You enroll in the Annual Travel Insurance plan
You cancel your planned trip due to a family emergency
You file a claim and get reimbursed
Use your money however you want
Who in my family is eligible for this program?
How much does this coverage cost?
What if my employment status changes?
When would my coverage begin?
Provided:
All coverage except Trip Cancellation will begin at 12:01 A.M. local time at Your location on the Scheduled Departure Date for Your Trip. Coverage will not begin before the Effective Date shown on Your purchase confirmation.
Trip Cancellation coverage will begin on Your Effective Date. If coverage is purchased on the Scheduled Departure Date, all coverage will take effect at 12:01 A.M. local time, at Your location, on the day after the Scheduled Departure Date. No coverage can be purchased after a person departs on a trip.
When would my coverage end?
Your coverage will end at 11:59 P.M. local time on the date that is the earliest of the following:
What is a pre-existing condition?
Are there any restricted destinations?
What if my trip is longer than 60 days?
What is considered a trip delay?
The Company will reimburse You or Your Traveling Companion for Covered Trip Delay Expenses, up to the Maximum Benefit shown on the Schedule of Benefits, if You or Your Traveling Companion are delayed, while coverage is in effect, en route to or from the Trip for eight (8) or more hours due to a defined Hazard.
Covered Trip Delay Expenses:
Any Reasonable Expenses incurred; An Economy Fare from the point where You or Your Traveling Companion ended Your or Your Traveling Companion’s Trip to a destination where You or Your Traveling Companion can catch up to the Trip; A one-way Economy Fare to return You or Your Traveling Companion to Your or Your Traveling Companion’s originally scheduled return destination; Any pre-paid, unused, non-refundable land and water accommodations.
Hazard means any delay of a Common Carrier (including Inclement Weather); any delay by a traffic Accident en route to a departure, in which You or Your Traveling Companion is not directly involved; any delay due to lost or stolen passports, travel documents or money, Quarantine, hijacking, unannounced Strike, Natural Disaster, civil commotion or riot; a closed roadway causing cessation of travel to the destination of the Trip (substantiated by the department of transportation, state police, etc.); Mechanical breakdown of Your Covered Vehicle while en route to or on Your scheduled Trip destination.
How do I file a claim?
What does secondary/excess coverage mean?
Who do I call if I need assistance?
What activities are not covered?
Will the evacuation cover me from the point of injury?
Legal Disclaimers
1Please note that you should always check your state amendment wording or state specific certificate, as wording may vary.
Underwritten by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, Columbus, Ohio; In WA coverage is underwritten by Nationwide Life Insurance Company, Columbus, Ohio and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, Columbus, Ohio
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