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GAP Adventures Travel Insurance

All of G.A.P Adventures' cruises and cruise tours require that you have medical travel insurance which includes at least $75,000 worth of emergency evacuation and repatriation coverage. On Day 1, your tour leader/G.A.P representative will ask you for proof of coverage. G.A.P offers a travel insurance plan that meets this requirement.

TRAVEL INSURANCE PLAN AT-A-GLANCE


INSURANCE OFFERED COVERAGE AMOUNTS PER INSURED
Emergency Medical† Actual covered expenses up to $50,000 for emergency medical treatment plus up to $300,000 for ambulance transportation expenses of $5,000,000 CDN if you have a valid provincial health insurance plan.
Trip Cancellation† Up to the covered amount purchased
Trip Interruption†

Unlimited
Baggage Loss or Damage Up to $1,000 per trip
Baggage Delay Up to $500 per trip
Flight Accident Up to $100,000 for death or double dismemberment or $50,000 for single dismemberment
Travel Accident Up to $50,000 for death or double dismemberment or $25,000 for single dismemberment

† For all plans, if your covered expense results from an act of terrorism, all benefit maximums shown may be reduced subject to the Terrorism Coverage provision.

Family Coverage is available to you if all family members to be insured are under age 55 and you have purchased and paid for family coverage. The family coverage covers you, your spouse and children for the plan purchased. The family rate is 3 times the older (or only) parent’s rate.

Children Under 2 Years of Age at No Extra Charge:
With the purchase of this insurance, coverage for children (or a child) older than 30 days old and under the age of 2 is provided at no extra charge.

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR TRAVEL INSURANCE

ITALICIZED WORDS have specific meaning. Please refer to the "Definitions" section of this page to find out what each word means.

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS INSURANCE

You must pay the required premium to your Travel Agent before you leave home and, where applicable, complete our questionnaire. You must buy coverage for the entire duration of your trip.

Coverage must be purchased at the time you book your trip. In addition, we will cover, under the same coverage as you a child who travels with you, if you have purchased and paid for family coverage and, provided the child is older than 30 days old.

If you are age 75 or older, you must also meet all of the following eligibility requirements:

  • You have not had a heart bypass or valve surgery before 1997;
  • You are not traveling against the advice of a physician;
  • You do not have both diabetes (for which you require the use of medication) and a heart condition;
  • You have never:
    • been diagnosed with metastatic cancer or a terminal illness with a life expectancy or less than two (2) years;
    • received an organ transplant; and/or
    • had a kidney condition that required dialysis;
  • In the past two (2) years, you have not:
    • been prescribed or taken lasix or furosemide for any condition; had congestive heart failure; and/or
    • required treatment with oxygen or prednisone (or other oral steroid medication, not including puffers) for a lung condition
  • In the past 12 months, you have not:
    • started treatment for and/or been diagnosed with a heart attack; stroke; Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA); mini-stroke or internal bleeding;
    • received chemotherapy or radiotherapy for the treatment of cancer; and/or
    • been hospitalized for 24 hours or more for a gastrointestinal disease or disorder.

YOUR COVERAGE STARTS

For Trip Cancellation insurance, coverage starts at the date and time you pay the premium for that coverage. Trip interruption starts on the day you plan to leave home. All other coverages start when you leave home.

YOUR COVERAGE ENDS

Your insurance ends on the earliest of these dates:

  1. before you leave home, if you cancel your trip and the reason for the cancellation is covered under your insurance;
  2. when you return home; or
  3. when your trip ends or certificate of insurance expires, as shown on your travel confirmation.

AUTOMATIC EXTENSION

Under Trip Interruption insurance, we will extend your coverage beyond the date you were scheduled to return home as per your confirmation:

  • for up to 10 days, if you have a medical condition that prevents you from returning home on that date; or
  • for up to 30 days, if you are hospitalized and that hospitalization prevents you from returning home on that date.

However, if travel is medically possible before the 10 or 20 days have passed, we will honour your claim for eligible expenses only until that earlier date.

Under all other types of insurance, we will extend your coverage automatically beyond the date you were scheduled to return home as per your confirmation if:

  • your carrier is delayed. In this case, we will extend your coverage for up to 72 hours; or
  • you or your travel companion are hospitalized on that date. In this case, we will extend your coverage during the hospitalization and for up to 5 days after discharge from the hospital; or
  • you or your travel companion have a medical condition that does not require hospitalization but prevents travel. In this case, we will extend your coverage for up to 5 days.

In any case, we will not extend any coverage beyond 12 months after the date you originally leave home.

TO STAY LONGER THAN PLANNED

Extensions: If you have not left home yet, simply call your Travel Agent to ask for the extension. If, however, you are already on your trip, please call the Assistance Centre. You may be able to extend your coverage, subject to an extra premium, as long as the total length of your trip does not exceed 183 days (212 days if you reside in Ontario or Newfoundland). The maximum number of covered travel days is 60 for those age 55 and older. If you have not had a medical condition since your certificate of insurance was issued, the extension will be issued right away. If you have, however, the extension is subject to the approval of the Assistance Centre.

TO GET A REFUND OF PREMIUM

Please note that refunds are not available.

TRIP CANCELLATION & INTERRUPTION INSURANCE

What does Trip Cancellation Insurance cover?

If you are unable to travel due to a covered event listed immediately below that occurs before you leave home, we will pay up to the covered amount for the prepaid portion of your trip that is non-refundable and non-transferable to another travel date. In addition, if your travel companion must cancel his/her trip due to a covered event applicable to him/her, and you decide to go on your trip as planned, we will cover the cost of the next occupancy charge up to the covered amount.

If you change your mind and decide not to travel for any reason before you leave home, we will pay up to 50% of the covered amount for the prepaid portion of your trip that is non-refundable and non-transferable to another date. You must cancel your trip 23 days or more before your scheduled departure date for this benefit to be valid.

To cancel a trip before your scheduled departure date, you must cancel your trip with the Travel Agent immediately or, at the latest, the business day following the cause of cancellation.

