Important Updates
Below we’ve summarised some important changes to your benefits that will take effect from 1st January 2025. Please scroll down further for more detailed information and refer to the resources available inside your myChoice account.
- Health Screening: A discounted offering is available via the Private Medical Insurance scheme.
- Private Medical Insurance: Enhancements have been added to the current scheme.
- Leisure Travel Insurance: Please note that the COVID-19 exclusions no longer apply.
As a general rule, when you select your benefits please make sure you are comfortable with the cost before you commit to your choices. Whilst every effort is made each year to negotiate market competitive group rates for all HPE benefit plans on offer, there can be instances in which premiums for some benefits have risen due to inflation and supply chain pressures, as well as post-pandemic utilisation trends in the benefits marketplace.
To access the information from last year, please click here.
Reminder: Health Screenings
HPE Ireland team members enrolled in the HPE Private Medical Insurance scheme with Irish Life Health, can avail of a discounted Executive health screen at Charter Medical with a 29% discount. The health screen can take up to 2 hours and will include a personal review including medical history, lifestyle and nutrition, a physical examination including monitoring blood pressure and BMI, and clinical investigations where required.
The discounted Executive health screen offering is only available to members of the HPE Private Medical Insurance scheme; it does not operate via salary sacrifice and is not available in your myChoice account. Team members will need to book the screen and pay Charter Medical directly.
To learn more about this offering, check the screening locations and book in a screen, please call Irish Life Health or visit the following link: https://www.irishlifehealth.ie/benefits/member-benefits/health-screening. The discount will be applied at the point of sale and members must remember to provide their individual policy number for their HPE Ireland Private Medical Insurance plan (in the format “VIVGXXXXXX”).
In addition to the discount, members of the HPE Private Medical Insurance scheme can also claim a reimbursement on the cost of the Executive health screen via the Irish Life Health claims portal, making sure to submit the receipt within 6 months of when the respective policy year expires (31 Dec).
Update: Private Medical Insurance – Upcoming enhancements to the HPE Private Medical Insurance plans with effect from 31st Dec 2024.
The following enhancements will be applied at scheme renewal:
- The Irish Life Health care connect programme already launched care pathways for heart care and COPD. The latest care pathway is to support members that suffer from sleep apnoea.
- The Mental Health Guide has been designed to support members where the EAP is not necessarily the best option and to ensure members get the care for more long term issues or challenges.
- There are new cancer support benefits allowing members to claim for breast prosthesis and/or a wig.
Please check the Table of Benefits and Member Handbook for your selected plan and contact Irish Life Health for more information about the above enhancements.
Update: Leisure Travel Insurance - Please note COVID-19 exclusions are no longer applicable.
Previously Covid-19 exclusions which were in place whereby the policy did not cover claims directly or indirectly arising from or related to COVID-19. This exclusion has been removed and is no longer applicable.
However, before you actively select (or passively ‘roll-over’) this benefit for the 2025 plan year, we encourage you to carefully review the insurer’s benefit description and policy documents for this scheme, all of which are available inside your myChoice account.