International Travel Insurance

Travel insurance provides protection to you and your loved ones in case you get sick or suffer an injury while travelling. It covers hospital expenses, emergency evacuation bills, lost baggage, flight cancellations and a long list of other costs which can add up to the tens of thousands. Travel insurance provides coverage to deal with unforeseen situations while in transit.

It is strongly advised to carry travel insurance during trips. In case you miss out the documents then you should have important details of your policy like policy number or customer ID number to avail its benefits.

Yes, are allowed to cancel your travel insurance only if you don’t undertake the journey covered by your insurance policy. You may have to submit a copy of your passport as a proof that no journey has been undertaken. Insurance companies normally refund premium subject to deductions made towards administrative costs.

Single and multi - trip insurance depends on the frequency of your trips.

Single trip insurance - It stands valid for a single trip and only for a pre-defined number of days.

Multi-trip insurance - People who go on frequent personal or business trips should go for multi-trip insurance policy. With this insurance cover, you are secured for a maximum number of trips in a year and you don’t need to inform the insurance company about every trip.

• For single trip- Insurance cover starts the moment you board the flight, bus or train.
• For multi-trip- This insurance plan is designed for frequent travelers. It offers coverage for multiple trips taken by an individual in a period of one year. Coverage per trip can be 30 or 60 days.

The policy can be extended for a maximum of 180 days. In any case, extension should not be more than 360 days. You can renew your plan online by filling a claim form before 7-10 days of the expiry of the current plan.

Yes, travel insurance can be purchased for senior citizens also. There are various insurance companies that offer travel insurance for people who are aged between 71-85 years.

For claim settlement, you need to fill the claim form and submit following documents-

• Bills/ Prescriptions/ vouchers/ reports/ discharge summary, containing name of the person treated, type of ailment, details of medical treatment and date of treatment.
• Prescription should clearly show medicines prescribed, price and the receipt stamp of the pharmacy. For dental treatment, bills/vouchers/reports must show the details of the tooth treated and treatment.
• For reimbursement of the costs incurred on transporting the mortal remains to India or the cost of burial abroad, it is required to submit an official death certificate along with the doctor’s statement giving the reason of death.
• For reimbursement of expenses incurred on transporting the insured person to India, a medical statement giving the cause of illness and the requirement of transportation should be submitted.
• To claim loss of baggage, an insured has to give the proof of value of articles.
• For personal liability, proof of judicial decision given by the court of law.
• For personal accident, bills/ vouchers/ reports/ discharge summary, death certificate, FIR, Post Mortem Report and other documents as applicable.

Any other document(s) that the company needs to process the claim.

When you buy a policy, you are given E-card by an insurance company. Please register yourself on the numbers mentioned on the E-card to avail treatment. Every insurance company has its authorized agency working abroad who settles all overseas claims. Usually, cashless benefits are available only for in-patient treatment and not for outpatient treatment.

It is not mandatory in every country but yes, there are few countries which have made it compulsory. United States, France, Germany, Italy and Spain have made it mandatory for students travelling into their country to have a proper insurance plan.

Even if it is not obligatory, one should buy this cover in order to ensure a safe and happy stay in an unfamiliar country. Travel insurance helps students during medical contingencies, reimbursement on failure of presence during exams, etc.

Yes, you can buy travel insurance for your parents by using an international debit/credit cards. The soft copy of the policy is a valid legal document and proof of your travel insurance cover.

Any individual above the age of 3 years and below 80 years (may vary as per plan) can be covered by travel insurance. It is mandatory that a trip should commence from India.

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Usually, travel insurance offers coverage to domestic trips as short as 1-4 days.

Here is a tabular representation of reasons when travel insurance claims might get rejected under the following broad heads:

Personal liability means when you unintentionally injure an unknown person in a fatal accident or you damage third party property. There are various insurance companies which are offering personal liability coverage also. Check your policy wordings to know the extent of coverage.

You must check with the insurer and agent/or broker about medical tests that are required to be submitted along with the duly filled proposal form. Check the validity period of such reports also. Normally, medical reports within three to four weeks prior to departure are accepted. However, there are some companies like HDFC Ergo which doesn’t requires medical insurance up to 70 years.

Foreign nationals working in India with Indian employers of multinational companies and drawing salary in Indian currency can be covered.

It is a pre-departure coverage that reimburses you if due to some reasons your trip got cancelled. Some of the reasons of trip cancellation are natural disaster, injury, traffic accidents, assaults, illness, etc.

Except in case of hospitalization, insurer will settle claims once the insured is back in India.

Yes, passport is covered in the insured policy. Also, expenses incurred towards the procurement of a duplicate/temporary passport are also covered under travel insurance policy.

Under emergency medical expenses, charges incurred on ambulance services (to and from the hospital) are covered by insurance company.

Medical repatriation means arranging transportation to move an insured to his/her country of residence following a medical emergency.

Medical evacuation means arranging transportation to move an insured to the nearest hospital.

If the common carrier in which an insured is travelling is hijacked, insurance company pays compensation to his/her family for fixed number of days.