Welcome! At Sunburst Worldwide Insurance Services, we are dedicated to providing you a trusted source for international travel, medical, life, and accident insurance with global emergency evacuation assistance 24/7/365 and war and terrorism related coverage for U.S. citizens traveling abroad, new immigrants, international employees, and non-US citizens worldwide. We are committed to providing quality global insurance protection and superior worldwide travel assistance to international travelers in over 100 countries. You can purchase high quality insurance coverage with ease and confidence from Sunburst Worldwide Insurance Services. We are knowledgeable about international insurance and responsive to your needs. You can easily get instant quotes and apply online for these global coverage from our secure system on our website. You also can find current and reliable International Travel News Briefs on our website. Wherever you are in the world, our worldwide assistance is by your side 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
 

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(MAP)

Rates & Application at the bottom of this page.
Please read the Benefits & Exclusions of this plan carefully before submitting your application.

The first comprehensive Personal Accident and Assistance plan for international travelers, MAP features high limit Accidental Death and Dismemberment and high limit Permanent and Total Disability insurance - including coverage for losses resulting from most acts of War and Terrorism. MultiNational full spectrum of Travel Assistance Services are also included. This plan may be purchased alone or as a supplement to any other international insurance plans offered by Sunburst Worldwide Services.

Am I Eligible for The MAP Plan?
If you are traveling outside of your Home Country and are at least 18 years old but not yet 65, you are eligible for coverage. The minimum coverage period is 15 days and the maximum coverage period is either 3 or 12 months, depending on your destination.

When Does Coverage Become Effective and When Does It End?
Your Travel Assistance Services become available on the later of: the date we receive your Application and correct premium, or 10 days prior to your scheduled departure. The rest of your coverage becomes effective on the later of: Midnight of the date we receive your Application and correct premium, the moment you depart from your Home Country, or Midnight of the date you request on your Application. Your coverage will end on the earliest of: 12:01am of the last day of the period for which you have paid a premium, 12:01am of the date requested on your Application, or the moment you return to your Home Country. Coverage is not renewable however successive periods of insurance may be purchased, subject to availability on the date of purchase.

Does the MAP Plan provide any Home Country coverage?
Only losses resulting from Accidents which occur outside your Home Country are covered.

How is "Home Country" Defined?
If you are a US citizen, your Home Country is the United States, regardless of the location of your Principal Residence. If you are not a citizen, your Home Country is where your Principal Residence is located. Your Principal Residence is your true, fixed and permanent home where you receive regular mail.

Are Acts of War and Terrorism Covered?
Under most circumstances, yes. Acts of War and Terrorism involving the use or release (including the threat thereof) of any nuclear weapon or device or chemical or biological agent are not covered.

What are the Benefits and Sum Insured?

Benefit Sum Insured
Accidental Death $50,000, $100,000 or $150,000 as selected on your Application.
Loss of Sight of both eyes 100% of the Sum Insured
Loss of Sight of one eye 50% of the Sum Insured
Loss of two or more Limbs 100% of the Sum Insured
Loss of one Limb 50% of the Sum Insured
Permanent Total Disability (other than loss of sight of one eye or loss of one Limb) 100% of the Sum Insured

What are the Limitations?

  1. The total amount payable shall not exceed the amount corresponding to the largest single Sum Insured stated in the Certificate issued to the Member.
  2. Accidental Death benefit is payable to the Beneficiary selected by the Member and indicated on the Member’s Application. Death must occur within 365 days of the Accident, and must be directly attributable to and resulting from Bodily Injury sustained in the Accident.
  3. Accidental Dismemberment benefit is payable to the Member. The Member must survive the Accident for 30 days. Loss of Sight is defined as total and irrevocable loss of sight. Loss of Limb is defined as complete and permanent severance of a hand at or above the wrist, or a foot at or above the ankle.
  4. Permanent Total Disability benefit is payable to the Member. Permanent Total Disability is a disablement which entirely prevents the Member from attending to any business or occupation for which they are reasonably suited by training, education or experience and which lasts for 365 days beginning on the date of the Accident. At the end of that 365 days, the Member must be beyond hope of improvement as certified by a Physician selected by the Underwriter.

