Provides reimbursement for non-refundable trip payments and deposits if a trip is interrupted for illness, death or other unforeseen circumstances.
Trip Interruption
- 150% of the trip cost
What is Trip Interruption?
What am I covered for?
Benefits will be paid, up to the Maximum Benefit Amount, for the non-refundable, unused portion of the prepaid expenses for land or water Travel Arrangements and the Additional Transportation Cost paid to return home or rejoin the Trip, when You are prevented from completing Your Trip due to:
1. Death involving You or Your Traveling Companion or Your or Your Traveling Companion’s Business Partner or Your Family Member;
2. A covered Sickness or Injury involving You, Your Traveling Companion or Business Partner, or Your Family Member which necessitates Medical Treatment at the time of interruption and results in medically imposed restrictions, as certified by a Legally Qualified Physician, which prevents Your continued participation in the Trip; or
3. For the Other Covered Reasons listed below;
provided such circumstances occurred after Your Effective Date.
Other Covered Reasons means:
a. You or Your Traveling Companion being hijacked, quarantined, required to serve on a jury (notice of jury duty must be received after Your Effective Date) served with a court order to appear as a witness in a legal action in which You or Your Traveling Companion is not a party (except law enforcement officers);
b. Your or Your Traveling Companion’s principal place of residence or destination being rendered uninhabitable by fire, flood, burglary or other natural disaster within 10 days of departure;
c. Your or Your Traveling Companion’s place of employment is rendered unsuitable for business due to fire, flood, burglary or other natural disaster and You and/or Your Traveling Companion are required to work as a result;
d. a documented theft of passports or visas;
e. a permanent transfer of employment of 250 miles or more;
f. You or Your Traveling Companion being directly involved in a traffic accident, which must be substantiated by a police report, while en route to Your scheduled point of departure;
g. Unannounced Strike that causes complete cessation of services of Your Common Carrier for at least 12 consecutive hours;
h. Inclement Weather that causes complete cessation of services of Your Common Carrier for at least 12 consecutive hours;
i. mechanical breakdown that causes complete cessation of services of Your Common Carrier for at least 12 consecutive hours;
j. You or Your Traveling Companion is in the Military and called to emergency duty for a national disaster other than war;
k. Involuntary employer termination or layoff affecting You or a person(s) sharing the same room with You during Your Trip. Employment must have been with the same employer for at least 1 continuous year;
l. A Terrorist Incident that occurs in a city listed on the itinerary of Your Trip and within 30 days prior to Your Scheduled Departure Date. Benefits are not provided if the Travel Supplier offers a substitute itinerary;
m. Revocation of Your previously granted leave or reassignment due to war. Official written revocation/ re-assignment by a supervisor or commanding officer of the appropriate branch of service will be required;
n. Bankruptcy or Default of an airline, cruise line, tour operator or travel supplier (other than the tour operator or travel agency from whom You purchased Your Travel Arrangements) causing a complete cessation of travel services more than 14 days following Your Effective Date. Benefits will be paid due to Bankruptcy or Default of an airline only if no alternate transportation is available. If alternate transportation is available, benefits will be limited to the change fee charged to allow You to transfer to another airline in order to get to Your intended destination. This benefit only applies if the policy has been purchased within 15 days of Your initial payment for the Trip and for the full cost of the Trip;
o. Your family or friends living abroad with whom You were planning to stay are unable to provide accommodations due to life threatening illness, life threatening injury or death of one of them;
p. You or Your Traveling Companion are required to work during the Trip. A written statement by a company officer and/or the Human Resources department demonstrating revocation of previously approved time off will be required;
q. mandatory evacuation or public official evacuation advisements where there is no mandatory evacuation issued by local government authorities at Your destination due to adverse weather or natural disaster. In order to cancel Your Trip, You must have 4 days or 50% of Your total Trip length or less remaining on Your Trip at the time the mandatory evacuation ends;
r. felonious assault of You or Your Traveling Companion within 10 days of the Scheduled Departure Date;
s. You or Your Traveling Companion are directly involved in the merger of Your employer or the acquisition of Your employer by another company;
t. a cancellation of Your Trip within 24 hours of Your Scheduled Departure Date and time if Your Trip destination is under a hurricane warning issued by the NOAA National Hurricane Center, provided the cancellation of Your Trip occurs more than 15 days following Your effective date of coverage for the Trip Cancellation Benefits;
u. a cancellation of Your Trip if Your arrival on the Trip is delayed and causes You to lose 50% or more of the scheduled Trip duration due to the reasons covered under the Missed Connection Benefit.
