The coverage of public insurance for infertility treatment has been expanded from this fiscal year.
In response to this, the insurance industry is expanding its efforts to sell services and dedicated insurance products that support companies that are trying to improve welfare programs related to fertility treatment.
The scope of public insurance coverage for infertility treatment has been expanded from this fiscal year, but many companies are facing the challenge of creating a work environment that allows them to balance treatment and work.
Under these circumstances, Sumitomo Life has started a demonstration experiment this month of a service that supports the creation of a work environment that makes it easy to balance treatment and work.
This service provides online training that introduces knowledge about fertility treatment to employees, and provides a system that allows employees to consult with nurses and clinical psychologists about treatment on SNS.
Mr. Sho Torii of Sumitomo Life's new business planning department said, "While there is a lot of interest in creating a comfortable working environment, many companies are worried about how to support infertility treatment, so we would like to develop our business in earnest."
In addition, in the insurance industry, there is a growing movement to support companies working to enhance welfare programs related to fertility treatment, such as Sompo Japan starting sales of insurance products for companies that subsidize the medical expenses of employees from April. .