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Travel Insured Real Life Travel Disasters and Claims Scenarios

by Erin Weiland | Oct 08, 2014

Glastonbury, CT (PRWEB) October 08, 2014 - Whether traveling to a destination that is familiar, or to a place that someone has dreamed of visiting for years that is half way around the world, it is important to invest in a travel insurance policy that will protect against unexpected situations that can occur both before and during travels. Accidents and disruptions on trips do in fact happen, and travel insurance could save individuals hundreds or even thousands of dollars in medical expenses due to unexpected illness or injury while on a trip, lost or stolen baggage, or flight cancellation and delays. Sometimes it’s hard to believe it could happen to you, but Travel Insured International, a leading travel insurance provider shares some real life travel disasters and how travel insurance saved the insured travelers that may make you think twice before skipping out on purchasing a policy for the next planned trip.

Case 1:
A traveler who was in his 80s was disembarked from a cruise ship in Panama with an abdominal aorta aneurysm which ruptured just after they were out of the canal. He was rushed via ambulance to the best medical clinic in Panama where he had emergency repair surgery. After the traveler was declared fit to fly, he was flown home with upgraded seating, oxygen support, and a nurse escort who was required to monitor his oxygen saturation. Travel Insured paid $49,950 toward the sum of the traveler’s medical bills.

Case 2:     
A traveler was on his dream vacation visiting South Africa when he suddenly starting experiencing problems with his vision and control of the right side of his body. He was rushed to receive medical care for a stroke and was then flown home to receive the best possible care available. Travel Insured paid $16,090 under the Medical Repatriation coverage due to the traveler’s stroke.

Case 3:
A traveler had a cruise booked for her and her husband but had to cancel due to her husband’s sickness. He did not have a policy of his own but was listed as her traveling companion on the trip. After the claim was filed, the couple was paid $35,765 towards the total amount of their paid cruise.

Case 4:
A couple booked a 10 day cruise touring the Caribbean Islands for their anniversary. They had to cancel their trip due to one of them coming down with pneumonia. He was treated by his primary physician for community acquired pneumonia, and then admitted to a medical center for further treatment. Travel Insured paid $15,900 towards their canceled vacation.

Case 5:
An insured traveler and his family of 4 were traveling domestically to visit extended family for the holidays. Due to a common carrier delay, they were delayed for a total of 14 hours. Travel Insured paid the amount of $800 with the trip delay benefit which covered the meals and hotel stay for each of the 4 family members.

*Benefits vary by plan and all claims need to be reviewed in order to be processed.

Visit http://www.travelinsured.com for more information on policies and benefits that are available.

About Travel Insured:
Travel Insured International is one of the largest privately held travel protection companies in the US, and preferred supplier to over 5,000 travel agents, travel consortiums and wholesalers in the US and abroad. As a former division of the Travelers up until 1994, and originator of travel insurance in the US, you can say that the “travel protection” blood lines run deep. Travel Insured International’s customer centric claims operation has significant expertise in both domestic and international claims administration.

Travel Insured International
855 Winding Brook Drive
Glastonbury, CT

Glastonbury, CT (PRWEB) October 08, 2014

Whether traveling to a destination that is familiar, or to a place that someone has dreamed of visiting for years that is half way around the world, it is important to invest in a travel insurance policy that will protect against unexpected situations that can occur both before and during travels. Accidents and disruptions on trips do in fact happen, and travel insurance could save individuals hundreds or even thousands of dollars in medical expenses due to unexpected illness or injury while on a trip, lost or stolen baggage, or flight cancellation and delays. Sometimes it’s hard to believe it could happen to you, but Travel Insured International, a leading travel insurance provider shares some real life travel disasters and how travel insurance saved the insured travelers that may make you think twice before skipping out on purchasing a policy for the next planned trip.

Case 1:
A traveler who was in his 80s was disembarked from a cruise ship in Panama with an abdominal aorta aneurysm which ruptured just after they were out of the canal. He was rushed via ambulance to the best medical clinic in Panama where he had emergency repair surgery. After the traveler was declared fit to fly, he was flown home with upgraded seating, oxygen support, and a nurse escort who was required to monitor his oxygen saturation. Travel Insured paid $49,950 toward the sum of the traveler’s medical bills.

Case 2:     
A traveler was on his dream vacation visiting South Africa when he suddenly starting experiencing problems with his vision and control of the right side of his body. He was rushed to receive medical care for a stroke and was then flown home to receive the best possible care available. Travel Insured paid $16,090 under the Medical Repatriation coverage due to the traveler’s stroke.

Case 3:
A traveler had a cruise booked for her and her husband but had to cancel due to her husband’s sickness. He did not have a policy of his own but was listed as her traveling companion on the trip. After the claim was filed, the couple was paid $35,765 towards the total amount of their paid cruise.

Case 4:
A couple booked a 10 day cruise touring the Caribbean Islands for their anniversary. They had to cancel their trip due to one of them coming down with pneumonia. He was treated by his primary physician for community acquired pneumonia, and then admitted to a medical center for further treatment. Travel Insured paid $15,900 towards their canceled vacation.

Case 5:
An insured traveler and his family of 4 were traveling domestically to visit extended family for the holidays. Due to a common carrier delay, they were delayed for a total of 14 hours. Travel Insured paid the amount of $800 with the trip delay benefit which covered the meals and hotel stay for each of the 4 family members.

*Benefits vary by plan and all claims need to be reviewed in order to be processed.

Visit http://www.travelinsured.com for more information on policies and benefits that are available.

About Travel Insured:
Travel Insured International is one of the largest privately held travel protection companies in the US, and preferred supplier to over 5,000 travel agents, travel consortiums and wholesalers in the US and abroad. As a former division of the Travelers up until 1994, and originator of travel insurance in the US, you can say that the “travel protection” blood lines run deep. Travel Insured International’s customer centric claims operation has significant expertise in both domestic and international claims administration.

Travel Insured International
855 Winding Brook Drive
Glastonbury, CT

This website contains highlights of the plans developed by Travel Insured International, which include travel insurance coverages underwritten by United States Fire Insurance Company, Principal Office located in Morristown, New Jersey, under form series T7000 et al, T210 et al and TP-401 et al, and non-insurance Travel Assistance Services provided by C&F Services and for WTP Cruise only, AwayCare and Blue Ribbon Bags. The terms of insurance coverages in the plans may vary by jurisdiction and not all insurance coverages are available in all jurisdictions. Insurance coverages in these plans are subject to terms, limitations and exclusions including an exclusion for pre-existing medical conditions. In most states, your travel retailer is not a licensed insurance producer/agent, and is not qualified or authorized to answer technical questions about the terms, benefits, exclusions and conditions of the insurance offered or to evaluate the adequacy of your existing insurance coverage. Your travel retailer may be compensated for the purchase of a plan and may provide general information about the plans offered, including a description of the coverage and price. The purchase of travel insurance is not required in order to purchase any other product or service from your travel retailer. CA DOI toll free number is 800-927-4357. The cost of your plan is for the entire plan, which consists of both insurance and non-insurance components. Individuals looking to obtain additional information regarding the features and pricing of each travel plan component, please contact Travel Insured International. P.O. Box 6503, Glastonbury, CT 06033; 855-752-8303; [email protected]; California license #0I13223. While Travel Insured International markets the travel insurance in these plans on behalf of USF, non-insurance components of the plans were added to the plans by Travel Insured and Travel Insured does not receive compensation from USF for providing the non-insurance components of the plans.