Insurance study highlights international healthcare risks

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A study by PMI Global has revealed that 20% of companies that send employees abroad for prolonged periods of six months or more fail to provide them with international health insurance.

According to PMI Global, a new service offering an integrated package of insurance and healthcare support for employees abroad, the research has highlighted the need for a greater duty of care amongst many employers that assign staff overseas.

It also indicated that for those staffed within the EU, as many as 36% of companies rely on individual European Health Insurance Card's (EHIC) for their employees' health cover.

The study found 20% of those surveyed were unaware that their employers

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