International health insurance for expat professionals

This is the geographical territory where your cover is valid. We offer multiple geographical area of cover options – please check your Insurance Certificate to confirm which one applies to you. 

For example, if your area of cover is “Worldwide”, this means that your cover will be valid everywhere* in the world. If your area of cover is “Africa”, then your cover will be valid everywhere* in Africa.


*Our policies don’t provide any cover or benefit for any business or activity to the extent that either the cover or benefit or the underlying business or activity would violate any applicable sanction law or regulations of the United Nations, the European Union or any other applicable economic or trade sanction law or regulations.

Below you will find the definition related to “Health and wellbeing checks” that apply to our standard international healthcare plans – these may vary slightly depending on the plans you have, so please consult your Benefit Guide and Table of Benefits to confirm the definitions and exclusions available to you:

Health and wellbeing checks including screening for the early detection of illness or disease are health checks, tests and examinations, performed at an appropriate age interval, that are undertaken without any clinical symptoms being present. Checks are limited to:
 

•  Physical examination
• Blood tests (full blood count, biochemistry, lipid profile, thyroid function test, liver function test, kidney function test)
  
• Cardiovascular examination (physical examination, electrocardiogram, blood pressure)
•  Neurological examination (physical examination)
• Cancer screening:
  - Annual pap smear
  - Mammogram (every two years for women aged 45+, or younger where a family history exists)
  - Prostate screening (yearly for men aged 50+, or from an earlier age where a family history exists)
  - Colonoscopy (every five years for members aged 50+, or40+ where a family history exists)
  - Annual faecal occult blood test

• Bone densitometry (every five years for women aged 50+)
• Well child test (for children up to the age of six years, up to a maximum of 15 visits per lifetime)
• BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic test (where a direct family history exists and where included in your Table of Benefit)

If dental benefits form part of your cover, under most of our plans you can simply pay for your treatment and then claim back any eligible expenses via our MyHealth app (if this is available under your plan) or by submitting a completed Claim Form along with all supporting documentation by e-mail, fax or post. 

Any dental benefits available to you are shown on your Table of Benefits along with any deductibles, co-payments, benefit limits, waiting periods or age restrictions which apply. Your Table of Benefits should be read in conjunction with your Benefit Guide for full details of your dental benefits, including definitions and/or exclusions. 

For your convenience, below we list the definitions and the exclusions related to dental benefits that apply to our standard international healthcare plans – these may vary slightly depending on the plans you have, so please consult your Benefit Guide and Table of Benefits to confirm the definitions and exclusions available to you:

Dental-related definitions:

1. Dental treatment includes an annual check up, simple fillings related to cavities or decay, root canal treatment and dental prescription drugs.
2. Dental prescription drugs are those prescribed by a dentist for the treatment of a dental inflammation or infection. The prescription drugs must be proven to be effective for the condition and recognised by the pharmaceutical regulator in a given country. This does not include mouthwashes, fluoride products, antiseptic gels and toothpastes.
3. Dental surgery includes the surgical extraction of teeth, as well as other tooth related surgical procedures such as apicoectomy and dental prescription drugs. All investigative procedures necessary to establish the need for dental surgery such as laboratory tests, X-rays, CT scans and MRI(s) are included under this benefit. Dental surgery does not cover any surgical treatment that is related to dental implants.
4. Periodontics refers to dental treatment related to gum disease.
5. Orthodontics the use of devices to correct malocclusion (misalignment of your teeth and bite). We will ask you to submit supporting information with your claim to show that your treatment is medically necessary and therefore eligible for cover. The information we ask for may include, but is not limited to:
   

• A medical report issued by the specialist, stating the diagnosis (type of malocclusion) and a description of your symptoms caused by the orthodontic problem.
•  A treatment plan showing the estimated duration and cost of the treatment and the type/material of the appliance used.
• The payment arrangement agreed with the medical provider.
• Proof of payment for orthodontic treatment.
• Photographs of both jaws clearly showing dentition before the treatment.
• Clinical photographs of the jaws in central occlusion from• frontal and lateral views.
•  Orthopantomogram (panoramic x-ray).
•  Profile x-ray (cephalometric x-ray).

Any other document we may need to assess the claim. We will only cover the cost of standard metallic braces and/or standard removable appliances. However, we’ll cover cosmetic appliances such as lingual braces and invisible aligners up to the cost of metallic braces, subject to the “Orthodontic treatment and dental prostheses” benefit limit.