Tag - English expatriates

Life Insurance in Portugal : everything you need to know

Life Insurance in Portugal : everything you need to know   Planning to better guarantee the future of your loved ones means protecting yourself against a disability, for example, that may affect your daily life as well as your loved ones. It also means ensuring the mortgage on your home is paid in...

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Executive Insurance

Executive Insurance

Executive Insurance   Are you a company executive? Have you heard of “D&O” insurance? It’s actually “Directors and Officers” insurance which covers company directors’ and officers’ liability, particularly in the event of a management failure. Here are a few explanations with regard to this insurance...   Why take out directors and officers liability insurance? “Each time you...

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How does Dental Insurance work in Portugal ?

How does Dental Insurance work in Portugal ?   Keep smiling with dental insurance! Everyone knows nowadays that paying attention to oral hygiene is not a matter of how you look, but rather a way to maintain overall health. Yet, the truth is, even if you see it as a health issue, dental...

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Cyber Insurance

Cyber Insurance   Unless you’re a “geek” and passionate about all things digital, Wannacry and Notpetya are probably names that mean nothing to you. However, they really shook up the information security managers at the largest companies in the world in 2017.   They are the names of two new digital viruses (malware) which...

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Home Insurance: Policies through your bank

Home Insurance: Policies through your bank   You’ve just signed a mortgage with your new Portuguese bank and your banking advisor suggests you also take out home insurance at the same time to take advantage of a great interest rate... Is it a good or bad idea?   It’s sure an easy way to...

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why take out travel insurance

Why take out Travel Insurance?

Why take out Travel Insurance?   Traveling is about having adventures... But, sometimes there are troubles too: flight cancellations and delays, lost luggage, a stolen passport, health issues... Whether on business or traveling for pleasure, a trip abroad can become a nightmare with major unexpected costs.   Travel insurance is all about taking off...

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Health insurance how it works

Health Insurance in Portugal: How It Works

Health Insurance in Portugal: How It Works   Beyond the tax benefits for pensioners, Portugal is attracting more and more European workers who are coming to work, develop a business and enjoy an excellent quality of life and some of the best sun in Europe. Some 500,000 French workers have chosen this...

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healthcare in Portugal

Healthcare in Portugal

Healthcare in Portugal   Pursuant to European provisions, English expatriates residing in Portugal shall be exclusively assigned to the Portuguese social security system and will, therefore, lose status as insured under the English system. Two healthcare systems co-exist in Portugal: the public healthcare system Serviço Nacional de Saúde (SNS), for the employed, pensioners and...

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