Trip Cancellation Insurance covered events:

  1. You or your travel companion develop(s) a medical condition or die(s).
  2. A member of your immediate family or your key-person, a member of your travel companion’s immediate family or their key-person, develops a medical condition or dies.
  3. Your friend dies or the person whose guest you will be during your trip is admitted to a hospital because of an emergency or dies.
  4. You, your spouse, your travel companion or your travel companion’s spouse: a) become(s) pregnant after you book your trip and your departure date falls in the 9 weeks before the expected delivery date or any time after that date, or b) legally adopt(s) a child and the date of the adoption falls during your trip.
  5. Your or your travel companion’s travel visa is not issued for a reason beyond your/their control.
  6. You, your spouse, your travel companion or your travel companion’s spouse are called to service as a reservist, firefighter, military or police staff, to jury duty or to be a defendant in a civil suit or are subpoenaed to be a witness during your trip.
  7. You, your spouse, your travel companion or your travel companion’s spouse are quarantined or hijacked; or are unable to occupy your/their principal residence or to operate your/their place of business because of a natural disaster.
  8. You, your spouse, your travel companion or travel companion’s spouse: a) lose a permanent job because of layoff or dismissal without just cause, or b) are transferred by his or her respective employer; and must move his or her respective principal residence.
  9. ‡ A business meeting that is the main intent of your trip and was scheduled before you purchased this insurance, is cancelled for a reason beyond your control or the control of your employer and the meeting is between companies with unrelated ownership. Benefits are only payable if you are traveling to attend the business meeting.
  10. After you purchase your insurance, the government of your home country issues a formal travel warning which recommends that citizens of your country do not visit a specific destination that is included in your trip.

What does Trip Interruption Insurance cover?

If your trip is interrupted due to a covered event listed immediately below that occurs on or after the day you plan to leave home, we will pay up to the covered amount for the prepaid portion of your trip that is non-refundable and non-transferable to another travel date except prepaid unused transportation home. In addition, we will pay your additional and unplanned hotel and meal expenses, your essential phone calls and taxi fares to a maximum of up to $300 per day for up to 2 days when no earlier transportation arrangements are available; and/or we will pay your economy class transportation via the most cost-effective itinerary to your individual or your group’s next destination, or to return home.

Trip Interruption Insurance covered events:

  1. You or your travel companion develop(s) a medical condition or die(s).
  2. A member of your immediate family or your key-person, a member of your travel companion’s immediate family or their key-person develops a medical condition or dies.
  3. Your friend dies or the person whose guest you will be during your trip is admitted to a hospital because of an emergency or dies.
  4. You, your spouse, your travel companion or your travel companion’s spouse legally adopt(s) a child and the actual date of the adoption falls during your trip.
  5. You or your travel companion’s travel visa is not issued for a reason beyond your/their control.
  6. You, your spouse, your travel companion or your travel companion’s spouse are called to service as a reservist, firefighter, military or police staff, to jury duty or to be a defendant in a civil suit or are subpoenaed to be a witness during your trip.
  7. You, your spouse, your travel companion or your travel companion’s spouse are quarantined or hijacked; or are unable to occupy your/their principal residence or to operate your/their place of business because or a natural disaster.
  8. You, your spouse, your travel companion or travel companion’s spouse: a) lose a permanent job because of lay-off or dismissal without just cause, or b) are transferred by his or her respective employer; and must move his or her respective principal residence.
  9. You miss a connection or must interrupt your trip because of the delay of your connecting private passenger vehicle or common carrier, when the delay is caused by the mechanical failure of your connecting private passenger vehicle or common carrier, a traffic accident, an emergency police-directed road closure or weather conditions. Your connecting private passenger vehicle or common carrier must have been scheduled to arrive at your point of boarding at least 2 hours before the scheduled time of departure.
  10. After you purchase your insurance, the government of your home country issues a formal travel warning which recommends that citizens of your country do not visit a specific destination included in your trip.
  11. ‡ Weather delays at least 30% of your trip and you choose not travel.

What does Misconnection Insurance cover?

If the covered event listed immediately below prevents you from traveling as shown on your confirmation, we will pay up to the covered amount for your misconnection expenses, being the lessor of: a) the change fee charged by the airline for your missed connection if this option is available, or b) up to $1,000 for the cost of your one-way economy transportation by the most cost-effective itinerary to the next destination. Your travel arrangements must have been booked with the Travel Agency you purchased this certificate of insurance from.

Misconnection Insurance covered event:

  1. You miss your next connecting flight because the plane you are ticketed to fly on leaves later than originally scheduled.
  2. ‡ The plane you are ticketed to fly on leaves earlier than originally scheduled and the ticket you have purchased for your prior connector flight via another airline becomes unusable. Only misconnection expenses as calculated above will be payable under these circumstances.

What does Delayed Return Insurance cover?

If any of the covered events listed immediately below happens after you leave home and makes it impossible for you to return home as shown on your confirmation, we will pay up to the covered amount for the length of time that you are prevented from travel. We will pay for your additional and unplanned hotel and meal expenses, your essential phone calls and taxi fares to a maximum of up to $300 per day and $3,000 in total. We will pay up to the covered amount for the extra costs of your economy class transportation via the most cost-effective itinerary for your travel home. If the delay is a result of a medical condition, it must be on the advice of your attending physician at your destination.

Delayed Return Insurance covered events:

  1. You develop a medical condition.
  2. A member of your immediate family develops a medical condition or dies at your destination.
  3. Your travel companion develops a medical condition or dies.
  4. The person whose guest you are at your destination dies.

What else does Trip Interruption & Delayed Return Insurance cover?

In the event your travel companion’s plane is delayed by weather conditions for at least 30% of your trip, and your travel companion decides not to go on the trip as booked, we will cover the cost of your next occupancy charge up to the covered amount.

In the event you die after the start of your trip:

  1. We will reimburse to your estate, up to the covered amount, for your pre-paid unused trip arrangements;
  2. We will reimburse the actual expenses incurred for the preparation or cremation of your body, and either its repatriation or its burial. Specifically, we will reimburse to your estate actual expenses for:
    • the transportation of your body (in the standard transportation container normally used by the airline) back to your home, plus up to $3,000 for the preparation of your body and the cost of the container; or
    • the transportation of your ashes back to your home, plus up to $3,000 to have your body cremated where you die; or
    • up to $3,000 for the preparation of your body and the cost of a standard burial container, plus up to $3,000 for the burial of your body where you die.
  3. In addition, we will reimburse travel and accommodation expenses of the person who must travel to the place of your death to identify the body as follows:
    • up to $300 for that person’s additional and unplanned hotel and meal expenses;
    • we will pay the return economy transportation via the most cost-effective itinerary for that person to travel to your place of death; and
    • up to 72 hours of Emergency Medical Insurance for that person.

Exclusions & Limitations – What does Trip Cancellation & Interruption Insurance not cover?

When reading this section, please take the time to review the definitions of "pre-existing condition" and "stable" at the end of this page.

If the Trip Cancellation covered amount purchased is less than $10,000, we will not cover any expenses for any medical condition related to you, your spouse or your children if that medical condition was not stable in the 3 months before you purchase this insurance.

In addition to the "stable" requirement, we will not cover any expenses relating to your/their:

  • heart condition if, in the 3 months before your/their effective date, your/their heart condition has required the use of any form of nitroglycerine for the relief of angina pain; and/or
  • lung condition if, in the 3 months before your/their effective date, your/their lung condition has required treatment with oxygen or prednisone.

