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Group health insurance for companies with less than 250 employees

Group health insurance plans could be a key benefit to attract and keep your best talent.

Group health insurance - attract and retain top talent with Mercer Marsh Benefits

Our Select Mercer Marsh (MMB) Group Health Insurance solution makes it easier for small or medium sized businesses to access the same high-quality benefits corporate health insurance offers larger companies. Whether you’re a growing local business or a multinational with staff in Australia, we’ll help you look after your people — and make your workplace somewhere top talent wants to join and stay.

Group health insurance benefits for your business

Attract and retain the best talent

Providing subsidised healthcare cover sets you apart as an employer. In competitive markets, such as pharmaceuticals, technology and mining, a healthcare insurance employee plan can help you attract and keep high performing employees.

Improve profitability

A healthy workplace often leads to higher productivity and better profitability. Select by MMB allows you to control and contain costs, locking in premiums.

Corporate level health benefits

Our size and relationships mean we can negotiate appealing premium rates for your business. That means you’ll get group health insurance with corporate-level advantages, even though your business employs fewer than 250 people.

Consistency across borders

If your business is multi-national, our Select MMB Group Health solution is a great option. It will help ensure your employees working in Australia, and even visiting family members, are well covered in line with your global standards.

Cover we can arrange

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Subsidised group health insurance

A tailored health plan which suits SMEs with 1-250 employees.

  • You can pay up to the full cost of healthcare cover for your employees (with a minimum 75% contribution).

  • GOLD hospital cover as per Australian Government standards, includes all Medicare approved inpatient treatment, accommodation and theatre fees, (Per fund rules).

  • Extensive additional ancillary cover, with different rebates , that cover 60, 70, 80, or 90% of the cost of these services. You choose the cover level.

  • Your employee can get a tax summary statement per your plan design.

  • You choose the default hospital excess, from $0-$1000.

  • Easy, digital ancillary claims via the insurers “App".

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Voluntary group health insurance

Attractive corporate group health insurance rates for your employees.

  • You make the programme available to your employees.

  • Employee pays the cost of cover, but at a voluntary group rate, reducing their premiums compared to retail cover.

  • Flexible GOLD, SILVER and BRONZE hospital cover options to suit their needs.

What is covered by subsidised Select MMB Group Health Insurance?

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Subsidised group health care

This is a group healthcare scheme offering significant private healthcare and medical coverage options for your employees.

GOLD hospitalisation cover

Full GOLD standard cover for your employees; most in-hospital care including medical treatments, complications, intensive care, theatre fees and accommodation. For a full list of hospital cover please get in touch.

Ancillary cover

Extensive cover for services typically provided outside hospital cover; such as dental, physiotherapy, psychology and more. For a full schedule and description of different plans available, please contact us.

Family cover

The policy covers family members’ healthcare, including any children under 21 living with you (per fund rules).

Pre-existing conditions (per fund rules)

Acceptance of pre-existing conditions, for both your employee and family members when moving between funds (per fund rules).

Continued cover options if an employee leaves

If an employee moves on, they can choose to keep their healthcare cover under a voluntary scheme arrangement under the cover types offered.

General exclusions per fund rules

GOLD inpatient cover is the only cover in Australia that has no inpatient exclusions if treatment is medically required (Per medicare and fund rules).

Elective procedures (non- Medicare approved) such as cosmetic surgery for vanity reasons (Please see a full policy schedule for any exclusions, per fund rules)

Do you have questions?

We can help with your insurance needs whatever the size of your business. If your SME employs anywhere between 1-250 employees, talk to us about Select MMB Group Health Insurance.

Why have group health insurance cover?

Group health insurance for your employees gives you a very powerful recruitment and retention tool, helping you secure and keep the best talent within the business.

Imagine a top-quality candidate who has multiple job offers; access to a private healthcare plan such as subsidised Select MMB Group Health could be the deciding factor in bringing their talent to your workplace – especially if their family, even the ones visiting, can enjoy cover under your plan too.

Talk to us about tailoring Select MMB Group Health cover to your business. We have options for your business, no matter the size.

Why choose Marsh

Select more value, control costs

Thanks to our global partnerships, your business can access terms that usually reserved for large enterprises. Secure stable premiums and predictable expenses. With Select by MMB, you can confidently control costs and resources, helping your business grow and succeed.

Select more choice, Customise your employee benefits

Select MMB provides SMEs with many options. With some coverage options, employees can have access to health and wellness programmes, diabetes care, bowel screening, and other support.

Select efficiency, save time and effort

We’re experts in developing employee health and wellbeing benefits. We have developed these products on your behalf, so you don't have to do the hard work yourself.

Related insurance solutions

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Group income protection (SCI)

Group salary continuance and income (SCI) protection gives your employees comfort that if they can’t work for a period, they’ll still have an income.

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Life and disability group cover

Having life insurance and disability cover in place for your employees offers them peace of mind and makes your business attractive to new talent.

Frequently asked questions

Your employees, their families, children living at home, and even family members visiting from overseas, for the duration of their visit. It’s very broad.

Corporate private health insurance offers flexible arrangements to suit both voluntary and subsidsed groups.

Yes, the hospitalisation cover is GOLD standard throughout, and you can choose the level of excess you pay. Also, the amount and type of cover for ancillary or services varies depending on the option’s you choose.. Talk to us about what’s best for your business.

Their policy will be ceased per their last working date. However, if the employee decides to continue their policy on their own terms, the product and or premium may change when moved under a retail cover type arrangement.

Yes. For ancillary cover it’s just two/six months for most services before any claim can be made, but there are exceptions and these vary depending on the type of ancillary service. For example, major dental work has a 12 month waiting period if a first time insurer or within the 12 month waiting period. Hospital cover has a standard 12 month wait for all preexisting and pregnancy related services for first time insurers or if upgrading cover types. (per fund rules)

We can arrange cover for your business if you have anywhere between 1-250 employees.

Good question. Through Select MMB we can negotiate group policies that balance affordability and broad employee protection. Also, accessing a product such as Select MMB Group Income Protection cover and setting it up for maximum employee benefit, is better done by specialists.

We can help ensure that when or if the time comes, you are maximising every advantage from your policy, and getting your employees healed and back on their feet as quickly as possible.

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