Press release 7 March 2013
Since September 2012 ERGO Direkt‘s dental cost optimizer has been offering a free service that enables consumers to significantly reduce their dentist bills. And it works: Since its launch patients have been able to save nearly 1.5 million Euros. Now the service is even simpler: Anybody interested can download all documents as editable PDFs direct from the Internet.
Not only patients’ teeth can hurt; dental bills can also be painful. “Extensive repair work can easily cost a couple of thousand Euros”, according to Peter M. Endres, Chairman of the Board of Management of ERGO Direkt. “Usually, however, price comparisons are impossible.” Rather, patients are led to believe that dentists’ prices are somehow non-negotiable. To create more transparency ERGO Direkt started the dental cost optimizer half a year ago. Through the direct insurer anybody is able to obtain alternative quotations for necessary dental treatment, anonymously and free of charge. In this way thousands of Euros can be saved on extensive treatments. “So far, the patients have had the chance to save a total of nearly 1.5 million Euros,” Endres is happy to say.
All the patients need to do is send a copy of their treatment and cost plan to ERGO Direkt. After anonymising the data the direct insurer then collects alternative quotations from registered dentists in the vicinity of the patient through its partner “2te-Zahnarztmeinung.de” (second dentist's opinion). Meanwhile, participating has become even easier. “Anybody interested can simply download all documents as editable PDFs direct from our website on the Internet”, Endres reports. Since the beginning of March this innovative service has also been advertised on nationwide TV.
For further information, please contact:
 | ERGO Direkt Versicherungen Corporate Communications Frank Roth Tel +49 911 148-1873 Fax +49 800 701-1111 frank.roth@ergodirekt.de presseservice@ergodirekt.de |
About the ERGO Direct Insurance
With over 4.4 million customers ERGO Direkt is Germany‘s most popular direct insurer. The company specializes in simple, easy-to-understand products belonging to the standard requirements of private households. Important products in this context are supplementary dental insurance, longterm care daily benefits, term life insurance and funeral expenses cover. Lean processes and fast processing enable it to offer attractive premiums. Since its foundation the company has been enjoying steady and above-average growth. Today, around 1,900 employees work at the facility in Nuremberg/Fuerth. ERGO Direkt is part of the ERGO Insurance group and thus of Munich Re, one of the leading reinsurers and risk carriers worldwide.
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