If the Trip Cancellation covered amount purchased is $10,000 or more:

  1. You must complete our questionnaire and:
    • if you answer YES to any question, we will not cover any expenses related to your medical condition if it was not stable in the 12 months before you purchase this insurance;
    • if you answer NO to all questions, we will not cover any expenses related to your medical condition if it was not stable in the 3 months before you purchase this insurance.
  2. We will not cover any expenses for a medical condition related to a member of your immediate family, your travel companion, your key-person, or the person whose guest you are during your trip, if that medical condition was not stable in the 3 months before you purchased this insurance.

In addition to the "stable" requirement, we will not cover any expenses relating to your/their:

  • heart condition if, in the 3 months before your/their effective date, your/their heart condition has required the use of any form of nitroglycerine for the relief of angina pain; and/or
  • lung condition if, in the 3 months before your/their effective date, your/their lung condition has required treatment with oxygen or prednisone.

The following exclusions are applicable to all coverages detailed in this section, including Trip Cancellation, Trip Interruption, Misconnection and Delayed Return Insurance:

  1. An event, which at the purchase date of this insurance, you knew might eventually prevent you from going on or completing your trip as booked.
  2. Travel arrangements booked through the Travel Agency for which no premium was paid at the time of the initial deposit or when cancellation penalties apply; travel arrangements not booked with the Travel Agency you purchased this certificate of insurance from.
  3. The medical condition or death of a person who is ill when the purpose of your trip is to visit that person.
  4. An emotional or mental disorder (except acute psychosis) that does not require admission to a hospital.
  5. Medication, drug or alcohol abuse.
  6. Your not following a prescribed therapy or treatment.
  7. Your committing or attempting to commit suicide, a criminal act or your intentional self-inflicted injury whether sane or insane.
  8. A child who is born after you leave home; routine prenatal care; pregnancy or childbirth; or complications of your pregnancy or childbirth when they happen in the 9 weeks before or after the expected date of delivery.
  9. A medical condition that comes up during a trip you undertake knowing that treatment will be sought or required for that condition; or symptoms that would have caused an ordinarily prudent person to seek treatment in the 3 months before you leave home, or caused a physician to advise you not to go on your trip.
  10. A travel visa that is not issued because of late application.
  11. Any medical condition if the answers provided in the questionnaire (if applicable), are not truthful and accurate.
  12. An act of war or act of terrorism. Limited coverage applies with respect to an act of terrorism. See terrorism coverage provision.

What are the other conditions that apply to Trip Cancellation Insurance?

If you cancel your trip before your date of departure, you must advise your Travel Agent immediately or, at the latest, the business day following the cause of the cancellation. Only the sums that are non-refundable on the date the reason of cancellation (covered event) occurs shall be considered for the purposes of the claim. Any delays in notifying your Travel Agent will limit your benefit to the non-refundable amount that would have been payable on the date the cause for the claim occurred.

If, before your date of departure, you (or your travel companion, if applicable in the case of a trip of $10,000 or more) are prescribed a change in treatment or medication, you may apply for special coverage consideration by calling the Assistance Centre. Within one business day of receiving the required information, we will either accept your Trip Cancellation claim, or waive the applicable exclusion under our medical emergency insurance for the medical condition for which the change in medication or treatment was prescribed. A Trip Cancellation for a medical condition must be recommended by your attending physician.

DEFAULT PROTECTION COVERAGE
We will provide Default Protection Coverage subject to the benefit limits and exclusions listed below.

If you have purchased Trip Cancellation & Interruption Insurance and you:

  1. have contracted with a Travel Supplier who defaults; and
  2. as a result of the default, you do not receive part or all of the Travel Services for which you have contracted; and
  3. cannot recover all of the cost of such undelivered Travel Services either from the Travel Supplier, any federal, state, provincial or other compensation fund, or from any other source that is legally responsible or under contract to reimburse you for the cost of such undelivered Travel Services,

then, we will reimburse you as follows:

  1. For Default prior to your departure date: we will reimburse you for the non-refundable portion of the amount that you prepaid for such undelivered Travel Services up to the covered amount of the Manulife Global Trip Cancellation coverage that you purchased in connection with your trip; or
  2. For Default after your departure date: we will reimburse you for the non-refundable portion of the amount that you prepaid for such undelivered Travel Services up to the covered amount of the Manulife Global Trip Interruption coverage that you purchased in connection with your trip except prepaid unused transportation home and subject to the following Benefit Limits:

Benefit Limits
The amount payable to you in respect to any one trip will not exceed $3,500 CDN and $7,500 CDN for all persons who are covered under the same Manulife Global certificate of insurance. We will pay up to the lowest extra cost of the published rate for a one-way, economy class air fare on a scheduled airline by its most direct route to the original point of departure. Any benefits payable limit specified below relating to all in-force travel policies issued by us, including this certificate of insurance.

If total claims otherwise payable for this type of coverage under all travel policies issued by us, resulting from the Default of one or more Travel Suppliers occurring within an applicable time period, exceeds the aggregate maximum payable limit, then the amount paid on each claim shall be reduced on a pro rata basis so that the total amount paid in respect of all such claims shall be the aggregate maximum payable limit.

The aggregate maximum limits are:

  1. $1,000,000 CDN with respect to the Default of any one (1) Travel Supplier; and
  2. $3,000,000 CDN with respect to all Defaults of all Travel Suppliers occurring in the same calendar year.

If, in our judgment, the total of all payable claims on account of the Default of one or more Travel Suppliers exceeds the applicable limits, your pro-rated claim may be paid after the end of the calendar year in which you qualify for benefits.

Exclusions
We will not cover any loss concerning, caused by or resulting from any of the following:

  1. Loss or damage, incurred by you, which is or can be recovered from any other source, including any federal, state, provincial or other compensation fund;
  2. Loss arising as a result of a Default if, at the time of booking, the Travel Supplier is bankrupt, insolvent or in receivership or has sought protection from creditors under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar legislation;
  3. Loss arising as a consequence of the bankruptcy or insolvency of a retail travel agent, agency or broker;
  4. Loss arising as a result of the Default of a non-Canadian Travel Supplier if the Travel Services to be provided by such Travel Supplier are not part of a package tour sold to you;
  5. Losses incurred by an individual who has not purchased coverage for Trip Cancellation Insurance coverage under the Manulife Global certificate of insurance, in connection with your trip which resulted in such losses;
  6. Insurance purchased or trips booked after the Default;
  7. Travel Services that were actually provided.

EMERGENCY MEDICAL INSURANCE

What does Emergency Medical Insurance cover?

Emergency Medical Insurance covers you for the actual covered expenses, up to $5,000,000 CDN, incurred by you as a result of medical attention required by you during your trip if a medical condition begins unexpectedly after you leave home, but only if these covered expenses are not covered by your provincial health insurance plan or any other benefit plan. The medical attention must be required as part of your emergency treatment and ordered by a physician (or a dentist in the case of dental treatment).

