Hibernian team up with Best Doctors

9th May 2007

Hibernian Life & Pensions this week announced that it has formed a partnership with US-based Best Doctors, Inc. to offer its customers access to the pooled knowledge and experience of the world’s best medical experts, specialists, researchers and academics.

Best Doctors, an independent company founded in 1989 by doctors affiliated with Harvard Medical School in the US, is to be offered free to all Hibernian customers who take out a new serious illness policy. The benefit of this policy enhancement is clear. If a customer, or their child, is diagnosed with a serious illness they now have the option to get an expert medical review of their diagnosis from one of a panel of 50,000 specialists worldwide, all of whom have been selected by Best Doctors as the top in their specialist field.

Gareth McQuillan director of marketing and product development at Hibernian said:

“The benefits are obvious. The patient receives an expert evaluation of their diagnosis, plus a recommendation of best treatment options, all without leaving home. The Best Doctors service is designed to support, not replace the treating doctor, by supplying leading edge information on complex and rare conditions; information that can improve and even save lives.”

A claim does not necessarily have to be made under the customer’s serious illness policy in order for them to avail of Hibernian’s Best Doctors service.

Dominic Howard, Best Doctors Director, UK and Ireland said:

“We are delighted to have formed a relationship with Hibernian. There is such an obvious fit between their product and our service, making a really compelling proposition for new Hibernian customers.’’

Sample quotes for serious illness cover including Best Doctors:

Female, age 25, non-smoker, €100,000 for 20 years = €19.64 per month Male, age 25, non-smoker, €100,000 for 20 years = €17.54 per month

Female, age 35, non-smoker, €150,000 for 20 years = €52.63 per month

Male, age 35, non-smoker, €150,000 for 20 years = €53.14 per month

Female, age 45, non-smoker, €150,000 for 20 years = €102.39 per month Male, age 45, non-smoker, €150,000 for 20 years = €124.83 per month

About Hibernian

• Hibernian Group is Ireland’s largest composite insurer, ranked first for general insurance and top three for life and pensions.
• Hibernian Group is a subsidiary of Aviva plc, the world’s fifth-largest insurance group and the UK’s largest insurance services provider (based on gross worldwide premiums at 31 December 2005), and is one of the leading providers of life and pension products to Europe, with substantial positions in other markets around the world. Aviva employs 58,000 staff worldwide.
• Aviva’s principal business activities are long-term savings, fund management and general insurance, with worldwide total sales of £41.5 billion and assets under management of £364 billion at 31 December 2006.
• Morley is the UK-based asset management business of Aviva plc. Firms within the Morley group of companies manage £169bn (€247bn) from offices around the world as at 30 April 2007.
• With a strong track record in the property arena, Morley has seven European property funds focusing on a range of sectors and markets and over the last 24 months has acquired over 50 properties in 11 countries. These funds account for over €1.1bn of European assets under management.
• In 2006 Morley Fund Management won two awards at the Central and Eastern European Real Estate Quality awards taking ‘Outstanding Company of the Year’ and ‘Investor of the Year’ for its Central European Property activities.
• The product information above is for press release purposes only; full details are contained in the product literature available from Hibernian.
• The value of property investments is generally a matter of valuer’s opinion rather than fact. In addition, property investments may not always be readily saleable and very occasionally there may be constraints on cashing in units.
• The value of investments abroad may rise and fall due to exchange rate movements.

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