Bupa signs deal with EMS Ship Management

by Richard Kilner

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Health insurer Bupa International has won the contract for a major new maritime deal providing cover for almost two thousand seafarers and their dependents working for Norwegian firm EMS Ship Management.

The EMS Maritime Plan has been customised for EMS Ship Management’s specific needs by Bupa.

The deal will see every qualifying EMS seafarers and dependents covered all year round for medical matters, including maternity leave.

EMS Ship Management is wholly committed to offering the best employment package possible, according to Simon Frank, crewing and marine personnel director at EMS Crew Management.

Frank went on to say that the firm’s outlook was to provide the best for their employees and thus both attract and retain good workers.