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 […]
Posts Tagged ‘Emergency Medical Evacuation’
Why You Need Emergency Medical Evacuation Coverage
March 10th, 2014 by Victoria TroupeEmergency Medical Evacuation
June 13th, 2011 by Jennifer FrankelIn today’s environment where individuals travel overseas frequently, it is important to have a plan that includes coverage for emergency medical evacuation. That brings up the important question, what is emergency medical evacuation? For those of you who don’t know, emergency medical evacuation – also referred to as “med evac” – provides transportation from one […]
Emergency Medical Evacuation
December 13th, 2010 by International-Student-InsuranceWhen purchasing a travel insurance policy, you will want to be sure that your insurance plan has emergency medical evacuation included. What is emergency medical evacuation? When you have an emergency overseas, depending on where you are located there may not be proper facilities and care to treat your illness or injury. In these cases, […]
Emergency Medical Evacuation and Natural Disaster Coverage for International Students
January 15th, 2010 by International-Student-InsuranceAs many of you are now aware there was a very serious earthquake in Haiti. You may be wondering what you should do and who you can turn to for help in an emergency such as this. You can refer to FEMA’s web page about “What to do After an Earthquake” The most important things […]
