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The weather seems to be making the news more and more recently. This past year, the drought that struck the United States has had a wide impact from the Georgia Aquarium, home of the world’s largest fish tank, shutting down exhibits ( http://www.usatoday.com) to the deadly wild fires of Southern California ( http://www.redcross.org). Here in North Carolina, we’re still at a rainfall deficit even after days of steady rain.
It seems that uncertainty has become part of our world in the US and internationally. These are just the events in our little corner of the world. If we expand our scope of vision to include the entire world, we can easily see other examples of seemingly increasing uncertainty.
Here are two news sources that show there is almost always a disaster somewhere around our globe:
World Natural Disasters (http://www.globaldisasters.com)
Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (http://www.gdacs.org)
I don’t want to cast a shadow of doom and gloom, but controlling our risks is part of what every international traveler should do. Travel health insurance (https://online.piu.org) is one of the cheapest and most immediate ways to have access to global health care, provide international medical transport, and repatriation.
For the international traveler, underwriters of the Lloyd’s of London have developed an international health insurance plan designed to control these risks. It was designed specifically for:
- Students studying abroad
- Visa requirements by foreign nations
- Executives going overseas for work assignments
- Vacationers who need medical coverage or medical evacuation while outside the USA
- People who travel on a cruise ship or private yacht
This makes Cary, NC the perfect location to offer this type of coverage since we have so many international businesses with offices in the Research Triangle Park, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill, and Durham. There are also many colleges and universities within 30 minutes with active study abroad programs.
Lloyd’s of London (http://www.lloyds.com/Lloyds_Market/Ratings/) enjoys enviable financial standings with A.M. Best (http://www.ambest.com), Fitch Ratings (http://www.fitchratings.com), and Standard & Poor’s (http://www.standardandpoors.com).
The combined knowledge of the underwriting syndicates of Lloyd’s allows them to appropriately access the risk involved and lets you have access to it at affordable health insurance (https://online.piu.org) rates.
This insurance program even allows you to apply, buy, and print your coverage all online which is perfect when it is required for a visa, students who wait until the last minute, or a work assignment received on short notice. Reducing your risks while traveling will help you enjoy your trip even more and allow you to focus on what really matters rather than worrying while you’re away from your doctors.
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