Is it practical to find travel insurance that provides a large amount of cover for disability?

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Does travel insurance often provide a large amount of cover for disability caused by an incident while travelling?

The brochure linked to from this travel agency gave a value in the tens of thousands of Australian dollars as the maximum claimable for permanent disability. Can shopping around find me a travel insurance product that provides a large amount of cover (equivalent to several years' worth of income), or should I instead look for a non travel insurance related product, such as an insurance policy which is solely about disability (or possibly disability and death)?

If it matters, I live in Australia and I'm an Australian citizen.



Best Answer

Travel insurances are "one offs" for special occasions and hence people buy them rarely, for a limited amount of time and don't research them very well. The insurance industry often takes advantage of this and many policies are insanely complicated with lots and lots of exclusions and limitation to coverage. If you want to find out whether a specific insurance covers a specific issue, you need to be prepared to spend a lot of time researching this carefully.

Disability is a complex topic. Every country has it's own set of laws that kicks in to cover a disability incident and it depends often on the cause (medical or accident) and time frame (short term, long term, permanent). This being said, there is relatively inexpensive "accident" insurance available that pays cash depending on type and severity of the disability. They only cover accidents, not medical. You can easily research through Google.

Keep in mind that Insurance is in the business of making money for the Insurance, so on average every premium is higher than the risk it covers. I would recommend to carefully research your existing insurances and local laws to determine what coverage and options you already have. Then identify any gaps you are not comfortable with and then research options to specifically cover this gap.




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