WPA becomes 'first' UK health insurer to offer instant claims decisions

Submit claims for cash benefits 'within two minutes'

Adam Saville
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Instant health insurance claims authorisation added to WPA Health App is a 'big step forward'

Following further development, the WPA Health App now provides instant health insurance claims authorisation, meaning customers can make a claim and get an instant decision. WPA has claimed it is the first insurer to do so in the UK health insurance market. Building on the existing functionality of tracking claims and benefit limits, the latest version of WPA Health helps customers set up a claim and get initial treatment authorised in real-time without needing to speak to anyone, said WPA. It added that policyholders can submit claims for cash benefits within two minutes with the ...

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