Max Bupa launches urges Indians to make health a habit with ‘GoActive’

By A Correspondent

Max Bupa has rolled out a new campaign that talks about its latest digitally enabled everyday use health insurance plan GoActive and aims to change the way Indians perceive health insurance, making it a part of their daily lives. The new campaign attempts to redefine how health insurance brands typically interact and engage with their customers.

Speaking on the campaign, Anika Agarwal, SVP – Marketing and Head Digital Sales, Max Bupa, said: “Despite India’s falling health graph, the country still has one of the lowest health insurance penetration levels in the world with less than 20% of the population with any form of health insurance. Also, amongst Young Indians, in spite of their lifestyles and increasing incidence of illnesses, they generally do not feel the need for health insurance owing to how they still see it – a financial decision that can be deferred, a contingency investment only for old age and a recurring expense with uncertain usage, while you are in the pink of health. The brief for the creative agency was simple – break this stereotype and reimagine what health insurance should do. Make people realise that GoActive will work with you 365 days a year for all your health needs on the go – related to illness and wellness. Max Bupa has always attempted to stand apart in terms of how we communicate with our audiences and this campaign outreach is also differentiated. It is designed for today’s digital audiences, the campaign will be aired on high affinity TV channels and will have a big online and digital play including mobile, to reach out to our target audiences.”

Created by Contract Advertising, the commercial will run across both Tier 1 and 2 markets. Added Ashish Chakravarty, Chief Creative Officer – Contract: “Usual perception of health insurance is something that you buy and then put it in some file. Customers then almost forget about it unless there is a need for a big medical treatment. Here we have a unique product, Max Bupa GoActive that has been designed so that it is relevant and can be used almost every day of the year. So was born the idea of health insurance as a person who is with you in more ways than one. We had fun trying to conceptualize this character; should he be a medical professional or a doctor. Then we cracked this concept of creating a Max Bupa man. With an inspired casting in the form of Aparshakti Khurana, we think we have found a sweet spot.”