APRIL continues to facilitate access to healthcare for its policyholders through a new partnership with C'Evidentia
04 November 2024
With waiting times for a consultation with an ophthalmologist running as long as 3 months[1] and the average out-of-pocket cost of a pair of spectacles at €128[2], the process of obtaining ophthalmic treatment can sometimes be an obstacle course. APRIL, the leading insurance brokerage, is announcing its partnership with French start-up C’Evidentia to make it easier to book appointments and access a wide choice of frames. This partnership demonstrates APRIL’s commitment to its policyholders to facilitate access to quality care within a controlled budget.
All APRIL health policyholders can now benefit from the optical products and services offered by the start-up C’Evidentia, including online sight and acuity tests, easier appointment booking with a healthcare professional within a shorter timeframe, and access to the C’Evidentia product catalogue with a wide range of frames available with no out-of-pocket expenses.
‘This partnership with C’Evidentia illustrates our determination to improve protection for the French, particularly senior citizens, some of whom might consider foregoing treatment due to lack of resources or access to a healthcare professional. This scheme enhances our range of services and solutions, which include access to teleconsultation and a reimbursement simulator to estimate the out-of-pocket expenses for each treatment in real time,’ said Ludovic Cohen, Deputy Managing Director of APRIL Santé Prévoyance.
‘We are delighted to be supporting a leading player like APRIL in its strategy to digitalise and diversify its services. Through this partnership, we will be facilitating access to vision care and restoring purchasing power for several hundred thousand policyholders, which we are delighted about’, says Baptiste de la Brosse, Chairman of C’Evidentia.
The APRIL and C’Evidentia partnership includes :
-A free teleconsultation eye test,
-A complete service for the beneficiary, from making the appointment to purchasing the glasses and final delivery,
-Appointments made with partner ophthalmologists,
-Access to a wide choice of frames, with zero out-of-pocket expenses.
[1] Study by the Association des Optométristes de France.
[2] C’Evidentia figures
About APRIL Group
APRIL is the leading wholesale broker in France with a network of 15,000 partner brokers. APRIL’s 2,400 staff members aim to offer their customers and partners – individuals, professionals and businesses – an outstanding experience combining the best of people and technology, in health and personal protection for individuals, professionals and VSEs, loan insurance, international health insurance (iPMI), property and casualty niche insurance and asset management. APRIL aspires to become a digital, omnichannel and agile operator, a champion of customer experience and leader in its markets, while committing to the societal responsibility issues set forth in its Oxygen approach.
The APRIL Group operates in 18 countries and recorded a turnover of €630 million in 2023.
About C’Evidentia
By redefining the profession of optician, C’Evidentia has become France’s leading digital optician for companies and insurers.
Combining the latest technological advances with a human approach, C’Evidentia has developed the first all-in-one application that lets you consult an optician by video, test your vision, try on your glasses online and have them made.
C Evidentia now covers 3 million beneficiaries who have access to the service and is growing by more than 50% a year.
Press contacts
Mélanie Sutter – melanie.sutter@april.com
Agence angie – presseapril@angie.fr
