Friday, December 12, 2008

Companion Global To Offer Medical Travel Insurance To Medical Tourists

In Probably the first deal of this kind,Companion Global Healthcare has identified Global Protective Solutions, administered by Custom Assurance Placements, and underwritten by underwriters at Lloyd’s of London, to provide affordable travel insurance with defined benefits for medical travellers.

The policy also includes liability options for employers.Companion Global will offer this insurance to US patients only in a network of JCI-accredited international Medical Hospitals.

Benefits tailored to each individual or group specific needs and can include the following options:

• Accidental death and dismemberment

• Medical expenses

• Disability

• Emergency evacuation

• Repatriation of mortal remains

• Additional medical or surgical treatment benefit

• Additional expenses for travel, meals and accommodations

• Family coordination

• Residence modification

• Loss of reproductive function


Recently Companion Global and Wockhardt Hospitals,India announced a tie up for treating insured American Patients at their JCI accredited facilty at Bangalore and Mumbai.Under this agreement all american insured under Bluecross Blueshield of South carolina one of the largest healthcar insurers in the US could now get treated at Wockhardt Hospitals.

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