Travel Medical Insurance
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Cancellation and Curtailment
- Trip Cancellation protects the financial investment in your trips in case you must cancel your trip before you travel, for a covered reason. You are covered from the time to purchase the policy until the time your trip begins. Cover available up to 5,000 per person.
- Trip Curtailment picks up where cancellation finishes and provides cover for unexpected interruptions while travelling. For example, if you need to cut short your holiday due to illness, injury or death. This cover is also available up to 5,000 per person.
Travel Delay
Emergency Medical Expenses, Evacuation and Repatriation of Mortal Remains
Covers up to 10,000,000 for medical expenses for transporting you to the nearest adequate medical facility, or home, in the event of a medical emergency. You can choose to set your excess/deductible at either 50 or 250.
Emergency Dental Expenses
Will pay up to 500 for the costs of providing necessary temporary treatment for the immediate relief of pain or discomfort, and/or emergency repairs to dentures and orthodontic appliances.
Hospital Benefit
Provides a cash benefit of 25 per day, maximum 100 while you’re admitted to the hospital for covered medical care.
Baggage Loss
You can choose your limit up to 5,000 for lost, stolen, or damaged luggage, sporting equipment and personal effects. As you go through our purchase path you can choose to set your excess/deductible at either 50 or 250.
Baggage Delay
Provides cover for the purchase of clothing, toiletries, and other essential items if your luggage is delayed for a specified period.
Personal Money and Passport
Winter Sports (Ski Equipment)
Personal Liability
Provides cover up to 500,000 for expenses due to injury to a third person or damage to that person’s property.
Personal Accident
Includes coverage for death or loss of eyesight, hearing or limbs resulting from an accident while travelling. Select your level of cover up to 250,000 per person.
Robin Assist
Robin Assist is your travel emergency assistance team, worldwide, available 24/7, any time you need it. Robin can help arrange for emergency medical evacuation or make travel arrangements. The team also locates lost luggage, finds lawyers, interpreters, or doctors worldwide. To learn more please click here.
Important notes
- Winter Sports optional cover where selected, does not extend to the Personal Liability benefit under Section F of the policy
- Travellers up to the age of 79 can buy this product. Cover for illness is not available for those aged 75 years or over
- COVID-19 benefits are not available for those aged over 65
Pre-Existing Medical Condition Waiver
Accidental Death & Dismemberment
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Single-Trip Travel Medical
Yes for delays in excess of 24 hours from your planned departure. Cancellation and delay cover applies to outward travel only. There is no cover for additional expenses in the event of travel disruption or delays.
If you are delayed by more than 12 hours as a result of an insured event, battleface does provide trip delay cover for all persons included within the policy. Terms and Conditions apply.
The statement within our product information document is to notify you that certain pandemic viruses are excluded e.g. Ebola. battleface does provide cover for medical expenses incurred by an Insured Person aged 65 years or under for the treatment of COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and symptoms thereof, subject to the terms and conditions of the policy.
No, this product does not cover for resort closure due to Covid-19. If you are notified of a resort closure due to Covid-19 we recommend you contact your travel agent.
Yes, our Single-Trip product includes baggage cover up to the limits shown on your policy. There are some important limitations to cover that will apply, so please refer to section E of your Policy Document for full details. For example, we will pay a maximum of 250 for each single article, pair or set of items and up to 100 for mobile phones or smartphones. If you are planning to take expensive items such as cameras, e-readers, games consoles, laptops, mobile/smart phones, tablets, jewelry, watches or other Valuables with you then we recommend you have adequate personal possessions cover under a home contents or other insurance policy.
Please note that baggage claims are subject to the excess (deductible) and paid based on the original value of the goods, less a deduction for wear and tear and loss of value based on the age of the goods at the time that they are lost. An original receipt, valuation report or other satisfactory proof of ownership and value is required to support the claim. Evidence of replacement value is not sufficient.
We’re always tracking the global travel ecosystem to ensure we’re covering the right risks at the right rates. For example, your destination country is part of our rating algorithm and if that country is high risk when you quote and then is lower risk when you buy, you may see a lower premium for your policy.
