Evacuation benefits refer to the assistance, support, or advantages provided to people who need to leave a dangerous or risky place quickly. These benefits may include things like transportation, medical care, shelter, and other necessary resources to ensure the safety and well-being of the individuals being evacuated.
Full definition
If an insured person needs an emergency
medical evacuation this benefit enables a relative or friend to accompany the insured, or to travel from their residence country to be reunited with the insured.
This is sometimes referred to as «visitor to bedside» and is usually included in the medical
evacuation benefit for international medical and travel protection plans.
Medical
evacuation benefits generally cover the cost of transportation to an appropriately equipped nearby medical facility or a medical facility of your choice if you're seriously injured or ill.
The emergency medical coverage and emergency medical
evacuation benefits on this plan default to standard limits.
Look for a plan that includes emergency accident and sickness coverage as well as
evacuation benefits for complete coverage.
Travel insurance in its basic form usually provides trip cancellation, trip interruption, lost luggage, travel assistance, accidental death and limited
medical evacuation benefits.
3) Enhanced Political and Natural Disaster Evacuation The Enhanced Political and Natural
Disaster Evacuation Benefit Rider increases the Political and Natural Disaster Evacuation maximum benefit from $ 50,000 to $ 100,000.
In most cases, civil unrest and riots are not covered for trip cancellation benefits, but some plans do provide
security evacuation benefits to get you out of harm's way.
Please note that if we are contacted by the member within 10 days of the issuance, evacuation to the nearest warning - free country, or the member's home country, would be covered under the Political
Evacuation benefit included in all of our international travel medical policies.
Covered Reasons: We will pay for the Non-Medical Emergency
Evacuation Benefits listed above if, while on Your Trip, a formal recommendation from the appropriate local authorities, or the U.S. State Department, is issued for You to leave a country You are visiting on Your Trip due to: 1) a natural disaster; 2) civil, military or political unrest; or 3) Your being expelled or declared a persona non-grata by a country You are visiting on Your Trip.
This benefit is generally included in the Medical
Evacuation benefit of most international medical insurance and travel protection plans.
It covers the essentials: trip cancellations and interruptions as well as providing medical and
evacuation benefits just in case something goes wrong.
The Essential plan is RoamRight's lowest - cost trip cancellation policy, which provides basic Medical, Dental and
Evacuation benefits without all the bells and whistles.
Emergency medical and medical
evacuation benefits remain available on the Tin Leg Economy, Standard and Luxury policies for travelers who becoming infected with Ebola while on a covered trip.
For those who do not have medical coverage elsewhere, a travel insurance policy with $ 50,000 of Emergency Medical and Medical
Evacuation benefits typically satisfies requirements.
If the reported outbreak escalates, these policies will continue to offer emergency medical and medical
evacuation benefits as Tin Leg does not restrict epidemics or pandemics.
The Bottom Line: Travelers up to age 85 are eligible for this plan, which offers very high emergency medical and
evacuation benefit limits for you and those traveling with you.
The Non-Medical
Evacuation benefit covers all reasonable expenses incurred to transport a traveler to the nearest place of safety.
Security evacuation benefits will be paid (up to the plan limits) for consulting services if the insured is determined to be kidnapped or missing.
Enhanced Political and Natural
Disaster Evacuation Benefit Increases the Political and Natural Disaster maximum benefit from $ 50,000 to $ 100,000.
Medical Evacuation — Current insured travelers who become ill would be eligible for coverage under the medical
evacuation benefit of their plan up to the limits of the policy and subject to its general terms and conditions
To view policies with Non-Medical Emergency Evacuation coverage click here: Non-Medical Evacuation Benefit
Plans including trip cancellation / interruption benefits accounted for more than 87 % of the travel protection products purchased in 2016, while medical and medical
evacuation benefits accounted for 7.8 % of the plans sold.
The Elite plan includes trip interruption coverage of up to $ 5,000,
evacuation benefits including medical and nonmedical of up to $ 250,000 and emergency medical benefits coverage of up to $ 100,000 with no deductible.
What you need to know about your policy: Despite the outbreak, Tin Leg policies still offer Emergency Medical and Medical
Evacuation benefits for travelers who become infected with the Zika virus while on a covered trip.
32.17 Political Evacuation — Subject to the Benefits and Limits set forth in the Schedule of Benefits / Limits in Section 21, the Scheme Administrator will pay the following
Political Evacuation Benefits when the US Department of State issues a travel warning after the Participating Members» arrival in the destination country and / or after the Effective Date of insurance;
Non-Medical Emergency Evacuation Covered reasons: We will pay for the Non-Medical
Emergency Evacuation Benefits listed above if, while on Your Trip, a formal recommendation in the form of a Travel Advisory or Travel Warning from the U.S. State Department, is issued for You to leave a country You are visiting on Your Trip due to:
This limitation only applies to your Emergency Evacuation benefit
On the other hand, Schreier tells us that policyholders who are already on vacation in an area affected by a hurricane may require trip interruption or
evacuation benefits.
«This means our policyholders don't have to go out of pocket to book their early return flight or suffer exorbitant costs should an emergency evacuation be necessary,» says Schreier, noting that APRIL offers trip interruption benefits covering up to 150 percent of a trip's cost and
evacuation benefits up to $ 500,000.
Coverage ends: (1) for a scheduled trip to a Foreign Country, when the Insured Person alights from a conveyance at the completion of the trip; or (2) if the Insured Person is covered under the Medical
Evacuation Benefit, upon the Insured Person's evacuation to his / her Home Area.