Ufone & Microensure Introduce Family Health Insurance
Pakistani telecom operator, Ufone and MicroEnsure, a subsidiary of the Micro Insurance Company Group, have collaborated to introduce a convenient and affordable health insurance product ‘U-Sehat Family’ in Pakistan. The insurance product brings every Pakistani Ufone user within a virtual health safety net through its affordable, easy to understand and hassle-free insurance system. Ufone & Microensure Introduce Family Health Insurance in Pakistan.
U-Sehat Family simplifies the cumbersome traditional health insurance system by digitizing it in order to extend unparalleled ease and access to Ufone users and their family members during the time of need. It also facilitates the users with enhanced health provisions which are in dire need especially during the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.
For greater convenience, the insurance policies have been tailor-made according to the specific needs of every user. Special health packages including ‘Silver’ (PKR 6+tax/day), ‘Gold’ (PKR 12+tax/day) and ‘Platinum’ (PKR 19.5+tax/day). Moreover, U-Sehat family plans offer benefits such as Daily Hospitalization Benefit, Daily Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Benefit and Funeral Expenses Cover and costs of hospitalization in Pakistan subject to the opted plan. Users can subscribe by dialing the USSD String*6070# and for more details can visit www.ufone.com/usehatfamily/. Ufone & Microensure Introduce Family Health Insurance in Pakistan.
“We are excited to partner with MicroEnsure to provide a convenient and enabling insurance solution to our customers. Being a customer-centric brand, Ufone is committed to touching upon every aspect of our customers’ lives and health is of prime importance. We hope that U-Sehat Family will not only bring hassle-free insurance to our customers but will bridge the wide disparity in terms of access to health facilities in the country.”
Speaking at the occasion of the product launch, Mr. Shahbaz Khan, Executive Vice President (EVP), Wireless Services, PTCL Group, said
U-Sehat Family, Special health packages including ‘Silver’ (PKR 6+tax/day), ‘Gold’ (PKR 12+tax/day) and ‘Platinum’ (PKR 19.5+tax/day).
“We are a proud partner of Ufone in design, delivery and servicing of insurance products and have reached out to scores of customers over the past three years of working together. Increased health awareness in members of mass-market is one of the outcomes of COVID-19 and over time we have been getting feedback from a large number of customers asking for a product covering their family members. We thank for the support and patronage of Ufone for making this new package available to their customers and hope it will play a significant role in deepening health insurance penetration in Pakistan.”
Mr. Rehan Butt, CEO MicroEnsure Pakistan and Vice President Micro Insurance Company Group said
Insurance coverage is quickly becoming a common necessity vis-à-vis the lack of medical facilities and infrastructure in the public sector leading to enhanced reliance on private health services. Ufone’s insurance coverage for its customers will come as a great help for low-income groups with regards to the rising costs of medical facilities.
About Ufone: Ufone is a Pakistani Cellular Company with its presence in all the major cities of Pakistan along with comprehensive coverage across all major towns, villages, and tehsil headquarters of the country. The company employs more than 3,850 people and operates with a network of more than 320 franchises and company-owned customer service centers along with a distribution network of 150,000 outlets nationwide. For more information, visit www.ufone.com.pk
About Micro Insurance Company (MIC): Micro Insurance Company (MIC) is a global insurance platform delivering technology, underwriting, policy management, and distribution. Micro Insurance Company provides insurance to platforms, micro & small businesses, and to the 4 billion people on the planet that are currently unserved. Whereas most InsurTechs seek to improve existing monoline products and markets, we follow the concept of straight-through processing. We do this in order to create highly relevant insurance products that we can offer via our platform globally at a very low cost in order to support people in their local communities. Micro Insurance Company is the world’s first global end-to-end digital micro-insurance platform that has combined reinsurance capacity, in-country insurance licenses, world-class distribution, and market-leading AI functionality. For more details visit www.microinsurance.com