The Optional Activities and Sports cover, when selected, covers additional sports and activities not included in our standard policy, including Winter sports. This includes equipment loss or damage for skiing and snowboarding. It also extends the standard benefits of your policy to include claims which may arise when you are participating in winter sports. No cover will apply in respect of Personal Liability claims.
Equipment includes snowboards, skis, bindings, sticks/poles and boots. Winter Sports equipment is covered up to 750 (500 per single article, set or pair). Hired equipment is also covered (300 per single article, set or pair). Exclusions do apply, so please check the Policy Document for full details.
The excess (deductible) for ski equipment is 50 per person or 100 per family for each incident which gives rise to a claim. Standard excesses will apply for the remaining sections of the policy.
Only if you are skiing with a qualified instructor or guide. In all other cases, skiing off-piste will not be covered.
Participation in winter sports in a professional capacity or on a competitive basis are not covered.
There is strictly no cover under the terms and conditions of this policy when engaging in freestyle skiing, ski-jumping, ski flying, ski/snowboard-acrobatics, ski snowboard stunting, extreme skiing/ snowboarding, skeleton and luge or any variations.
We also do not cover any Trip where the primary purpose is to:
- set or break a speed, distance, endurance or other record;
- to participate in a commercial film, documentary or other program;
- to test a product
Unless this has been declared in advance to Us and We have agreed in writing to provide cover for such activities.
Single-Trip Travel Medical product will not cover any claim arising directly or indirectly from a known pre-existing medical condition. You don’t need to disclose your pre-existing conditions to us when you buy a policy, but we may ask for relevant details of your medical history in the event of a claim.
Any Medical Condition that, within the last 12 months, required any:
- surgery, inpatient or outpatient treatment, referrals or investigations of any sort. This includes being on any waiting list, taking any prescription medication, tablets or required medical treatment (This will not apply to common colds, flu or contraceptive medication)
- medical advice or treatment for any respiratory condition relating to the lungs or breathing;
- medical advice or treatment for any heart, stroke or diabetic condition;
Hypertension or high cholesterol controlled by 1 prescription drug only and where the dosage has not been changed within the last 12 months will not be considered a pre-existing medical condition.
Yes, we will pay for the costs, up to the limit shown on your policy, of providing necessary temporary treatment for the immediate relief of pain or discomfort, and/or emergency repairs to dentures and orthodontic appliances. Please note the policy does not cover for any pre-planned dental treatment or diagnostic procedures.
We offer a 10% discount as standard when you buy a policy covering more than one traveller. Just add each additional traveller at the quotation stage and the discount will automatically be applied.
This insurance excludes certain sports and pastimes. Please see the Policy Document for the list of Excluded Activities: here
You can change your travel dates any time before you travel and cancellation is free within the cooling off period. If you wish to cancel we can offer you a full refund provided you cancel within 14 days of receiving your policy documents and before the start date of your policy.
If you have already embarked on your trip or need to cancel after the 14 days cooling off period, your premium will be refunded pro-rata from the date your instructions are received, provided you have not made a claim.
The easiest option would be to buy a new policy, to cover the remaining part of your journey. We strongly advise that you buy cover for as long as you need in one go, although we understand that travel plans may change.
Please note that it would be subject to your continuing to meet the eligibility criteria and the pre-existing exclusion would re-apply at the effective date of your new policy. When purchasing policies while travelling cover will start 24-hours after purchase.
Availability of cover may also be limited by your location at the time of intended purchase and how long you have been there.
This product cannot be purchased more than 364 days in advance. You are eligible to buy if:
- You are not yet 80 years of age (children aged over one month and not yet 18 years old can either be covered under the same policy as your parent or guardian, or the main policy holder with parental consent); and
- You have received all immunisations recommended by your home country prior to entry into the host country; and
- You do not at any time during the Policy Period carry any firearm or any instrument or device designed or intended to cause injury or death to another person unless you have told us in advance, it has been accepted by us and you have paid the appropriate additional premium and you are not an active member of any military or paramilitary force at any time during the Policy Period
If for any reason you cannot satisfy all of these criteria, please contact us and we will do our utmost to find a product to suit your needs.