Originally Posted by
Chinatrvl
Choose any insurer you like:
HUK 24 (cost is 6 €/year, 14.50€/year for a family. Surcharges (10-20 €) for people over 70.)
Allianz (8€/year)
cosmos direkt
Hanse Merkur
or, as another poster mentioned many credit cards have it included already.
As I said before, it is for leisure travellers staying max 30-60 days per journey abroad, only applicable for treatment abroad incl. US, but not in Germany. I'm actually triple insured: Two credit cards, one family plan.
If you still don't "believe" it, go ahead and translate these pages or ask someone who you believe to be more credible...
Pretty amazing. I assumed it covered care but not evacuation but it appears to cover that as well:
"medizinisch notwendigen Rücktransport" = Medical Repatriation (I think?)
How does Allianz make any money on this type of policy?
One guy getting into a serious car accident in Asia somewhere and needing to be airlifted back to Germany privately for treatment would wipe out the premiums of thousands of policy holders.
Doesn't add up, but certainly a great deal if you can get it!