Your company is expanding overseas. Is your health insurance plan ready?

More and more companies just like yours are sending employees abroad to set up offices or manufacturing facilities or to scope out new international markets. The number of employees on foreign assignments doubled in 2008/09 from 2005/06*.

Your employees on foreign assignments are key people in your organization who have been charged with the task of facilitating your company's growth. If one of your expat employees should fall ill while away, it could not only affect your employee's well-being, but also have a negative impact on the assignment.

Given what's at stake, choosing coverage for employees on temporary and permanent assignments that addresses their unique needs is critical. Domestic medical benefits are not designed to meet global challenges.

You're taking your organization into the new global economy. Is your global benefits plan ready to help you compete in the international marketplace?