In the event of an emergency, call the Assistance Centre immediately: 1 800 211-9093 toll-free from the USA and Canada or (416) 977-2153 collect from anywhere else in the world. Please note that if you do not call the Assistance Centre in an emergency, you will have to pay 25% of the medical covered expenses we would normally pay under this certificate of insurance. If it is medically impossible for you to call, please have someone call on your behalf.

We will cover benefits 5 to 11 only if they have been authorized and arranged by the Assistance Centre.

Covered expenses and benefits are subject to the certificate of insurance maximums, exclusions and limitations.

More specifically, the eligible covered expenses are:

  1. Expenses to receive emergency medical attentionMedical care received from a physician in or out of a hospital, the cost of a semi-private hospital room (or an intensive or coronary care unit where medically necessary), the services of a licensed private duty nurse while you are in the hospital, the rental or purchase (whichever is less) of a hospital bed, wheelchair, brace, crutch or other medical appliance, tests that are needed to diagnose or find out more about your condition, and drugs that are prescribed for you and are available only by prescription from a physician or dentist.
  2. Expenses to receive professional services – Care received from a licensed chiropractor, osteopath, physiotherapist, chiropodist or podiatrist, up to $300 by profession.
  3. Expenses for ambulance transportation – Reasonable and customary local licensed ambulance service to the nearest qualified medical service provider in an emergency.
  4. Expenses related to your death – If you die during your trip from a medical condition covered under this insurance, we will reimburse your estate for:
    • the return home of your body (in the standard transportation container normally used by the airline), plus up to $3,000 to have your body prepared where you die and the cost of the container;
    • the return home of your ashes, plus up to $3,000 to cremate your body where you die; or
    • up to $3,000 to have your body prepared and the cost of a standard burial container, plus up to $3,000 for your burial where you die.

    In addition, if someone is legally required to identify your body and must travel to the place of your death, we will pay the economy class fare via the most cost-effective itinerary for that person, as well as up to $300 for that person’s hotel and meal expenses. We will also provide that person with Emergency Medical insurance under this certificate of insurance for up to 72 hours.
  5. Expenses to bring you homeIf your treating physician recommends that you return home because of your medical condition or if our medical advisors recommend that you return home after your emergency treatment, we will pay for one or more of:
    • the extra cost of an economy class fare via the most cost-effective itinerary to receive immediate medical attention;
    • a stretcher fare on a commercial flight via the most cost-effective itinerary, if a stretcher is medically necessary;
    • the return cost of an economy class fare via the most cost-effective itinerary for a qualified medical attendant to accompany you, and the attendant’s reasonable fees and expenses, if this is medically necessary or required by the airline; or
    • the cost of air ambulance transportation, if this is medically necessary.
  6. Extra expenses for meals, hotel, phone calls and taxi – If a medical emergency prevents you or your travel companion from returning home as originally planned, or if your emergency medical treatment or that of your travel companion requires your transfer to a location that is different from your original destination, we will reimburse up to a maximum of $300 per day and $3,000 in total for your extra meals, hotel, essential phone calls and taxi fares. We will only pay for these expenses if you have actually paid for them.
  7. Expenses to bring someone to your bedside – If you are traveling alone and are admitted to a hospital for 3 days or more because of a medical emergency, we will pay the economy class fare via the most cost-effective itinerary for someone to be with you. We will also pay up to $300 for that person’s hotel and meals and cover him/her under this insurance until you are medically fit to return home. For a child insured under this certificate of insurance, this benefit is available immediately upon his/her hospital admission.
  8. Expenses for emergency dental treatment If you need emergency dental treatment, we will pay:
    • up to $300 for the relief of dental pain; or
    • if you suffer an accidental blow to the mouth, up to $3,000 to repair or replace your natural or permanently attached artificial teeth (up to $2,000 during your trip and up to $1,000 to continue medically necessary treatment in the 90 days after the accident and you return home).
  9. Expenses to return children under your care – If you are admitted to hospital for more than 24 hours or must return home because of a medical condition, we will pay for the extra cost of the children’s economy class transportation home via the most cost-effective itinerary and the return economy class airfare via the most cost-effective itinerary for a qualified escort when the airline requires it. The children must have been under your care during your trip and be covered under this certificate of insurance.
  10. Expenses for a travel companion to accompany you homeIf you have a travel companion and must return home because of a medical emergency, we will pay for that person to accompany you home in economy class fare via the most cost-effective itinerary.
  11. Expenses to return your vehicle home If because of a medical emergency you are unable to drive home the vehicle you used during your trip, we will cover the reasonable costs charged by a commercial agency to bring your vehicle home. If you used a rental car during your trip, we will cover its return to the rental agency.

Exclusions & Limitations – What does Emergency Medical Insurance not cover?

We will not pay any expenses or benefits relating to:

  1. A pre-existing condition. The pre-existing condition exclusion which applies depends on the plan you purchased and your age at the time you purchased this policy as outlined below. Please see the definition of "pre-existing condition" and "stable" at the end of this page. This plan includes a "stable" requirement. In addition to that requirement, we will not cover any expenses relating to your:
    • heart condition if, within the required period of being stable, your heart condition has required the use of any form of nitroglycerine for the relief of angina pain; and/or
    • lung condition if, within the required period of being stable, your lung condition has required treatment with oxygen or prednisone.

    All-Inclusive

    We will not pay any expenses relating to a pre-existing condition that was stable in the…

    Under Age 60

    3 months before you leave home.

    Age 60 to 74

    6 months before you leave home.

    Age 75 or older

    12 months before you leave home.

