MetLife and GeoBlue, the international solution for the Blue Cross Blue Shield companies, are to offer a single expatriate benefits solution Globaline.
Globaline brings together health coverage and services from GeoBlue – including medical, dental, vision, prescription, wellness, international employee assistance programme and political and natural disaster assistance – and life, accidental death and dismemberment and long term disability coverage from MetLife Worldwide Benefits. That includes value-added services, such as grief counselling, will preparation and digital estate planning and estate resolution.
The firms say the plan has been designed to be easy to implement and manage, with a single proposal for the entire suite of coverage and a single point of contact, from account servicing to implementation through to enrolment and renewal.
Globaline is available to quote now for groups with effective dates or renewal dates starting on or after 1 January 2025.
Juliane Kowalski, senior vice president of group products for MetLife, said: “MetLife Worldwide Benefits is well known for its commitment to providing best-in-class products for our expatriate clients.
“MetLife’s life, accidental death and dismemberment, and long term disability solutions for globally mobile employees are unmatched in the market.
“By collaborating with GeoBlue to offer expatriate medical coverage with access to the Blue Cross and Blue Shield networks in the United States and throughout the world, we will continue to provide exceptional solutions to meet the unique benefits needs of our customers,” she added.
Diego Fernández, president and CEO at GeoBlue, said: “We’re pleased to join forces with MetLife to meet the market need for quality health and ancillary benefits packaged into a single solution that’s easy to administer.
“Our company purpose is to simplify the international healthcare experience and we look forward to bringing our extensive global health capabilities and medical networks to MetLife’s customers and the new ones we will attract with Globaline.”