clients with the opportunity to receive a second opinion about their condition from world renowned doctors
  • Therapy Benefit – this benefit provides you with financial support for a range of complementary therapy treatments including acupuncture, chiropractic, homeopathy, osteopathy and physiotherapy up to a specified limit
  • Trauma Benefit – The key person or life assured receive this benefit if a traumatic injury results in paralysis of the limbs, loss of sight, hearing, speech, hands or feet, or physical independence
  • Fracture Cover Benefit – this optional benefit is payable if the key person or life assured suffers one of 18 listed fractures
  • Hospital In Patient Benefit – if the key person or life assured is hospitalised through injury or illness for six nights or more we may pay up to £200 a night for up to 90 nights

These are some great benefits for people taking out key man income benefit through BUPA and something that we would be happy to discuss in more detail with you.

 

This information was sourced from BUPA June 2010

We use a range of other insurance providers and their products may be more suitable for your needs

These articles are for information only and does not constitute as financial advice in any way