Additional Trip Interruption Benefits: If Your Traveling Companion must remain hospitalized, benefits will also be paid for reasonable accommodation and transportation expenses incurred by You to remain with Your Traveling Companion up to $200 per day, limited to 5 days.
If You cannot continue travel due to a covered Injury or Sickness not requiring hospitalization, and You must extend Your Trip due to medically imposed restrictions, as certified by a Legally Qualified Physician, benefits will be paid for additional hotel nights up to $200 per day, limited to 5 days.
Trip Interruption: The maximum payable under this benefit is the lesser of a) the Maximum Benefit Amount shown in the Schedule of Benefits; or b) 150% of the total amount of coverage You purchased.
Benefits will be paid, up to the Maximum Benefit Amount, for the additional cost incurred as a result of a change in the per person occupancy rate for prepaid Travel Arrangements if Your Family Member or Traveling Companion has his/her Trip delayed, canceled or interrupted for a covered reason and You do not cancel.
In the event a cruise/tour supplier makes a change in Your Trip itinerary after Your Scheduled Departure Date, which prevents You from participating in an event/activity prepaid prior to departure and scheduled on Your Trip itinerary, non-refundable prepaid event/activity expenses will be payable up to $250. Benefits will not be paid if a comparable event/activity of equivalent cost is rescheduled during the course of the Trip. These benefits will not duplicate any benefits payable under the policy or any coverage(s) attached to the policy.
Definitions
“Additional Transportation Cost” means the actual cost incurred for one-way Economy Transportation by a Common Carrier reduced by the value of an unused travel ticket.
“Baggage and Personal Effects” means luggage, personal possessions and travel documents taken by You during a Trip.
“Bankruptcy” means the filing of a petition for voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy in a court of competent jurisdiction under Chapter 7 or Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code 11 L.S.C. Subsection 101 et seq. “Business Partner” means an individual who a) is involved in a legal general partnership with You and/or b) is actively involved in the day to day management of Your business.
“Common Carrier” means any land, sea, and/or air conveyance operating under a valid license for the transportation of passengers for hire.
“Default” means a material failure or inability to provide contracted services.
“Domestic Partner” means a person who is at least eighteen years of age and can show: 1) evidence of financial interdependence, such as joint bank accounts or credit cards, jointly owned property, and mutual life insurance or pension beneficiary designations; 2) evidence of continuous cohabitation throughout the 180 day period prior to Your Effective Date of the Plan; and 3) an affidavit of domestic partnership if recognized by the jurisdiction within which they reside.
“Economy Transportation” means the lowest published available transportation rate for a ticket on a Common Carrier matching the original class of transportation that You purchased for the Trip.
“Family Member” means any of the following who resides in the United States, Canada, or Mexico: Your or Your Traveling Companion’s: legal spouse (or common-law spouse where legal), legal guardian, son or daughter (adopted, foster, step or in-law), brother or sister (includes step or in-law), parent (includes step or in-law), grandparent (includes in-law), grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece or nephew, Domestic Partner, an employed caregiver who lives with You, or a person for whom You are the primary caregiver with whom You have lived for 12 continuous months prior to the effective date of Your Plan, whether or not they travel with You.
“Hospital” means: a) a place which is licensed or recognized as a general hospital by the proper authority of the state in which it is located; b) a place operated for the care and treatment of resident inpatients with a registered graduate nurse (RN) always on duty and with a laboratory and X-ray facility; c) a place recognized as a general hospital by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals. Not included is a hospital or institution licensed or used principally: 1) for the treatment or care of drug addicts or alcoholics; or 2) as a clinic, continued or extended care facility, skilled nursing facility, convalescent home, rest home, nursing home or home for the aged.
