Business Healthcare for Expatriate Employers

As one of the first benefit carriers on the international expatriate scene more than 30 years ago, CIGNA International Expatriate Benefits has the experience, multi-national presence, and in-depth understanding of the daily challenges that international employers, employees, and their families face.

A wide range of covered benefits, including full Medical benefits, optional Dental benefits, a Vision plan as well as International Employee Assistance Program (IEAP), to accommodate your employees in virtually any global location.

Your expatriate employees and their eligible family members have access to the health care they need, wherever they are on assignment:

Physician-directed access to local doctors and hospitals worldwide, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, just by calling our multilingual Customer Service Contact Centre, 24/7/365
24-hour assistance for providers to verify members' benefits and obtain guarantees of payment, as needed, when they call our Contact Centre, 24/7/365 24-hour assistance to help members gain admission to a hospital, whenever and wherever they or a family member has a medical need
Clinical resources at CIEB headquarters and around the world for outreach, coordination and intervention
A secure Member web site for access to a wealth of information and self-service capabilities
The ability for members to submit claims in virtually any language and receive timely reimbursement of claims in a wide variety of currencies
Worldwide coverage for all members, just by showing their CIGNA International membership card
Cost savings to you and those employees who are in countries where CIGNALinks® local administrator programmes have been implemented, currently more than a dozen countries

Wherever your employees are in the world, we're making a difference for them. For over 200 years, CIGNA has been a leading provider of employee benefits, and CIGNA International currently has operations in 27 countries of the world. The world's leading expatriate benefits provider, CIEB has close to 30 years of experience in providing coverage for groups of two or more, and specialised services to expatriates and other international assignees throughout the world. International benefits are our only business, giving you assurance that your highly valued international employees will have access to health care that provides the peace of mind they need in a global marketplace.

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