TRAVEL ACCIDENT INSURANCE
Saturday, April 14, 2007

Know More About Cheap Travel Accident Insurance.

Nowadays you can buy insurance cheaper than a year ago. This market became so competitive that insurance services made price lower.

If you do not buy an travel accident insurance you may end up paying a lot more and may even end up bankrupt. Clever man can reduce the amount he pays on insurance to a great extent by keeping in mind few things.

Buying travel accident insurance online can save up to 20% of the cost as you do not have to pay to an agent. Most travel insurance companies encourage buying online as it reduces their overhead costs also.

Now speak about various travel accident insurance types.

The first is health insurance. Most health insurance covers in the United States provide for health insurance in foreign countries also. Hence check up whether your existing health insurance provides cover and to what extent and then buy a travel insurance policy. Also check up whether your home insurance covers and auto insurance covers. Most auto insurance covers do not cover for driving in foreign countries. The idea is if you are already covered partly, then buy the travel insurance to cover the remaining items you wish to, rather than paying for the entire cover.

The second travel accident insurance type is group insurance.

If you are traveling to a place in a group, it is smarter to buy group travel insurance or a cheap family travel insurance as the premium will be marginally higher than for an individual. However if all individuals buy separately they will end up paying lot more than if they had bought a group cover.

Deductible is the amount of the bill you pay and the rest of the bill is paid by the travel insurance company. The higher the deductible, the lesser the premium.

Co-insurance is the percentage of bill that you will have to pay when claiming costs under an insurance cover. The higher the co-insurance the lesser is the premium. It is a matter of striking the balance between deductible, co-insurance and premium to suit your pocket.

So this information will help you understand difference between various types of travel accident insurance.

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