  2. Hospitalization for a pre-existing condition.  We will not pay any expenses relating to a pre-existing condition for which you are hospitalized either more than once or for at least two (2) consecutive days in the 12 months before your effective date.
  3. Any medical condition if the answers provided in the questionnaire (if applicable), are not truthful and accurate.
  4. Expenses that exceed: a) $50,000 for emergency medical treatment, and b) $300,000 for ambulance transportation expenses; or c) $5,000 CDN if you have a valid provincial health insurance plan.
  5. Covered expenses that exceed those that normally apply where the medical emergency happens.
  6. Covered expenses that exceed 75% of the cost we would normally have to pay under this insurance, if you do not contact the Assistance Centre at the time of the emergency, unless your medical condition makes it medically impossible for you to call (in that case, the 25% co-insurance does not apply).
  7. Any treatment that is not for an emergency.
  8. The continued treatment of a medical condition when you have already received emergency treatment for that condition during your trip and our medical advisors determine that your medical emergency has ended and further treatment is not medically necessary.
  9. A medical condition when you knew, before you left home, that you would need or be required to seek treatment for that medical condition during your trip; a medical condition for which it was reasonable to expect before you left home that you would need treatment during your trip; a medical condition which produced symptoms that would have caused an ordinarily prudent person to seek treatment in the 3 months before you left home; or a medical condition that had caused your physician to advise you not to travel.
  10. A medical condition resulting from: hang-gliding, rock climbing, mountaineering, parachuting or skydiving; participating in a motorized speed contest; or your professional participation in a sport, snorkeling or scuba-diving when that sport, snorkeling or scuba-diving is your principal paid occupation.
  11. Suicide, attempted suicide, or an intentional self-inflicted injury whether sane or insane.
  12. Committing or attempting to commit a criminal act.
  13. Not following recommended or prescribed therapy or treatment.
  14. Medication, drug or alcohol abuse, a mental or emotional disorder (other than acute psychosis) that does not require admission to a hospital.
  15. Your routine pre-natal care, your pregnancy or childbirth, or complications of your pregnancy or childbirth when they happen in the 9 weeks before or after the expected date of delivery.
  16. For insured children under 2 years of age: Any sickness or medical condition related to a birth defect.
  17. Any benefit that must be authorized or arranged in advance by the Assistance Centre when it has given no authorization or made no arrangement for that benefit.
  18. Any medical condition that occurs after our medical advisors recommend that you return home following your emergency treatment, and you chose not to.
  19. An act of war or act of terrorism. Limited coverage applies with respect to an act of terrorism. See terrorism coverage provision.

What are the other conditions that apply to Emergency Medical Insurance?

If your current or former employer provides you with an extended health insurance plan with a lifetime maximum coverage of $50,000 or less, we will not coordinate payment with that coverage. If your lifetime maximum is more than $50,000, we will coordinate payment.

Neither we nor our agents or administrators are responsible for the availability, quality or result of any medical treatment or transportation, or for your failure to obtain medical treatment.

BAGGAGE LOSS, DAMAGE & DELAY INSURANCE

What does Baggage Loss, Damage & Delay Insurance cover?

Baggage Loss, Damage & Delay Insurance covers the loss of, damage to, and delay of the baggage and effects that belong to you and that you use during your trip. More specifically, this insurance provides you with reimbursement for the following expenses:

  1. Up to $100 in total per trip for the replacement of a lost or stolen passport, driver’s license, birth certificate or travel visa.
  2. Up to $500 in total per trip for necessary toiletries and clothing when your checked luggage is delayed by the carrier for at least 10 hours while you are en route. This benefit is payable only when the delay happens before you return home.
  3. Up to $300 per trip for any item or set of items which is lost or damaged while you are en route to a maximum of $1,000. Jewelry or cameras (including camera equipment) are respectively considered a single item.

Exclusions & Limitations – What does Baggage Loss, Damage & Delay Insurance not cover?

For the Baggage Loss, Damage & Delay Insurance, we will not cover expenses or benefits relating to:

  1. Animals, perishable items, bikes that are not checked as baggage with the carrier, household items and furniture, artificial teeth or limbs, hearing aids, glasses of any type, contact lenses, money, tickets, securities, documents, items related to your occupation, antiques or collector items, items that are fragile, items that are obtained illegally, or articles that are insured on a valued basis by another insurer.
  2. Damage or loss resulting from wear and tear, deterioration, defect, mechanical breakdown, your imprudence or omission.
  3. Unaccompanied baggage, personal property left in unattended vehicle, unlocked trunk, and any jewelry or camera placed in the custody of a common carrier.
  4. In instances of theft, unreported losses to authorities.
  5. An act or war or act of terrorism.
  6. See other conditions under How to Make a Claim.

FLIGHT & TRAVEL ACCIDENT INSURANCE

What does Flight & Travel Accident Insurance cover?

We will cover the following Flight & Travel Accident Insurance benefits:

  1. If an accidental bodily injury causes you to die, to become completely and permanently blind in both eyes or to have two of your limbs fully severed above your wrist or ankle joint in the 12 months after the accident, we will pay:
    1. $50,000 under Travel Accident insurance; or
    2. $100,000 under Flight Accident Insurance.
  2. If an accidental bodily injury causes you to become completely and permanently blind in one eye or have one of your limbs fully severed above a wrist or ankle joint in the 12 months after the accident, we will pay:
    1. $25,000 under Travel Accident insurance; or
    2. $50,000 under Flight Accident insurance.
  3. If you have more than one accidental bodily injury during your trip, we will pay the applicable insured sum only for the one accident that entitles you to the largest benefit amount.

For Flight Accident Insurance, the accident giving rise to your injury must happen: a) while you are traveling on a commercial passenger plane from which a ticket was issued to you for your entire airline trip; or b) if making a flight connection, while riding over land or water at the expense of the airline, riding in a limousine or bus provided by the airport authority, or in a scheduled helicopter shuttle service between airports; or c) while you are at an airport for the departure or arrival of the flight covered by this insurance.

Exclusions & Limitations – What does Flight & Travel Accident Insurance not cover?

For Flight & Accident Insurance, we will not cover expenses or benefits relating to:

  1. Hang-gliding, rock climbing, mountaineering, parachuting or skydiving; participating in a motorized speed contest; or your professional participation in a sport, snorkeling or scuba-diving when that sport, snorkeling or scuba-diving is your principal paid occupation.
  2. Piloting an aircraft, learning to pilot an aircraft, or acting as a member of an aircraft crew.
  3. Committing or attempting to commit suicide, an intentional self-inflicted injury whether sane or insane.
  4. A criminal act or an attempt to commit such an act by you or your beneficiary.
  5. Not following recommended or prescribed therapy or treatment.
  6. Medication, drug or alcohol abuse, a mental or emotional disorder (other than acute psychosis) that does not require admission to a hospital.
  7. A loss caused directly or indirectly from an existing disease or body infirmity, even if the proximate cause of its activation or reactivation is the result of an accidental bodily injury.
  8. An act of war or act of terrorism.

TERRORISM COVERAGE

Where an Act of Terrorism directly or indirectly causes you a loss for which benefits would otherwise be payable in accordance with the terms and conditions of this certificate of insurance, this insurance will provide coverage as follows:

  • We will, for all Emergency Medical Insurance, Trip Cancellation & Interruption Insurance coverage, provide benefits to you for your covered expenses subject to the maximums shown in the Benefits section and this provision;
  • The benefits payable, as described directly above, are in excess to all other potential sources of recovery, including alternative or replacement travel options offered by airlines, tour operators, cruise lines and other travel suppliers and other insurance coverage (even where such other coverage is described as excess) and will only become available after you have exhausted all such other sources.

