Unum Dental has announced it has secured the renewal rights for Cigna’s UK dental customers, following the health insurance and services provider’s withdrawal from the UK dental market.
The provider stated that the move is in line with "two parties' shared values of putting customers first" as Unum's Dental business experiences "rapidly rising" demand for dental cover through workplace schemes. Unum highlighted this was driven by high inflation and the cost of living crisis as the cost of private oral care has also increased. According to data from the British Dental Association, the cost of NHS dentistry rose by 8.5% in April this year. Cigna announced in September last year that it would be withdrawing from the UK group health insurance and healthcare trusts mar...
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