Health insurance when you and your family need it
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- Easy-to-book appointments and shorter wait times help get you back to your best
- Choose where you’re treated with access to 100s of hospitals nationwide
- Extensive cancer cover and support at every stage of treatment
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What is health insurance?
Health insurance, also known as private medical insurance, is cover that helps pick up the bill for private medical care for a future short-term injury or illness.
Take it out for yourself, your partner and your family. You can enhance or reduce your cover with optional add-ons depending on our budget or what is important to you.
Health insurance can offer more control over your treatment choices and help reduce how long you might wait for an appointment, to the diagnosis of a condition or surgery.
The benefits of our health insurance
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It takes a name you can trust
Over 1.1 millionFootnote [1]people agree, and have health insurance with us, as at year to date May 2023.
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Choosing where you're treated
Ask us to guide you to the most suitable hospital and specialist when you claim, by picking our Expert Select option (PDF 1 MB). Or decide up front on one of the ready-made hospital lists that make up ourHospital Options (PDF 476 KB).
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Tools to take care of yourself every day
As part of our cover, you’ll benefit from a range of wellbeing services to help you live your best life, from advice around healthy eating choices to discounts at a nearby gym.
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Cut down the waiting time
Private health insurance can help bring down how long you’ll wait for elective procedures, tests, and consultations, which can really benefit you if you have urgent health needs.
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Privacy when you need it most
When you’re in hospital, our insurance could cover the cost of a private room, so you have your own space for extra peace and comfort.
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How much does health insurance cost?
It depends on things like your age and where you live and, if you’re switching to us, how many claims you’ve had. But you can control the features you have and don’t have, which can increase or decrease your premiums.
My Healthy Discount:
You could save up to 15% on your first year premium if you meet our health-related eligibility criteria. The discount will reduce over future renewals. Please view the My Healthy Discount terms and conditions for full details.
Renewal price guarantee
Take out a new health insurance policy with us, and we'll guarantee your premiums won't increase at first renewal if you haven't made a claim that's reduced your no claim discount level.
Do you already have health insurance with us?
- View your policy on MyAviva
- Try the MyAviva app
- Make a claim
- Help and support
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Who do we cover?
Individual cover
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Joint cover
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Family cover
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Already have health insurance?
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What does our health insurance cover?
Core cover
Benefits that come as standard with our health insurance:
Consultations and/or treatment with a specialist
Diagnostic tests
Hospital charges
Full cancer cover
Out-patient mental health treatment
With a choice of:
Expert Select
Guided hospital option
Key hospital list
Our standard list
Enhance cover
Enhance your cover with any of these optional add-ons.Choose from:
- Dental and optical
- Mental health upgrade – 28 days in or day-patient treatment
- Other treatment and therapies including osteopathy, physiotherapy and chiropractic
- Extended hospital list
- Protected No Claim Discount
Reduce cover
Reduce your premiums by removing cover you don't want.Here's what you can remove:
- Reduced out-patient options
- Six week option
- Member excess options
- Signature hospital list
- Trust hospital list
Enhance cover
Add to your basic cover with these options, at an additional cost:
- Dental and optical cover for routine dental, accidental dental injury and eye care expenses
- Mental health treatmentadding daypatient and inpatient care to your core outpatient cover for acute mental health conditions
- Extended hospital listincrease the number of hospitals you can use, mostly in the Greater London area. This is instead of Expert Select, our core route to treatment or the standard Key hospital list
- Other treatment and therapiessuch as GP-referred treatment to a physiotherapist, osteopath, chiropractor or acupuncturist
- No claim discount protection pay a small sum to help keep future premiums down
Reduce cover
Options to make your premiums more affordable:
- Add the six-week optionyou’ll still be covered for private inpatient treatment and daypatient care if NHS treatment isn’t available within six weeks. We can’t offer this if you live in the Channel Islands or on the Isle of Man
- Policy excesspay towards the cost of a claim – choose from £100, £200, £500, £1,000, £3,000 or£5,000 – no more than once each member, every policy year
- Reduced hospital listsyou can choose the Signature hospital list, which includes hospitals in Scotland and Northern Ireland only, or the Trust hospital list of the NHS Trust and Partnership private hospital units, if you live within the catchment area
- Reduced outpatient coveryou can choose to reduce your outpatient cover to a limit of £0, £500 or £1,000, as well as removing certain outpatient benefits These reduced limits don’t apply to cancer treatment
Your total wellbeing
The tools you need to make positive changes. Here'show our wellbeing services can be there for you.
MyHealthCounts
An online health and wellbeing tool that helps you find out how healthy you are. It could also help save you money when it’s time to renew your policy.