Any benefits payable pursuant to our Emergency Medical Insurance, Trip Cancellation & Interruption Insurance coverage issued shall be subject to an overall aggregate maximum payable limit relating to all in-force travel policies issued by us, including this certificate of insurance. If total claims otherwise payable for a type of coverage under all travel policies issued by us, resulting from one or more acts of terrorism occurring within an applicable time period, exceeds this aggregate maximum payable limit, then the amount paid on each claim shall be reduced on a pro rata basis so that the total amount paid in respect to all such claims shall be the aggregate maximum payable limit.

Coverage is only available for up to two (2) Acts of Terrorism within a calendar year and the maximum payable limit for each Act of Terrorism is:

Type of Coverage

Maximum for each Act of Terrorism (CDN$)

Emergency Medical

$35,000,000

Trip Cancellation & Trip Interruption

$2,500,000

If, in our judgment, the total of all payable claims under one or more acts of terrorism may exceed the applicable limits, your prorated claim may be paid after the end of the calendar year in which you qualify for benefits.

Exclusion to this Terrorism Coverage provision

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary within this certificate of insurance or any endorsement thereto, this certificate of insurance does not cover any liability, loss, cost or expense of whatsoever nature which is directly or indirectly caused by, resulting from, arising out of or in connection with any acts of terrorism perpetrated by biological, chemical, nuclear or radioactive means, regardless of any other cause contributing concurrently or in any other sequence to the liability, loss, cost or expense.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW?

Coverage under this certificate of insurance is issued on the basis of information provided in your application (including the medical questionnaire if required). Your entire contract with us consists of: this certificate of insurance; your application for this certificate of insurance (including the completed and signed medical questionnaire if required), the confirmation issued in respect of that application and any other amendments or endorsements resulting from extensions of coverage.

This insurance is void in the case of fraud or attempted fraud, or if you conceal or misrepresent any material fact in your application for this certificate of insurance, extension of claim for benefits under this policy.

This certificate of insurance is non-participating. You are not entitled to share in our divisible surplus. Neither we nor our agents or administrators are responsible for the availability, quality or results of any medical treatment or transportation, or for your failure to obtain medical treatment.

This certificate of insurance shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the province of Ontario.

Despite any other provisions of this contract, this contract is subject to the statutory conditions contained in the Insurance Act (Ontario) respecting contracts of accident insurance.

Premium
The required premium is due and payable at the time of purchase and will be determined according to the schedule of premium rates then in effect. Premium rates and certificate of insurance terms and conditions are subject to change without prior notice to reflect actual experience in the marketplace.

Upon payment of premium, this document becomes a binding contract provided it is accompanied by a confirmation upon which a contract number appears and we have received your completed application prior to your departure date. If the premium is insufficient for the period of coverage selected, we will:

  1. charge and collect any underpayment; or
  2. shorten the certificate of insurance period by written endorsement if an underpayment in premium cannot be collected.

Coverage will be null and void if the premium is not received, if a cheque is not honored for any reason, if credit card charges are invalid or if no proof of your payment exists.

How does this insurance work with other coverages that I may have?
The plans outlined in this certificate of insurance are second payor coverages. If there are other third party liability, group or individual, basic or extended health insurance plans or contracts including any private state, provincial or territorial auto insurance plan providing hospital, medical or therapeutic coverage or any other third party liability insurance in force concurrently herewith, amounts payable hereunder are limited to that portion of your expenses, incurred outside the state, province or territory of residence, that are in excess of the amounts for which you are insured under such coverage.

Total benefits paid to you by all insurers cannot exceed your actual expenses. We will coordinate the payment of benefits with all insurers who provide you with benefits similar to those provided under this insurance, to a maximum of the largest amount specified by each insurer.

In addition, we have full rights of subrogation. In the event of a payment of a claim under this certificate of insurance, we will have the right to proceed, in your name, but at our expense, against third parties who may be responsible for giving rise to a claim under this certificate of insurance. You will execute and deliver such documents as are necessary and cooperate fully with us to allow us to fully assert our rights. You must do nothing to prejudice such rights.

If you are insured under more than one insurance policy underwritten by us, the total amount we pay to you cannot exceed your actual expenses; and the maximum you are entitled to is the largest amount specified for the benefit in any one policy. If the total amount of all accident insurance you have under policies issued by us is more than $10,000, our aggregate liability will not exceed that amount, and any excess insurance will be void and the premiums paid for such excess will be refunded.

HOW TO MAKE A CLAIM

In the event of an emergency, call the Assistance Centre immediately prior to receiving the treatment: 1 800 211-9093 toll free from the USA and Canada or (416) 977-2153 collect from anywhere else in the world. The Assistance Centre is ready to assist you 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Please note that if you do not call the Assistance Centre in an emergency, you will have to pay 25% of the medical covered expenses we would normally pay under this certificate of insurance (25% co-insurance).

If it is medically impossible for you to call when the emergency happens, the 25% co-insurance will not apply. In this case, we ask that you call as soon as you can or that someone call on your behalf. Do not assume that someone will contact the Assistance Centre for you. It is your responsibility to verify that the Assistance Centre has been contacted.

If you choose to pay eligible expenses directly to a health service provider without prior approval by the Assistance Centre, these services will be reimbursed to you on the basis of the reasonable and customary charges that we would have paid directly to such provider.

Medical charges that you pay may be higher than this amount; therefore you will be responsible for any difference between the amount you paid and the reasonable and customary charges reimbursed by us. Some benefits are not covered if they have not been authorized and arranged by the Assistance Centre.

Written claims correspondence should be mailed to:
Manulife Global Travel Claims
C/o Pottruff & Smith Travel Insurance Brokers Inc.
8001 Weston Road, Suite 300
Woodbridge, Ontario L4L 9C8

To make a claim due to illness or injury during your trip, your proof of claim must be sent to us within 90 days of your loss. You may also call the Assistance Centre directly for specific information about how to make a claim or inquire about your claim status at: 1 866 298-2722 or by fax at: (905) 856-1539.

For coverage information or general inquiries, please contact your Travel Agent.

If you are making a Trip Cancellation & Interruption Insurance claim, we will need proof of the cause of the claim, including: a) medical certificate completed by the attending physician and stating why travel was not possible as booked, if the claim is for medical reasons; or b) a report from the police or other responsible authority documenting the reason for the delay if your claim is due to a misconnection. We will also need, as applicable: a) complete original unused transportation tickets and vouchers; b) original passenger receipts for the new tickets you had to purchase; c) original receipts for the travel arrangements you had paid in advance and for the extra hotel, meal, telephone and taxi expenses you may have had; and d) any other invoice or receipt supporting your claim.

