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How much international insurance coverage is enough?

August 11th, 2015 by Victoria Troupe

Although it is hard to know exactly how much coverage you are going to need, you can get a better idea by knowing what your visa requires, how expensive medical care is in your destination country, what you’ll be doing abroad, and your budget.

Student Health Plan Updates for 2015

May 7th, 2015 by Ross Mason

We are excited to announce our student health insurance plan updates for the upcoming 2015 plan year. The new updates came into effect on May 1st, and include a range of excellent enhancements and additions – making our student health plan still the best, most comprehensive and affordable option for international students around the world. The biggest […]

Travel Medical Plan Updates for 2015

April 2nd, 2015 by Ross Mason

We are proud to announce some excellent updates to our international travel medical insurance plan. Effective April 1st 2015, anyone purchasing a new plan will benefit from these excellent new additions and enhancements: Emergency Medical Evacuation benefit increased from $500,000 to $1,000,000. Acute onset of pre-existing conditions benefit increased to match medical coverage maximum for […]

Insurance Requirements and Options for Studying Abroad in France

August 25th, 2014 by Bryanna Davis

Ten of the top 25 study abroad destinations for US citizens are inside Europe- number four on that list is France, according to the 2011/2012 Institute of International Education’s (IIE) Open Doors report. The latest report shows that there were 17,168 US students who studied abroad in France during the last academic year- a 0.9 […]

Greek International Student Insurance Plans

May 16th, 2014 by Jennifer Frankel

Are you planning to study in Greece? If so, you will want to make sure you’ve got your Greek international student insurance plan in place before you go. That’s because even though they have nationalized health care, international students will not have coverage under this system. What type of insurance works best for Greece? The […]

Health Insurance for International Students in Italy

May 5th, 2014 by Bryanna Davis

If you’re planning on studying in Italy you more than likely already know that it’s a country that offers a number of top notch educational institutions for students to choose to study at. With its deep history and large amount of museums- it provides the perfect backdrop for an international education. If you’re going to […]

Why You Need Emergency Medical Evacuation Coverage

March 10th, 2014 by Victoria Troupe

When you’re traveling outside of your home country, you may be concerned about health insurance. If you get sick or injured you want to make sure you are protected in a foreign place. But what type of insurance do you need? Is regular health insurance enough? What most people don’t know is that traveling internationally […]

Thanksgiving Holiday Travel Insurance – Do I need it?

November 26th, 2013 by Ross Mason

For new international students in the USA, this week marks probably the first major holiday in your calendar with Thanksgiving. To many students, this will be a totally new event and you may not have celebrated it before, but in short its a big deal in the USA. Some would even say that Thanksgiving is […]

New European Travel Insurance Plan

November 22nd, 2013 by Ross Mason

Since launching our first Euro based travel product over a year ago, the response and feedback from clients has been overwhelming positive that there are more travel options for them to choose from – either for those that are traveling from Europe and are used to € Euro benefits and pricing, or from those that […]

Making Insurance Purchases Easier | New Application System

August 8th, 2013 by Ross Mason

Over the last few weeks we have been working hard at developing our new online application system with the aim of making insurance purchases easier, and we are proud to announce that the new system went live yesterday, offering our clients some excellent new features and tweaks. The new system is designed to be easier […]

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