Aviva Digital GP
An app that gives you unlimited access around the clock to GP video consultations per member, per policy year, and repeat NHS prescriptions – at no extra cost ‡
Get Active
We’ll help you get fit and stay healthy with savings on gym services, discounted lifestyle products and offers at over 3,000 nationwide health and fitness clubs‡
24-hour Stress Counselling helpline
If you’re stressed and want to talk to someone, experienced counsellors are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week (for members aged 16 or over)
Mental health support
If you're struggling with stress, anxiety or poor mental health, it can be difficult to get back on track. We can help by providing easy access to information, videos and articles,
on a range of topics ‡
Cancer Care with Get Active
You can benefit from savings on products and services that can help make a small difference if you or someone close to you is living with cancer. The service provides you with discounted products and services that can help with the daily living adjustments a cancer diagnosis and treatment can bring, as well as offers on services and experiences that may enhance quality time spent with family and close friends‡
‡These services are non-contractual and can be changed or withdrawn at any time.
Aviva Digital GP is powered by Square Health. It’s available if you’re a resident of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, at home or abroad. Terms and conditions and the privacy policy can be viewed in the Aviva Digital GP app before you sign up, and mobile data charges may apply.
Our insurance offers wide-ranging cover against illness, cancer, accidents and curable diseases. The language of health insurance can be confusing,and can mean very specific things, so here’s aguide to some of the key terms.
What's covered
- Acute conditions
Our health insurance covers treatment for short-term illnesses or injuries that respond quickly to treatment.
- Access to 100s of hospitals
Whether you choose Expert Select or a hospital list, you’ll have access to a wide range of private hospitals and facilities. These include BMI, Nuffield, Spire and NHS private units.
- Extensive cancer care
Cover for cancer diagnosis, treatment and aftercare as standard – read more aboutour cancer pledge. - Hospital charges and specialist fees
Comprehensive outpatient cover, including diagnostic tests, consultations with a specialist, treatment with a specialist, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
What's not covered
- Chronic conditions
We don’t cover a disease, illness or injury that needs ongoing or long-term care, such as diabetes, arthritis, epilepsy and asthma. Please note that cancer is covered as standard. - Pre-existing conditions
If we look at your full medical history when you apply (full medical underwriting), we’ll usually exclude any conditions you had previously. If we don’t look at your full medical history when you apply (moratorium underwriting), when you make a claim, we’ll ask about any pre-existing conditions you had in the five years before you took out the policy. These conditions won't be covered unless you’ve been free from medication, treatment, diagnostic tests or advice for them for two continuous years after taking out this policy. How we deal with pre-existing medical conditions - Pregnancy and childbirth
We don’t cover treatment for pregnancy and childbirth but we do cover related conditions that can also be experienced outside of pregnancy and childbirth, and the specific complications listed in the terms and conditions. Footnote [1]
Policy documents
See a full list of what’s covered in our policy wording.
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How we deal with pre-existing medical conditions
Watch our video about How we deal with pre-existing medical conditions
Health insurance FAQs
Do I need to renew my policy every year?
Yes, you need to renew your policy every 12 months. We’ll send you a renewal invite around 30 days before your renewal date so you can check your details are correct and the cover still meets your needs.
If you’ve previously filled out our MyHealth Counts health questionnaire, you’ll also discover if your Q score has helped you secure a discount.
After checking all the renewal details, if you don’t need to make any changes, then simply leave the rest to us. On your renewal date, we’ll automatically renew your policy and take payment (using the payment details we have saved for you).
Does my health insurance cover me abroad?
No, our health insurance doesn’t cover you abroad. It only covers you in the UK, which means England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
We don’t offer international health insurance.
Can I add others to my policy?
Yes, you can add other people to your policy if they’re part of your immediate family group. For example, this means you can add a spouse, a partner, or your children.
If you add two or more children aged 19 or under, you'll only pay for the oldest (until they turn 20).Plus, adding your partner to your health insurance could mean you pay less than if you both had your own individual policies.
Are there any age limits to buying health insurance?
You need to be aged aged 18 to take out a Health insurance policy with us.
Will my health insurance premiums change every year?
How much you pay for your health insurance might change year-to-year. Because when we work out your renewal price, we consider several factors. Some of them are about you specifically, like your age or postcode. Others are about what’s happening in the world or the insurance market in general, like the cost of medical treatments increasing.
Discover other factors that might cause your health insurance premiums to change.
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What you need to get a health insurance quote
When you get a quote from us, we’ll ask for a few details, including:
- Personal information – such as your name, date of birth and address
- When you want your cover to start – today or a date in the future
- If you want to add anyone else to the policy – if you include a partner or children, we’ll need to know their details too.What type of cover you want – customise your policy by choosing add-ons and your hospital option.
- Any medical history – we’ll ask you to pick either moratorium underwriting or full medical underwriting, which deal with pre-existing medical conditions in different ways.
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