If you are making a Default Protection claim, we must receive written notice of the claim within sixty (60) days of the day on which the Travel Supplier announces that it is in Default. You must submit proof of loss (including original receipts, proofs of payment to Travel Suppliers, proof of payment for insurance, unused transportation or accommodation documents and, where appropriate, evidence of claim to or reimbursement from any federal, state, provincial or other compensation fund, or other insurance, or any other source (including Credit Card companies) that is legally responsible or under contract to reimburse you for the cost of such undelivered Travel Services no later than thirty (30) days immediately after such filing deadline.

If you are making an Emergency Medical claim, we will need: a) original itemized receipts for all bills and invoices; b) proof of payment by yourself and by any other benefit plan; c) complete diagnosis by the attending physician or documentation by the hospital, which must state that the treatment was medically necessary; d) proof of the accident if you are submitting a claim for dental expenses resulting from an accident; e) proof of travel (including departure and return dates); and f) your historical medical records (if we determine applicable).

If you are making a Baggage Loss, Damage & Delay Insurance claim, the following conditions apply:

  1. In the event of theft, burglary, robbery, malicious mischief, disappearance or loss of an item covered under this insurance, you must obtain written documented evidence from the police immediately, or if the police are unavailable, the hotel manager, tour guide or transportation authorities. You must also take all precautions to protect, save or recover the property immediately, and advise us as soon as you return home. Your claim will not be valid under this insurance if you do not comply with these conditions.
  2. If the property you have checked with a common carrier is delayed, we will continue to provide coverage until the property is delivered by the carrier.
  3. We cover the current actual cash value of your property when it is lost or damaged. We also reserve the option to repair or replace your property with other of similar kind, quality and value. We may also ask you to submit damaged items for an appraisal of the damage. If a lost or damaged article is part of a set, we will cover a reasonable and fair proportion of the total value of the set, but not the total value of the set.
  4. If you need to make a claim under this insurance, we will need: a) copies of reports from the authorities as proof of loss, damage or delay; and b) proof that you owned the articles, and receipts for their replacement.

If you are making a Flight & Travel Accident Insurance claim, the following conditions apply:

  1. We will need: a) police, autopsy or coroner’s report; b) medical records; and c) death certificate, as applicable.
  2. If your body is not found within 12 months of the accident, we will presume that you died as a result of your injuries.

Who will we pay your benefits to if you have a claim?
Except in the case of your death, we will pay the covered expenses under this insurance to you or the provider of the service. Any sum payable for loss of life will be payable to your estate unless a completed Statement of Beneficiary form has been submitted to us. You must repay us any amount paid or authorized by us on your behalf if we determine that the amount is not payable under your certificate of insurance. If you have paid your premium in U.S. dollars, all amounts shown throughout this contract are in U.S. dollars except for the $5,000,000 CDN Emergency Medical, the Terrorism and the Default aggregate maximum limits. Otherwise, if you paid your premium in Canadian dollars, all amounts shown throughout this contract are in Canadian dollars. If currency conversion is necessary, we will use our exchange rate on the date you received the service outlined in your claim. We will not pay for any interest under this insurance.

Is there anything else I should know if I have a claim?
If you disagree with our claim decision, the matter may be submitted to arbitration under the arbitration law in the province of Ontario. Legal action to recover a claim must start within the 12 months of the date the insurance monies would have been payable if it were a valid claim and be undertaken before courts of the province of Ontario.

For the purposes of determining the validity of a claim under this certificate of insurance, we may obtain and review the medical records of your attending physician(s), including the records of your regular physician(s) at home. These records may be used to determine the validity if a claim whether or not the contents of the medical records were made known to you before you incurred a claim under this certificate of insurance. In addition, we have the right, and you shall afford us the opportunity, to have you medically examined when and as often as may reasonably be required while the benefits are being claimed under this certificate of insurance. If you die, we have the right to request an autopsy, if not prohibited by law.

DEFINITIONS

Accidental bodily injury means an injury to your body that you sustain during the trip and that is caused by external, violent and purely accidental means, directly and independently of all other causes.

Act of terrorism means any activity, occurring within a 72 hour period, save and except an act of war, against persons, organizations, property (whether tangible or intangible) or infrastructure of any nature by an individual or a group based in any country that involves the following or preparation for the following:

  • Use, or a threat to use, force or violence; or
  • Commission, or a threat to commit, a dangerous act; or
  • Commission, or a threat to commit, an act that interferes or disrupts an electronic, information or mechanical system;
And the effect or intention of the above is to:
  • Intimidate, coerce or overthrow a government (whether de facto or de jure) or to influence, affect or protest against its conduct or policies; or
  • Intimidate, coerce or put in fear the civilian population or any segment thereof; or
  • Disrupt any segment of the economy; or
  • Further political, ideological, religious, social or economic objectives or to express (or express opposition to) a philosophy or ideology.

Act of war means hostile or warlike action, whether declared or not, in a time of peace or war, whether initiated by a local government, foreign government or foreign group, civil unrest, insurrection, rebellion or civil war.

Age means your age at your application date.

Change in medication means an increase or decrease in medication dosage or a change in medication type. We do not mean a change from a brand-name drug to an equivalent generic drug of the same dosage. If you are taking Coumadin (warfarin) or Insulin and are required to have your blood levels tested on a regular basis and your medical condition remains unchanged, yet you are required to adjust the dosage of your medication only due to your blood levels, we would not consider this to be a change in medication.

Child, Children means an unmarried, dependent son or daughter under the age of 21 or, if a full-time student, under the age of 26. Also, an unmarried dependent son or daughter of any age, if mentally or physically handicapped. In addition, the child must be older than 30 days old.

Common carrier means conveyance, (bus, taxi, train, boat, airplane or other vehicle) which is licensed, intended and used to transport paying passengers.

Confirmation means the document or set of documents confirming your insurance coverage under this certificate of insurance and, where applicable, your trip arrangements. It includes the application for this certificate of insurance, once you have completed and submitted it with the required premium to us. It may also include tickets or receipts issued by an airline, travel agent, tour operator, rental agency, cruise line or other accommodation or travel provider with whom you made arrangements for your trip.

Covered expense means reasonable and customary charges you incur for supplies and services which are eligible expenses under the Emergency Medical Insurance provisions and which are either in excess of and/or not covered under your provincial health insurance plan or any other plan.

Default means the inability of a Travel Supplier to provide Travel Services for which you have contracted with the Travel Supplier, because of complete or substantially complete cessation of business by the Travel Supplier resulting directly or indirectly from bankruptcy or insolvency thereof.

Departure date means the date you leave your state, Canadian province or territory of residence.

Effective date means the date on which your coverage starts.

Emergency means an unforeseen medical condition that takes place during the period of insurance.

First travel date means your planned departure date, as recorded on your confirmation.

Home means your state, Canadian province or territory of residence. In the case of Trip Interruption, Flight and Travel Accident, and Baggage Insurance, it means the place you leave from on the first day of coverage and are scheduled or ticketed to return to on the last day of coverage.

