HygeiaHMO Nigeria now accepting cash payments from UK for via PiP iT/DiasporaPay Partnership
Hygeia HMO is Nigeria’s leading private health insurance provider. As an industry innovator it spotted the opportunity for growth by working with PiP iT and Diaspora Pay to accept cash payments from the UK for health insurance for Nigerian’s.
Remittance into Nigeria in 2018 was $24B with almost 20% of that coming from the UK. Once basic bills are covered, Nigerian’s use remittances to pay for education and health care.
By working with PiP iT and DiasporaPay, Hygeia have been able to dramatically reduce the cost of paying for family health insurance from abroad.
This makes is cheaper and easier for family in the UK to support their families at home. The person living in the UK can log onto the Hygeia HMO website and select the right cover for their family member living at home in Nigeria. They select the plan they want to buy and enter basic details of who the cover is for. Once they click submit, they get a PiP iT bar code which they can pay in any Post Office in the UK, scan at the counter and pay.
Once payment is made, the person insured is contacted by Hygeia with confirmation of their coverage.
I am delighted to get this live before Christmas, as I can't think of a better present for your parents than security.
PiP iT is an Irish FinTech who have developed an International Cash Transaction Platform to support migrants.
Diaspora Pay are PiP iT’s Nigerian partner company.
Click the link below to buy health insurance from the UK for your family members in Nigeria. Or share the link with anyone who would be interested