“Inclement Weather” means any weather condition that delays the scheduled arrival or departure of a Common Carrier.
“Injury” or “Injuries” means accidental bodily injuries: a) received while insured under the Policy and any attached coverages; b) resulting in loss independently of sickness and all other causes; and c) not excluded from coverage.
“Intoxicated” means a blood alcohol level that equals or exceeds the legal limit for operating a motor vehicle in the state or jurisdiction where You are located at the time of an incident.
“Insured” means the person who purchased the Trip and who has paid the required plan cost for the protection plan provided herein, and also referred to as You and Your.
“Legally Qualified Physician” means a physician or a Christian Science Practitioner: a) other than You, a Traveling Companion or a Family Member; b) practicing within the scope of his/her license; and c) recognized as a physician in the place where the services are rendered.
“Maximum Benefit Amount” means the maximum amount payable for coverage provided to You as shown in the Schedule of Benefits.
“Medical Treatment” means treatment, advice or consultation by a Legally Qualified Physician.
“Medically Necessary” means a service or supply which: a) is recommended by the attending Legally Qualified Physician; b) is appropriate and consistent with the diagnosis in accord with accepted standards of community practice; c) could not have been omitted without adversely affecting Your condition or quality of medical care; d) is delivered at the most appropriate level of care and not primarily for the sake of convenience; and e) is not considered experimental unless coverage for experimental services or supplies is required by law.
“Pre-Existing Condition” means any injury, sickness or condition (including any condition from which death ensues) of You, Your Traveling Companion, or Your or Your Traveling Companion’s Family Member traveling with You which within the 60 day period prior to the effective date of Your Trip Cancellation coverage under the Policy: a) manifested itself, became acute or exhibited symptoms which would have caused one to seek diagnosis, care or treatment; b) required taking prescribed drugs or medicine, unless the condition for which the prescribed drug or medicine is taken remains controlled without any change in the required prescription; or c) required medical treatment or treatment was recommended by a Legally Qualified Physician.
“Program Medical Advisor” means One Call Worldwide Travel Services Network, Inc.
“Scheduled Departure Date” means the date on which You are originally scheduled to leave on the Trip.
“Scheduled Return Date” means the date on which You are originally scheduled to return to the point of origin or the original final destination.
“Sickness” means an illness or disease that is diagnosed or treated by a Legally Qualified Physician after the effective date of insurance and while You are covered under the Policy.
“Strike” means any stoppage of work: a) as a result of a combined effort of workers which was unannounced and unpublished at the time travel services were purchased; and b) which interferes with the normal departure and arrival of a Common Carrier.
“Terrorist Incident” means an incident deemed a terrorist act by the United States Government that causes property damage and loss of life.
“Third Party” means a person or entity other than You or the Company.
“Transportation Expense” means: a) the cost of conveyance of You and any medical personnel (if Medically Necessary); and b) Medically Necessary services or supplies.
“Travel Arrangements” means: a) transportation; b) accommodations; and c) other specified services arranged by the Travel Supplier for the Trip.
“Traveling Companion” means a person or persons with whom You have coordinated Travel Arrangements and intend to travel with during the Trip.
“Travel Supplier” means any entity or organization that coordinates or supplies travel services for You.
“Trip” means scheduled trips, tours or cruises for which: a) coverage is requested; and b) the required premium is submitted prior to the Scheduled Departure Date.
“Usual and Customary Charges” means those comparable charges for similar treatment, services and supplies in the geographic area where treatment is performed.
Exclusions
Baggage and Personal Effects does not include:
1) animals; 2) automobiles and automobile equipment; 3) boats or other vehicles or conveyances; 4) trailers; 5) motors; 6) aircraft; 7) bicycles, except when checked as baggage with a Common Carrier; 8) household effects and furnishings; 9) antiques and collectors items; 10) sunglasses, contact lenses, artificial teeth, dental bridges or hearing aids; 11) prosthetic limbs; 12) prescribed medications; 13) keys, money, credit cards (except as coverage is otherwise specifically provided herein); 14) securities, stamps, tickets and documents (except as coverage is otherwise specifically provided herein); 15) professional or occupational equipment or property, whether or not electronic business equipment; or 16) telephones, computer hardware or software.
