"Baggage and Personal Effects" means goods
being used by an Insured during a Covered Trip. (See
Exclusions)
"Common Carrier" means any public land, air or
water conveyance operating under a valid license
providing for the transportation of passengers for
hire.
"Confirmation of Coverage" means the coverage
confirmation provided to You following enrollment and
the payment of the applicable plan cost.
"Covered Expense" means expense incurred for
services and supplies: a) listed below; and b)
ordered or prescribed by a Legally Qualified
Physician as Medically Necessary for diagnosis or
treatment; which are limited to: the services of a
Legally Qualified Physician; Hospital or ambulatory
medical-surgical center services (this will also
include expenses for a cruise ship cabin or hotel
room, not already included in the cost of Your
Covered Trip, if recommended as a substitute for a
hospital room for recovery of an Injury or Sickness);
transportation furnished by a professional ambulance
company to and/or from a Hospital; and prescribed
drugs, prosthetics and therapeutic services and
supplies.
"Covered Trip" means scheduled trips, tours or
cruises for which: a) coverage is requested and b)
the required plan cost is paid prior to the Scheduled
Departure Date.
"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 Covered
Trip, reduced by the value of an unused return travel
ticket.
"Eligible Person" means a resident of the
United States or a person who purchases this
insurance within the United States.
"Family Member" means You or Your Traveling
Companion’s: legal spouse or common-law spouse
(where legal), legal guardian, legal ward, 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, nephew or Key Person,
provided the Family Member resides in the United
States, Canada or Mexico.
"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 an 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 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.
"Injury" or
"Injuries" mean accidental
bodily Injuries received while protected under this
coverage and resulting in loss independently of
Sickness and all other causes and certified by a
Legally Qualified Physician.
"Intoxicated" means a blood alcohol level
which 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.
“Key Person” means a) an employed
caregiver of a dependant of the Insured or the
Insured's traveling companion or b) a person to whom
the Insured or the Insured's traveling companion is
not married and with whom the Insured or the
Insured's traveling companion has cohabited for 12
continuous months.
“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 or 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 each coverage as shown on
the Confirmation of Coverage.
“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
accordance 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 service or supplies
is required by law.
“Postmark” means the U.S. Postal
Service mark that records the date and place of
mailing to the addressee on the Protection Plan
enrollment form.
“Scheduled Departure Date” means
the date on which You are originally scheduled to
leave on Your Covered Trip.
“Scheduled Return Date” means the
date You are originally scheduled to return to the
point of origin or the original final
destination.
“Sickness” means an illness or
disease which is diagnosed or treated by a Legally
Qualified Physician after the Effective Date of Your
plan and while You are covered under this plan.
“Terrorist Incident” means the
unsanctioned and illegal use of violence which caused
destruction of property, Injury, or death by an
individual or group for the express or implied
purpose of achieving a political, ethnic, or
religious goal or result. A Terrorist Incident does
not include general civil disturbance, rioting, an
act of war (declared or undeclared) or the
intentional release of a biological material. The
Terrorist Incident must be documented in a travel
warning issued by the United States Department of
State advising that one should not travel to the
Insured's country of destination or, for U.S. cities,
reported by the major news media.
“Transportation Expense” means: a)
the cost of the conveyance of You and any medical
personnel (if Medically Necessary); and b) Medically,
Necessary services and supplies.
“Traveling Companion” means a
person or persons with whom You have coordinated
Travel Arrangements and intend to travel with during
the Covered Trip (to a maximum of four persons
including You). Note: a group or tour leader is not
considered a Traveling Companion, unless You are
sharing room accommodation with the group or tour
leader.
“Usual and Customary Charges”
means those comparable charges for similar treatment,
services and supplies in the geographic area where
treatment is performed.
“You or Your” means the
individual(s) named on the enrollment form.