EMERGENCY EVACUATION

The Company will pay benefits for Covered Expenses incurred, up to the maximum shown on the Confirmation of Coverage, if an Accidental Injury or Sickness commencing during the course of the Covered Trip results in the necessary Emergency Evacuation of You. An Emergency Evacuation must be ordered by a Physician who certifies that the severity of Your Accidental Injury or Sickness warrants Your Emergency Evacuation.

Emergency Evacuation means:

(a) Your medical condition warrants immediate transportation from the place where You are injured or sick to the nearest Hospital where appropriate medical treatment can be obtained;
(b) after being treated at a local Hospital, Your medical condition warrants transportation to the United States where the Insured resides, to obtain further medical treatment or to recover; or
(c) both (a) and (b), above.

Covered Expenses are reasonable and customary expenses for necessary transportation, related medical services and medical supplies incurred in connection with the Emergency Evacuation of the Insured. All transportation arrangements made for evacuating You must be by the most direct and economical route possible. Expenses for transportation must be:

(a) recommended by the attending Physician;
(b) required by the standard regulations of the conveyance transporting You; and
(c) authorized in advance by the Company or its authorized representative.

Transportation of Dependent Children: If the Insured is in the Hospital for more than seven (7) days following a covered Emergency Evacuation, the Company will return the Insured's Dependent Children, who are under nineteen (19) years of age and accompanying him/her on the scheduled Trip to their home, with an attendant if necessary.

Transportation to Join the Insured: If the Insured is traveling alone and is in a Hospital alone for more than seven (7) consecutive days or if the attending Physician certifies that due to the Insured’s Injury or Sickness, the Insured will be required to stay in the Hospital for more than seven (7) consecutive days, upon request the Company will bring a person, chosen by the Insured, for a single visit to and from the Insured's bedside.

Transportation services are provided if authorized in advance by the assistance provider, and are limited to necessary Economy Fares less the value of applied credit from unused travel tickets, if applicable.

Transportation means any Common Carrier, or other land, water or air conveyance, required for an Emergency Evacuation and includes air ambulances, land ambulances and private motor vehicles.

The Company will not cover any expenses provided by another party at no cost to the Insured or already included within the cost of the Covered Trip.