Hospital means a facility that is licensed as a hospital, where in-patients receive medical care, that has at least one Registered Nurse on duty at all times, and that includes a laboratory and operating theatre. A clinic, an extended or palliative care facility, a rehabilitation establishment, an addiction center, a convalescent, rest or nursing home, home for the aged or health spa is not a hospital.

Immediate family means spouse, parent, legal guardian, step-parent, grandparent, grandchild, in-law, natural or adopted child, step-child, brother, sister, step-brother, step-sister, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew.

Key-person means someone to whom a dependent’s full-time care is entrusted and who cannot reasonably be replaced, a business partner, or an employee who is critical to the ongoing affairs your business, during the trip.

Medical attention means treatment required for the immediate relief of an acute symptom or that, according to a physician, cannot be delayed until you return home. It must be ordered by and received from a licensed physician during the trip or received from a physiotherapist, chiropractor, chiropodist or podiatrist.

Medical condition means complication of pregnancy within the first 31 weeks of pregnancy, a mental or emotional disorder that requires admission to a hospital, acute psychosis, accidental bodily injury, illness or disease.

Medically necessary in reference to a given service or supply, means such service or supply: a) is appropriate and consistent with the diagnosis according to accepted community standards of medical practice; b) is not experimental or investigative in nature; c) could not be omitted without adversely affecting your condition or quality of medical care; d) cannot be delayed until your return to your state or Canadian province or territory of residence; and e) is delivered in the most cost-effective manner possible, at the most appropriate level of care and not primarily for reasons of convenience.

Physician means a medical doctor who is duly licensed in the jurisdiction in which he/she operates and who gives medical care within the scope of his/her licensed authority. A physician must be a person other than yourself or a member of your immediate family.

Plane means a multi-engined aircraft operated by and licensed to a regularly scheduled airline on a regularly scheduled trip operated between licensed airports and holding a valid Canadian Air Transport license, Charter Air Carrier license, or its foreign equivalent, and operated by a certified pilot.

Pre-existing condition means a medical condition that exists before your effective date.

Provincial health insurance plan means the coverage that the provincial or territorial governments provide to residents of Canada.

Questionnaire means the document you must fill out truthfully and accurately if the Trip Cancellation covered amount purchased is $10,00 or more.

Reasonable and customary charges means costs that do not exceed the standard fee of other providers of similar standing in the same geographical area, when providing the same treatment of a similar sickness or injury.

Rental car means a private passenger automobile, mini-van, self-propelled mobile home, camper truck or trailer that you use during your trip and rent, under a written contract, from a commercial rental agency licensed under the law of its jurisdiction. We do not mean any of the following: truck, van, bus, sport utility automobile while you use it off road, automobile designed and manufactured primarily for off-road use while it is being used off road, motorcycle, moped, motorbike, recreational vehicle, all-terrain vehicle, camper, trailer, automobile that is more than 20 years old, limousine, or exotic car of these or similar makes: Aston Martin, Bentley, Ferrari, Porsche, Rolls Royce.

Spouse means someone to whom one is legally married, or with whom one has been living in a conjugal relationship with for at least one full year before the insurance starts.

Stable – a medical condition for which:

  • There have been no new symptoms, and existing symptoms have not become more frequent or more severe;
  • A physician has not determined that the condition has become worse;
  • A physician (or other medical professional) has not prescribed or recommended a change in medication taken or medical care received for that condition;
  • A physician (or other medical professional) has not prescribed or recommended a change in how often the medication is taken or medical care is received for that condition;
  • Admission to a hospital was not required.

Travel companion means someone who shares trip arrangements and accommodations with you. No more than 3 individuals will be considered travel companions on any one trip.

Travel Services means transportation, sleeping accommodation or other service provided or arranged by a Travel Supplier for your use (but does not include taxes or insurance).

Travel Supplier means a tour operator, travel wholesaler, airline, cruise line, provider of ground transport or provider of travel accommodation or provider of other services to you that is:

  1. contracted to provide Travel Services to you; and
  2. licensed, registered or is otherwise legally authorized in the particular location of the Travel Supplier to operate and provide Travel Services.

Treatment means medical advice, care and/or service provided by a medical practitioner. This includes, but is not limited to diagnostic measures and prescribed drugs (including pills and inhaled or injected medications.

Trip means the period of time between the time you leave home and the date you are scheduled to return home as shown on your confirmation.

We, us, our means First North American Insurance Company (FNA) in connection with Baggage insurance and coverage for the risks identified with ‡ throughout this page; and The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (Manulife Financial) in connection with all other coverages under this certificate of insurance. The participation of the insurers is several and not joint and none of them will under any circumstances participate in the interest and liabilities of any of the others.

You, yourself, your means the person(s) named as the insured(s) on the confirmation, for which insurance coverage was applied for and premium has been received by us.

NOTICE ON PRIVACY

Your privacy matters. We are committed to protecting the privacy of the information we receive about you in the course of providing the insurance you have chosen. While our employees need to have access to that information, we have taken measures to protect your privacy. We ensure that other professionals, with whom we work in giving you the services you need under your insurance, have done so as well. To find out more about how we protect your privacy, please ready our Notice on Privacy and Confidentiality.

Notice on Privacy and Confidentiality. The specific and detailed information requested on your application is required to process the application. To protect the confidentiality of this information, Manulife Financial will establish a "financial services file" from which this information will be used to process the application, offer and administer services and process claims. Access to this file will be restricted to those Manulife Financial employees, mandataries, administrators or agents who are responsible for the assessment of risk (underwriting), marketing and administration of services and the investigation of claims, and to any other person you authorize or as authorized by law. Your file is secured in our offices and/or the office of our administrator. You may request to review the personal information it contains and make corrections by writing to: Privacy Officer, Affinity Markets, Manulife Financial, 5650 Yonge Street, 17th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M2M 4G4.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR INSURANCE:
We have issued group policy GDISP3340402 to G.A.P Adventures. This certificate of insurance is subject to the terms and conditions of the group policy. In case of a discrepancy between this document and the group policy, the group policy will prevail. This certificate of insurance is underwritten by The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company ("Manulife Financial") and First North American Insurance Company (a wholly owned subsidiary of Manulife Financial). Please note that risks identified with ‡ throughout this document are covered by First North American Insurance Company (FNA). Manulife Financial has appointed Pottruff & Smith Travel Insurance Brokers Inc. as the provider of all assistance and claims services under this certificate of insurance.

Prices, terms, and conditions listed in this summary are subject to change without notice, and need to be reconfirmed with your Vacations To Go cruise counselor at the time of booking.

If you book a G.A.P Adventures cruise, you can purchase insurance from G.A.P Adventures (Travel Insurance) or from the independent insurance provider, CSA. Click here to see details of the CSA Vacation Guarantee.

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