Additional Limitations and Exclusions Specific to Baggage and Personal Effects:
Benefits are not payable for any loss caused by or resulting from: a) breakage of brittle or fragile articles; b) wear and tear or gradual deterioration; c) confiscation or appropriation by order of any government or customs rule; d) theft or pilferage while left in any unlocked vehicle; e) property illegally acquired, kept, stored or transported; f) Your negligent acts or omissions; or g) property shipped as freight or shipped prior to the Scheduled Departure Date.
Additional Provisions applicable to Baggage and Personal Effects and Baggage Delay:
Benefits will not be paid for any expenses which have been reimbursed or for any services which have been provided by the Common Carrier, hotel or Travel Supplier; nor will benefits be paid for loss or damage to property specifically scheduled under any other insurance.
These benefits will not duplicate any benefits payable under the policy or any coverage(s) attached to the policy.
RENTAL CAR DAMAGE (Not available to residents of TX)
Coverage is not provided for loss due to:
1. any obligation of You, a Traveling Companion or Family Member traveling with You assumed under any agreement (except insurance collision deductible);
2. rentals of trucks, campers, trailers, motor bikes, motorcycles, recreational vehicles or Exotic Vehicles;
3. any loss which occurs if You or anyone traveling with You are in violation of the rental agreement;
4. failure to report the loss to the proper local authorities and the rental car company;
5. damage to any other vehicle, structure or person as a result of a covered loss;
6. any loss as the result of or attributed to driving the rental vehicle: while under the influence of alcohol or any illegal substance or the abuse of a legal substance; while using any medication which recommends abstinence from driving; in a speed competition; for compensation for hire; for illegal trade purposes, or transporting contraband;
7. any loss as the result of physical damage or loss attributed to: mechanical failure or breakdown of the rental vehicle; wear and tear, gradual deterioration, corrosion, rust or freezing; any neglect or abuse of the vehicle; any dishonest act or conversion; any consequence of war (declared or otherwise); or contamination by a radioactive material.
Non-Medical Evacuation Exclusions:
We do not cover: 1) loss or expense recoverable under any other insurance or through an employer; 2) loss or expense arising from or attributable to: a) dishonest or criminal acts committed or attempted by You; b) alleged violation of the laws of the country You are visiting, unless We determine such allegations to be fraudulent, or c) failure to maintain required documents or visas; 3) loss or expense arising from or attributable to: a) debt, insolvency, business or commercial failure; b) the repossession of any property; or c) Your non-compliance with a contract, license or permit; 4) loss or expense arising from or due to liability assumed by You under any contract.
General Limitations and Exclusions
Benefits are not payable for any loss due to, arising or resulting from:
1. suicide, attempted suicide or any intentionally self-inflicted injury while sane or insane (in Missouri, sane only);
2. an act of declared or undeclared war;
3. participating in maneuvers or training exercises of an armed service;
4. riding, driving or participating in races, or speed or endurance contests;
5. mountaineering (engaging in the sport of scaling mountains generally requiring the use of picks, ropes, or other special equipment);
6. participating as a member of a team in an organized sporting competition;
7. participating in skydiving, hang gliding, bungee cord jumping, or scuba diving if the depth exceeds 130 feet or if You are not certified to dive and a dive master is not present during the dive;
8. piloting or learning to pilot or acting as a member of the crew of any aircraft;
9. being Intoxicated, as specifically defined in the policy, or under the influence of any controlled substance unless administered on the advice of a Legally Qualified Physician;
10. the commission of or attempt to commit a felony or being engaged in an illegal occupation;
11. normal childbirth, normal pregnancy (except complications of pregnancy) or voluntarily induced abortion;
12. dental treatment (except as coverage is otherwise specifically provided herein);
13. amounts which exceed the Maximum Benefit Amount for each coverage as shown in the Schedule of Benefits;
14. due to a Pre-Existing Condition, as defined in the Policy. The Pre-Existing Condition Limitation does not apply to the Emergency Medical Evacuation or Return of Remains coverage; or
15. a mental or nervous condition, unless hospitalized.