Traveling This Summer?
Some scary travel and health-related headlines have been popping up recently. Hantavirus exposure on an Atlantic cruise ship that resulted in several deaths, and numerous passengers testing positive for the deadly disease weeks after being evacuated from the ocean liner. An outbreak of Ebola disease has become a serious epidemic in remote areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as well as Uganda, resulting in hundreds of confirmed cases and suspected deaths.
Although most Americans probably won’t be venturing into rural areas of Africa this summer, more common contagions can pop up unexpectedly upon healthy travelers anywhere in the world.
Summer is typically a busy time for the international travel industry. Family vacations, business trips, study-abroad programs, high school/college senior trips, honeymoons and humanitarian and religious missions are but a few of the many reasons Americans travel overseas. Unbeknownst to most, their trusted domestic medical policies and governmental healthcare programs won’t sufficiently cover them during foreign travel. Once they cross that border, many of the benefits they think they can count on cease to exist or are at the very least greatly diminished.
Please inform and educate your friends, family and clients about the gaps in their healthcare when they venture outside the country. No matter age, gender, socioeconomic status or citizenship, U.S. residents traveling abroad need supplemental international major medical insurance.
Petersen International offers a comprehensive international medical product that is the go-to insurance plan on the market. The USAway International Major Medical Plan is one of the finest sources of medical protection one can have while traveling, residing or working outside the U.S. Its benefit structure fills the gaps found in traditional health plans, and further boasts important benefits such as emergency evacuation, repatriation and trip interruption that come standard with every policy.
The USAway Plan is perfect for short and long-term international travel itineraries. Policies can be purchased through agency web portals that we create specifically for each insurance producer or agency, allowing your clientele to purchase the coverage easily online under the guise of your company’s branding. Your clients will receive their policies and ID cards electronically, moments after purchasing the appropriate plan.
Whether the client is taking a cruise, visiting relatives abroad or attending a business conference, travel insurance is a necessary component to ensuring medical and financial protection when someone you know and care about travels overseas.
To learn more about travel medical insurance and for a complete outline of benefits, call Petersen International at (800) 345-8816.