Air France Tragedy Highlights Importance of International Travel and Accidental Death Insurance

Air France Tragedy Highlights Importance of International Travel Insurance
Air France Airbus A330-200 aircraft used for Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris(1)

This airline tragedy will be in the news for months. There will be an ongoing investigation to find out what happened. Was the tragedy caused by air turbulence? Terrorism? Malfunctioning airplane?

We can’t solve that problem, but we can be ready for unforeseen events when we travel!!!

TERM LIFE INSURANCE

By purchasing a simple medical evacuation plan for $78 for three months of coverage, a person can add $200,000 of term life coverage for an extra $21, or $400,000 for $64.

TRIP PROTECTION

Trip Protection will reimburse you if due to sickness or sickness of a family member you are unable to travel. The plan also provides medical coverage and term life insurance.

To insure a trip costing $1000, a 35-year-old would pay $80. He would also get medical, medical evacuation coverage, and accidental term life insurance worth $100,000

TRAVEL MEDICAL COVERAGE

The Atlas International plan provides medical and medical evacuation coverage plus $50,000 for “Common Carrier Accidental Death.” A 35-year-old going on a one month trip would pay $60.

*** For GNI news release on Air France tragedy

(1) Christopher Weyer photo licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported

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