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Going on vacation? Don’t forget travel insurance
– moneysense.ca
OTTAWA – Sunscreen, check. Beach hat, check. Camera, check. How about travel medical insurance?
As you prepare to head south on your winter getaway, travel experts want you remember to check your insurance coverage.
“The minute that you leave your home province you need medical coverage,” said Tina Richardson, business development manager for CAA Travel.
“Even within our own country, outside of province we still need travel medical insurance.”
Your provincial health care plan only provides limited coverage for emergency medical costs outside of Canada and even within Canada you may face costs that are only partially covered or not at all.
On its website, the Ontario government strongly advises people to purchase additional health insurance every time they leave Canada to cover any expenses not covered by the provincial health insurance plan.
How to save money on travel insurance »
You may already have medical travel insurance as part of your benefits package at work. Some credit cards also offer emergency medical and other coverage if you use them to pay for your tickets…
As you prepare to head south on your winter getaway, travel experts want you remember to check your insurance coverage.
“The minute that you leave your home province you need medical coverage,” said Tina Richardson, business development manager for CAA Travel.
“Even within our own country, outside of province we still need travel medical insurance.”
Your provincial health care plan only provides limited coverage for emergency medical costs outside of Canada and even within Canada you may face costs that are only partially covered or not at all.
On its website, the Ontario government strongly advises people to purchase additional health insurance every time they leave Canada to cover any expenses not covered by the provincial health insurance plan.
How to save money on travel insurance »
You may already have medical travel insurance as part of your benefits package at work. Some credit cards also offer emergency medical and other coverage if you use them to pay for your tickets…
Ride Share Insurance to Come to Canada
– ratesupermarket.ca
Insurer Aviva Canada will soon start offering a modified insurance policy for ride-sharing drivers, hoping to close a coverage gap that could leave drivers and passengers unprotected if they’re involved in an accident.
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The announcement comes in the midst of growing pressure on insurers to clarify whether modern ridesharing services like Lyft and Uber, whose controversial app lets riders summon self-employed drivers through their smartphones, require commercial or personal insurance – and to what degree.
Most drivers on the UberX platform carry only personal insurance, but those policies clearly don’t cover drivers who are transporting passengers for pay. Already some UberX drivers have seen their policies cancelled as a result of insurers’ scrutiny.
Also read: Can You Afford to Drive for Uber?>
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