Continental launches cashless medical insurance

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The newest force in the general insurance industry, Continental Insurance Lanka Limited, launched in March 2010, has now extended its services to provide its corporate clientele with cashless medical insurance coverage.

With this move, it is thus providing an unparalleled service with care, endorsing its tag line ‘service, redefined’ in insurance. Policyholders could now enjoy hassle free cashless hospitalisation in times of illness.

Continental Insurance announced a partnership with Iris Solutions Ltd., as its Third Party Administrator (TPA) to administer and facilitate cashless hospitalisation.

Iris Solutions Ltd., whose registered trade mark service is eKlaims, is a subsidiary of Iris Technologies, a UAE-based company providing innovative products and services to the healthcare insurance industry in the Gulf Corporation Council (GCC) region as well as the Indian Subcontinent and South East Asia.

Continental Insurance is honoured to partner with eKlaims in providing a cashless hospitalisation service experience to its customers. Continental Insurance and IRIS share a common vision of delivering an excellent customer experience in respective spheres of service provision. This unique cashless hospitalisation system offers Continental Insurance customers who are in possession of a Continental Insurance medical card immediate admission to any empanelled hospital islandwide without having to bear any expenses. Continental Insurance Lanka Limited, a fully owned subsidiary of the prestigious DCSL Group, is a dynamic player in the insurance industry and is committed to provide world class service in motor, fire, general accident and marine insurance segments in the country.

The company is also equipped with a range of novel non-motor insurance products to cater to both personal and corporate needs. The DCSL Group is a premier blue chip conglomerate in Sri Lanka and has the distinction of being listed for the third time in Forbes Asia’s 200 best under a US$ billion.

IRIS Technologies launched in 2005 has distinguished itself as the premier healthcare facilitator and third party administrator in Brunei Darussalam, Qatar, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. It has won many awards and the loyalty of insurance companies, reinsurance companies, corporate and medical service in these countries.