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I used to work for AXA Health insurance. Up until about 2017(!), they were reimbursing people for treatment which was claimed back (as opposed to billed to the

by enlyth 5y ago

I used to work for AXA Health insurance. Up until about 2017(!), they were reimbursing people for treatment which was claimed back (as opposed to billed to the insurance company directly) by cheque exclusively, and there were rumours from the finance department that this was because lots of people never bothered to cash in their cheques because of the hassle compared to receiving a direct debit.

brnt 5y ago
It's a large company: these things are not accidental (was home insurance btw). I know French law enforces cheques validity as legal tender, but it's a supremely asshole move to give them out to foreigners/people abroad. They did mail them abroad to me in the end! This is where someone's grandmother came in, but she couldn't cash them either, even with a letter authorising her. Out of all the countries I've lived in Europe, France is the only one where I ever saw cheques in actual usage! In NL, cheques went out of fashion in the 80ies, and banks haven't had the infrastructure to process them for decades now.