• 01
  Sep
  2009

• What exactly is Missionary Insurance?

  
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This is a special kind of health insurance designed for the specific needs of missionary or NGO workers and their dependents. It covers such individuals who are on a church mission and would be working in the same country or abroad.

While it might seem that a typical travel insurance might take care of most of their needs, it is usually deficient in doing so. A missionary will be constantly travelling and might be stationed in far-flung and highly inaccessible places. The environmental conditions that they work in are sometimes much harsher than what a business traveler will experience.

It is necessary to keep all these in mind while selecting an insurance policy for them. Emergency medical evacuation, emergency reunion and interruption of trip are some of the benefits that one has to look for in such a policy. These clauses and coverage for them are more important in a missionary insurance policy than in a typical health or travel insurance policy.

The term of the coverage is also important. There are short term travel plans for as less as 5 days, and sometimes plans stretch up to 2 years. A comprehensive policy that takes care of all these needs has to be chosen, an a Missionary Insurance policy delivers on all these fronts.