Why we like this plan for short-term business travel worldwide
- BUPA is a worldwide name and brand – Instantly recognizable and accepted worldwide
- BUPA includes unlimited medical and evacuation coverage with NO deductible – Pays 100% up to your maximum coverage
- Pays 100% for most basic cover benefits up to maximum listed (see brochure)
- Includes medical and political evacuation and emergency transportation, free choice of hospitals and doctors
- Includes such benefits as lost/theft of bags, bag delay, personal liability, missed flights, security and legal assistance and more
- Offers 5% discount on premium when you sign up online below
- 2nd year 25% lower? When you renew an annual travel policy, your premium will be approximately 25% lower than your first-year premium. Just click on “pay your premium” on www.ihi.com
- Working in risky and war zone conditions is covered
- Pre-existing condition are usually covered if stable for the last six months prior to departure
Please be aware that BUPA no longer offers plans to U.S. or Canadian residents traveling overseas. This plan does insure non-U.S. and non-Canadian residents traveling anywhere in the world, including to the USA or Canada.
More on the BUPA Worldwide short-term insurance
- 100% coverage for emergency treatment and medical evacuation, plus free choice of doctors and hospitals
- No deductibles and no co-insurance + Direct payment of all hospital bills all over the world
- Coverage up through age 69
- Optional trip cancellation benefit if there is a chance of cancelled flights, trip, or significant risk of loss
- Free coverage of one child (under two yrs) per adult covered. Includes compassionate emergency return and emergency visit/accompaniment
- Working in risky and war zone situations is covered
- Most dangerous sports and occupations are honored/covered under this plan
- Only covers you outside your country of residence. For example:
- If you are an German, but working/living in India – you will be covered worldwide including the U.S.A., but not in India
- If you are a resident of Hong Kong – you will be protected when doing business throughout the world, including the U.S.A., Canada, the rest of the world but not in Hong Kong
- If you are an Indonesian citizen residing in Indonesia – you will be covered throughout the world minus Indonesia.
- U.S. residents and Canadian residents are not eligible to purchase this plan, however it covers non-U.S. residents and non-Canadian residents in both the USA and Canada.
- “Complications of pregnancy” are covered up to the 36 week of pregnancy
- With you everywhere:
- 24/7 in-house emergency service
- More than 70 highly qualified multicultural and multilingual staff with experience in handling emergency situations
- Over 20 languages
- In-house doctors and nurses
- Guarantee of payment to hospitals
- Assistance in arranging medical evacuations
- Pre-authorization
- Medical advice in-house
- Counseling on treatment
- Medical referrals to most appropriate place of treatment
- Telemedicine
