Airtel Customers to Get Free Insurance

Airtel has partnered with Pan Africa Life Assurance Limited and MicroEnsure to launch a free insurance product which will offer Airtel customers in Kenya life, accident and hospitalization insurance with increasing benefits based on their monthly airtime usage.

The product, which is tagged Airtel Insurance is packaged to deliver affordable insurance services and encourage insurance culture among Kenyans. The product is open to all Kenyan residents of 18 years and above. To register for the product, Airtel customers will be required to simply dial *336# from their mobile phones.

The product covers all hospitalization for any medical reason with no exclusions, making it the most user friendly hospital insurance cover in Kenya. Its availability on the Airtel mobile platform makes it the most widely accessible free insurance cover in the country.  The product benefits users whose hospitalization period is up to three or more nights at a hospital.

Airtel Insurance rewards loyal Airtel customers with a free, renewable monthly life, accident and hospitalisation cover based on the amount of monthly airtime used. Airtel Customers will qualify for this insurance by using as low as Sh.250 airtime each month, with the opportunity to gain incremental insurance benefits with increased monthly airtime usage.  The product is truly free; no airtime will be deducted from a customer’s balance for the insurance cover making the product work like a loyalty reward from Airtel.

Airtel Insurance becomes active on the first day of month following registration, and is based on the amount of airtime recharged the previous month, with a minimum monthly usage of Ksh.250.

Customers also have a variety of packages to choose from. A monthly usage of Ksh. 250, Airtel insurance gives the customer Ksh.1,000 hospitalization and Ksh.10,000 life and accident insurance while Ksh.500 usage will earn customers Ksh.2,000 hospitalization and Ksh.25,000 life and accident insurance. A Ksh.1,000 usage will attract Ksh.5,000 hospitalization and Ksh.100,000 life and accident insurance.   Finally, a Ksh.2,500 usage or above will attract Sh.10,000 hospitalization and Sh.250,000 life and accident insurance.