C16 - Wednesday, April 4, 1984 - North Shore News

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EMERGENCY AIR INSURANCE

Flying overseas in a crisis

WHAT DOES a person do,
whose relatives live overseas,
when he or she gets a message
to come home immediately?
Muriel Drurhm of Bramalea,
Ontario faced such a crisis
when she learned her father
was ill in Dublin.

“If you have to be in Lon-
don, Frankfurt, Rome -or
Manila in 24 hours to attend

funeral, you can’t book ex-
cursion or charter fares. You
have to buy a= regular
economy ticket and they cost
$1,500 and more to European
and Pacific destinatrons,”’
said Ron Robertson, Direc-
tor, Travelrite travel in-
surance division of Travelers
Canada.

Emergency air fare travel

designed to meet the
demands of a family crisis.

‘‘More than 10,000 policies -

are now in. effect
Canada,’’ Robertson said,
‘‘and consumer interest in
this coverage is growing.’”’
Drumm had purchased this
insurance, so was able to visit
her father at minimal cost.
The insurance covers up to

across

individual can purchase in-
surance limits of $1,250 and
$2,500 for annual premiums
of $100 and $200
respectively.

Robertson pointed out that
the policies do not cover a
situation caused by a medical
condition which’ required
treatment six months prior to
buying the insurance.

means if you think your
mother will succumb to a
long-standing heart condition
next week and you buy
emergency insurance today,
you won’t be covered. This
restriction only applies ro the

first) year of continued
coverage.”
Robertson noted that

claims are made after the

would reimburse you up to
the limit of the policy.”’
Travelers Canada offers a
full range of travel insurance
to vacationers, including
flight cancellation, medical,
life and property {oss in-
surance. ‘‘The emergency
travel insurance protection
simply rounds out our total
product line available to the

to a seriously ill or injured Insurance, a new product two-thirds of the cost of an Ted Vanderpost, president trip. ‘“‘You would submit a public at selected travel agen-
mother or father, whose life test-marketed by Travelers economy air fare. Depending of Travel Emporium in Dun- record of your air fare costs cies throughout Canada,”’
is threatened, or to attend a Canada 18 months ago, 1s on the coverage desired, an das, Ontario added, ‘‘this anda medical certificate. We Robertson said.

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