New AA Health Insurance

Many more consumers will exposed to the benefits of health insurance as AXA PPP healthcare have teamed with the AA to offer their customers three levels of medical cover. The Automobile Association will also be offering the products to non-members.

Simon Douglas, director of AA Insurance, said:

'This is a logical expansion of our health and life related products which include life insurance and critical illness cover.

'The AA has built a trusted reputation amongst its 15 million members for helping to ensure the health of their cars.

'Looking after the health of our members and their families is an obvious step and we've launched into private medical insurance with one of the leading providers in this market.

'Private health care, once the province of the well off, is now available to anyone and we think that this cover will be widely welcomed. We expect to expand the range of services later this year with, for example, health screening cover. We already offer Accident Healthcare which provides medical treatment in the event of a car accident.'

Currently new customers are being offered one month free private medical insurance and customers who have had AA membership for a year or more are being offered two free months of health cover.