• 12
  Jan
  2010

• Show Your Smarts with Proper Student Insurance

  
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If you’re a student in the United States, resolve to pay attention to your international student insurance plan this semester. Although the U.S. government does not have any restrictions or requirements for F-1 visa holders, it does have some requirements for J-1 visa holders.

However, your university will have some prerequisites for student insurance. Your university will also offer an insurance plan that covers most major medical expenses, including mental health coverage. If you are looking for alternate private insurance, pay attention to the following benefits which you might not otherwise.

Mental health coverage: Remember that mental health care is extremely expensive in the United States. Although mental health may not be something you pay attention to in your home country, it assumes importance when you are away from home. This is especially true if you live in the northern part of the country where winters can be long and depressing.

Coverage outside the city of residence: Most insurance plans offered by your college or university feature extremely limited options for coverage outside the city of residence and outside the plan’s PPO network. You will be visiting friends and family outside of your city and you will need to be covered adequately. Be smart and ensure that your insurance actually comes in handy.

• 11
  Jan
  2010

• Insurance for V-Day Against Shocks of the Monetary Kind!

  
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With Valentines Day coming up, you might be looking to take your special someone on a special vacation, insuring your trip with international travel health insurance. The last thing you want to manage during such a special trip is the extra stress of losing your baggage, arriving late, or losing a bunch of money because you need to cancel your trip.

The one-stop solution to ensure that your trip investment is returned to you is trip cancellation insurance. Trip cancellation insurance does not just reimburse the costs of a canceled flight. Most plans offer reimbursement for non-refundable hotel reservations and other expenses as well.

Most trip cancellation plans also offer some sort of baggage loss benefit. Usually, the expenses are refunded provided the cancellation of the trip is due to a covered reason—usually the death of a close family member, or the destruction of the primary residence of the plan holder.

Remember to read the clauses in the trip cancellation insurance carefully to check the reasons for cancellation that are covered. Purchasing the “Cancel for Any Reason” rider covers you for most reasons, but some are still excluded. “Change of Valentines’ Heart’ is probably, unfortunately, one the exclusions!

• 08
  Jan
  2010

• International Insurance Not Just About Health

  
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When you buy international travel medical insurance, the only thing on your mind is probably that it will help you in case you get ill. However, international travel insurance offers much more than just medical coverage; in fact, these may be the benefits you need!

First things first: Read your policy carefully for details of the non-medical benefits your plan provides. The most common benefits include baggage loss assistance and trip interruption coverage. Some group plans also offer coverage to replace a group leader or chaperone, in case the current chaperone needs to cut his/her trip short or cannot make it to the trip.

Some plans also offer identity theft assistance, which covers all the costs related to neutralizing the effect of the stolen identity, including applying for duplicate documents, long distance phone calls and other related charges.

Other coverage that can come in useful includes concierge assistance, rental vehicle assistance, and general help with emergency situations. Select plans offer referrals to legal services when traveling, when required. The next time you’re covered under a travel health insurance plan, know that it is not just about your health!

• 07
  Jan
  2010

• When You Feel Blue, Turn to Reside Blue Insurance

  
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When you job literally takes you “over seas” as crew of a marine vessel, marine crew insurance is very important. One such plan, Reside Blue, offers coverage tailor made for seafarers and their families. The comprehensive plan carries a lifetime maximum of $5 million.

To be eligible for the plan, you must be under 75 years of age, and an employee aboard a seafaring vessel, and must be outside the United States and U.S. territorial waters for at least six months in a year. All applicants must, in addition, furnish a declaration that they are not U.S. residents.

The plan is open to U.S. and non-U.S. citizens. The plan offers five choices of deductibles, and premiums differ for men and women covered under the plan. Coverage includes usual and customary medical benefits including emergency and outpatient care, repatriation of remains, AD&D, and emergency medical evacuation benefits.

The plan also offers an amateur sailboat racing benefit that covers illness or injury arising out of the sport. The benefit has a $15,000 maximum per year. The plan is underwritten by Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London, and is rating A (Excellent) by A.M. Best and Company.