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Extreme Activities means BASE jumping, cliff diving, fly-by-wire, hang gliding, heli-skiing, heli-snowboarding,
wingsuit flying, Mountain Climbing (over 3,000 meters), parkour, scuba diving (beyond 40 meters), and any activity
materially similar to the above.
Experimental or Investigative means treatments, devices or prescription medications which are recommended by
a Physician, but are not considered by the medical community as a whole to be safe and effective for the condition
for which the treatments, devices or prescription medications are being used. This includes any treatments, procedures,
facilities, equipment, drugs, drug usage, devices, or supplies not recognized as accepted medical practice, and any
of those items requiring federal or other governmental agency approval not received at the time services are rendered.
Family Member means the Insured’s, or Traveling Companion’s spouse, child, parent, brother, sister,
grandparent, grandchild, daughter/son-in-law, brother/sister-in-law, step-child/sister/brother/parent, parent-in-law,
civil union partner, Domestic Partner, step-grandparent/grandchild, aunt, uncle, step-aunt/uncle, niece, nephew,
legal guardian, Caregiver, foster child, ward, or legal ward; and the spouse, civil union partner, or Domestic Partner
of any of the above. Family Member also includes these relations to the Insured’s or Traveling Companion’s
spouse, civil union partner, or Domestic Partner.
Hospital means a facility that:
(a) is licensed to operate according to law for the care and treatment of sick or Injured people; and
(b) has organized facilities for diagnosis and surgery on its premises or in facilities available to it on a prearranged basis;
and
(c) has 24 hour nursing service by registered nurses (R.N.’s); and
(d) is supervised by one or more Physicians available at all times.
A hospital does not include:
(a) a nursing, convalescent or geriatric unit of a hospital when a patient is confined mainly to receive nursing care; or
(b) a facility that is, other than incidentally, a rest home, nursing home, convalescent home, home health care, or home
for the aged; nor does it include any ward, room, wing, or other section of the hospital that is used for such purposes.
Host at Destination means the person the Insured intends to visit at the Destination during a covered Trip.
Inaccessible means the Insured cannot reach his/her Destination by the original mode of transportation.
Inclement Weather means any severe weather condition which delays the scheduled arrival or departure of a
Common Carrier or causes closure of public roadways by government authorities and the Insured is traveling in an
Owned or Rented Vehicle.
Injury/Injured means a bodily injury caused by an accident occurring while the Insured’s coverage under this
Policy is in force and resulting directly and independently of all other causes of Loss covered by this Policy. The injury
must be verified by a Physician.
Insured means a person:
(a) for whom any required application form has been completed; and
(b) for whom any required cost has been paid; and
(c) for whom a Trip is scheduled.
Loss means financial or physical damage sustained by the Insured as a consequence of one or more of the events
against which the Company has undertaken to compensate the Insured.
Medically Appropriate means an adequate and acceptable course of treatment or Transportation in the opinion
of the onsite attending Physician.
Medically Necessary means that a treatment, service, or supply:
(a) is essential for diagnosis, treatment, or care of the Injury or Sickness for which it is prescribed or performed; and
(b) meets generally accepted standards of medical practice; and
(c) is ordered by a Physician and performed under his or her care, supervision, or order; and
(d) is not primarily for the convenience of the Insured, Physician, other providers, or any other person.
Mental or Psychological Disorder means a mental health condition including, but not limited to: anxiety, depression,
neurosis, phobia, psychosis; or any related physical manifestation.
Mountain Climbing means the ascent or descent of a mountain requiring the use of specialized equipment, including,
but not limited to, ropes, belay devices, pick-axes, anchors, bolts, crampons, carabiners, and lead or top-rope anchoring
equipment.
Natural Disaster means a flood (due to natural causes), tsunami, hurricane, tornado, earthquake, mudslide,
avalanche, landslide, volcanic eruption, sandstorm, sinkhole, wildfire or blizzard.
Necessary Personal Effects means items to replace belongings such as clothing and toiletry items, which are
included in the Insured’s Baggage and are required for the Insured’s Trip, and will also include expenses incurred
to clean the clothing items purchased. Necessary Personal Effects do not include jewelry, perfume or alcohol.
Normal Pregnancy or Childbirth means a pregnancy or childbirth that is free of complications or problems.
Owned or Rented Vehicle means a self-propelled private passenger motor vehicle which is of a type both designed
and required to be licensed for use on the highways of any state or country, which is rented or owned by the Insured.
Owned or Rented Vehicle does not include any motor vehicle which is used in mass or public transit.
Physician means a licensed practitioner of medical, surgical or dental services acting within the scope of their license. The
treating physician cannot be the Insured, a Traveling Companion, a Family Member, or a Business Partner.
Pre-Existing Medical Condition means the Company will not pay for any loss or expense incurred as the result of
an Injury, Sickness or other condition (excluding any condition from which death ensues) of an Insured, Traveling
Companion, Business Partner or Family Member which, within the 180 day period immediately preceding and
including the Insured’s coverage effective date medical advice or treatment was recommended by, or received from a
provider of health care services.
Primary means the Company will pay before any other insurance or indemnity.
Primary Residence means the Insured’s fixed and permanent home for legal and tax purposes.
Professional Athletic Event means a sporting contest in which the Insured participates under contract in exchange
for an agreed-upon salary. This does not include athletes participating in exchange for a scholarship or tuition.
Reasonable Additional Expenses means expenses for meals, essential telephone calls, local transportation (taxi
fares, mass transit, rental vehicle, etc.), parking costs, internet usage fees, and lodging which are necessarily incurred as
the result of a trip delay and which are not provided by the Common Carrier or any other party free of charge.