Guide to Understand, Purchase and Use Trip Insurance

It all begins with research. Shop around, get quotes and decide on which trip insurance plan is best for your needs. When you have purchased and are given a policy, you should have a grace period during which to decide if the plan is right for you. It is critical that you read the fine print carefully, make sure you understand the terms and contact your travel insurance provider’s customer service department if you have coverage questions.

You don’t want to risk your travel claim getting denied because you thought the plan covered everything. Something happened, they thought they were covered and then they found out they weren’t. This could have been avoided if the terms and conditions were read in full and fully understood. Generali Global Assistance’s customer service team is available 24/7 to assist with any questions on the different plans provided. You can even read a sample Description of coverage or Insurance policy before you buy in order to get full plan details.

Different trip insurance plans cover different things. Not all of them include medical coverage. If you want emergency medical coverage, be sure you purchase a plan that includes it.

When it comes to pre-existing medical conditions, be sure to consider a plan that will provide coverage if you have such a condition. At Generali Global Assistance, our Premium plan can cover pre-existing conditions, provided certain requirements are met.

Once you book and pay for your trip, do not wait long to purchase your trip insurance. The sooner you buy it the better.

For one thing, if you have chosen a plan that offers coverage for pre-existing medical conditions, the insurance must be purchased within a certain time period after the trip is booked.

At Generali, this time frame is before or within 24 hours after making the final payment for your trip. If you don’t purchase your trip insurance during that time period, you will not have coverage for your pre-existing medical condition.

In addition, if you want coverage for potential storms, you need to purchase your trip insurance before the storm is forecast. Once the news reports the storm or it has been named, it has become a foreseeable event and insurance won’t provide you coverage.

Your trip insurance is designed to reimburse you for unexpected expenses or financial loss due to a covered trip cancellation, interruption, delay, medical emergencies or other reasons.

If you go on your trip and everything is fine, but you feel inconvenienced in some way or didn’t enjoy yourself, you won’t be covered. There must be a financial loss due to an event that is covered under the policy for you to successfully file a claim.

Should you ever need to make a trip insurance claim, you will need every bit of documentation you can get your hands on. That means keeping a paper trail, even if you don’t think you’ll need to make a claim. Some things you need to keep:

• Every single receipt and itemized bill from your trip
• Every piece of documentation from your airline and tour operators
• ·Unused tickets
• Luggage claim tags
• Proof from your airline that your luggage has been delayed
• Police reports for theft or accidents
• Bank and credit card statements
• Documentation of any settlements, refunds, or credits from other parties
• Car rental agreements

You could risk your trip insurance claim being denied in the event you don’t provide all necessary documentation. Be sure you don’t let this happen to you. Keep track of everything just in case.