Travel Assistance Plan

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF COVID 19 RIDER

• RT-PCR Test is part of the medical expenses limit and is ONLY covered for symptomatic patients
• Hospitalization due to COVID 19 will only be covered IF medically required and necessary as determined by a medical practitioner based on the condition of the Insured patient.
• Any quarantine expenses are NOT covered either as a requirement upon arrival in the foreign country (i.e., known risk) or as a requirement for a COVID positive Insured.
• We do not cover any medical evacuation / repatriation of people with the active virus.
• We do NOT cover the hospitalization expenses IF the quarantine facility for an asymptomatic or mild case patient is in a hospital in that particular country abroad.
• Medical check-ups due to COVID 19 for symptomatic patients that do not require hospitalizations (i.e., mild cases) IS NOT covered; Only the RT PCR Tests are covered for MILD cases that would not require hospitalization.
• For Trip Cancellation coverage (Prior to leaving the Philippines): “Serious illness understood as any unexpected alteration of the Insured's state of health that involves risk of death or implies hospitalization and makes it impossible to start the contracted trip”. If the reason for cancellation is due to COVID 19, the insured is obliged to submit a positive COVID 19 test performed 14 days before the start of the trip. [Contracting COVID 19 would require a positive COVID 19 test to validate that Insured has COVID 19, and would not rely on self-diagnosis or unsubstantiated doctors report.
• EXCLUDES coverage on expenses due to prolonging the stay of a positive COVID 19 who cannot travel but is asymptomatic and has not required medical attention and carrying out COVID 19 tests as a preventive measure or in asymptomatic policyholders, expenses related to mandatory quarantines without medical criteria. For those who have undergone hospitalization, our policy has a standard wording that only allows allow automatic extension of up to 10 days only from the initial expiry date if extension is due to a covered illness.
• Commercial gestures related to COVID 19 Coverages, by general definition, will not be allowed unless covered under the Terms and Conditions of this COVID 19 Travel Rider Indemnified Package.
• We reserve the right to the possibility of cancelling the travel insurance subscription to certain destinations if we see the possibility of adverse loss experience or increase in utilization in that particular destination abroad.
• This COVID Rider is specific to COVID-19 ONLY and will not extend to cover any other epidemic, pandemic and any communicable disease declared by any government agency, entity or in an executive order causing a state of emergency in any area and necessitating the setting up of appropriate quarantine measures therein.
• This is applicable to International Travel ONLY