Tuesday, September 9, 2014

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Health Coverage for Mobile Workforce

Mobile workers represent a growing part of the global workforce, with anticipation that the number of mobile workers will reach 1.3 billion by 2015.

With the expected growth, over the next decade and beyond, obtaining global health cover in light of worldwide political, economic and global uncertainty and instability has become imperative, say representatives from insurance providers RHI and Bupa.

As mobile workers can be based at faraway locations around the world, possibly working in dangerous terrains and politically uncertain environments, global health coverage is becoming an important component and attractive part of an employee benefit package. Health insurance provides employees with reassurance that should they need it, they have access to a quality medical facility even if they are in unfamiliar places.

In providing for healthcare needs of an international workforce, there are many options available for employers. Typical inclusions for global coverage is in-patient and out-patient cover, evacuation assistance, access to 24/7 days a week multi-lingual support and advice.

The coverage is much broader than standard travel insurance policies. When considering the appropriate type and level of cover, existing health conditions, the nature of the job people do and other factors have a bearing on the resulting solution for cover.

For more information on global health coverage refer to the following link or contact a qualified financial advisor:

http://www.hrmasia.com

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