16th Meeting of Senior Fellowships Officers of the ... - Development

Administrative Issues 67
230. Mr. Butaye pointed out that his company was an independent broker which worked
with 20 different insurance companies. As far as fellows were concerned, as he had
mentioned before, their main insurance company was Les Assurances Générales de
France, member of the Allianz Group. Dependency coverage was not provided by the
fellowship insurance. If a fellow had already returned home, the reimbursement fee
could be transferred to the administering organization or could be sent by check. Reimbursement
was based on the information provided on the claim form. Fellows in the
United Kingdom could rely on state coverage. It was up to the UN agencies to decide
whether the services provided by the British Government equaled those of Vanbreda.
Currently, very few fellows in the United Kingdom recovered expenses with Vanbreda
International. The British Council noted that Government services did not necessarily
match the medical insurance offered by Vanbreda.