Aon to offer 'affordable' Equipsme health plans

From £7 per employee a month

Adam Saville
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Aon is working with Equipsme to offer ‘simple’ health plans to small-to-medium-sized (SME) businesses

Aon said that the new partnership with the health insurance provider is particularly pertinent right now as employers consider their health strategies in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Aon's UK Benefits & Trends Survey 2020, 52% of employers offer fully company-funded private medical insurance (PMI) to all staff, leaving the rest to voluntary self-fund or have no provision at all. David Battle, CEO of Aon's UK employee benefits division, said: "For a number of businesses, offering traditional private medical insurance (PMI) as a benefit may only be achievable for senior ...

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