What are the Exclusions?
Losses directly or indirectly caused by, contributed to by or resulting from the following are not covered under this insurance:

  1. Accidents which occur prior to your Effective Date or subsequent to your Termination Date or in any country not disclosed on your Application.
  2. Sickness or disease (except bacterial infection arising from Bodily Injury) or mental infirmity or emotional or psychological trauma.
  3. Accidents which occur while the Member is incarcerated for any reason, and while committing or attempting to commit a criminal act.
  4. Riding or driving in any kind of race and travel or flight in any aircraft or aerial device except for air travel as a passenger riding in or boarding or disembarking from any aircraft with a current and valid standard airworthiness certificate, operated by a pilot with a current and valid pilot’s certificate with a proper rating to pilot such aircraft.
  5. Taking part in Armed Forces service or operations and taking part in any form of mine or ordinance clearance or disposal.
  6. Suicide, self-destruction, attempted suicide or self-destruction and intentionally self-inflicted Bodily Injury while sane or insane.
  7. Any drug taken, administered or injected (except on the advice of or as directed by a licensed Physician), any alcoholic beverage consumed by the Member to the level of intoxication, and any poison, chemical compound, gas or fumes voluntarily taken, administered, absorbed or inhaled.
  8. Voluntary exposure to unnecessary danger (except in attempt to save human life).
  9. Injury sustained while taking part in the following activities:
    1. Amateur or professional sports or athletics, except this does not include Amateur sports or athletics which are non-contact and undertaken solely for leisure, recreational, entertainment or fitness purposes unless such sports or athletics are otherwise excluded by this provision.
    2. mountaineering where ropes or guides are normally used or at elevations of 4,500 meters or higher.
    3. Hang gliding, sky diving, parachuting or bungee jumping;
    4. Snow skiing or snowboarding, except for recreational downhill and/or cross-country snow skiing or snowboarding (no cover provided whilst skiing away from prepared and marked in-bound territories and/or against the advice of the local ski school or local authoritative body);
    5. spelunking;
    6. subaqua pursuits involving underwater breathing apparatus unless NAUI/PADI certified, accompanied by a certified instructor, and at depths of less than 10 meters;
    7. Any other sport or athletic activity which is undertaken for thrill seeking and exposes the Member to abnormal or extraordinary risk of Bodily Injury or Death.

This is a summary of benefits, limitations and exclusions.
For more details, or for a complete copy of the Master Policy, contact us.

What Travel Assistance Services are Included?

The following Travel Assistance Services are available to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week while your MAP plan is in effect.
Pre-Trip Health and Safety Advisories (available after your purchase of the MAP Plan, and before your departure) – call us for current passport, visa, inoculation and vaccine requirements, as well as up-to-date travel safety advisories.
Livetravel® Services – we will make emergency travel and itinerary changes for you including rebooking flights, hotel reservations and ground transportation arrangements.
BagTrak® – we are the industry leaders in tracking lost baggage. We will help you locate your lost baggage, and deliver it to you anywhere in the world.
Emergency Message Relay – we will relay messages to your family, friends and co-workers, helping you to maintain contact during an emergency.
Emergency Cash Transfers – we will assist you in arranging and obtaining cash transfers anywhere in the world.

Other important MAP Travel Assistance Services include:

  • Medical referrals
  • Up-to-the-minute travel medical advisories
  • Assistance with prescription drug replacement
  • Dispatch of a doctor or specialist
  • Emergency travel arrangements for family members
  • Lost passport or travel documents assistance
  • Embassy and consulate referrals
  • Legal and accounting referrals
  • Bail bond assistance
  • Translation and interpretation assistance

MAP Travel Assistance Services are not insurance benefits and provision of any MAP Travel Assistance Services is not a guarantee of any other benefit under the MAP Plan.

Who Is The Insurer?
Lloyd¹s, the largest and oldest insurance market in the world is the insurer of the MAP Plan. Rated A- by AM Best Company, and A by Standard and Poors, Lloyd¹s provides financial strength and security that is unparalleled in the worldwide insurance market. Lloyd¹s is recognized as a market leader in the personal accident and health insurance arena, and is well known for its innovative products and services. Presently, Lloyd¹s provides accident and health insurance to millions of individuals in almost every country of the world.

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Bon Voyage!
Haben Sie eine sichere Reise! Abbia un viaggio sicuro!
”Tenga un viaje seguro! Ayez un voyage sūr! Have a safe trip!


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INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL NEWS BRIEFS:
Please note that we at Sunburst Worldwide Insurance Services provides the International Travel News Briefs as a value-added service to our international clients and visitors of this website. Our International Travel News Briefs are updated frequently, in order to provide you with current and reliable news and events as quickly as we can. We have no control over the content of external websites, and links to various external news sources may become inactive at any time. We suggest that you bookmark our website and return frequently to check the current global news posted on our website.


East Asia / Pacific - China  June 30, 2007
Special police for Beijing games
The Chinese authorities say they have established a special military unit to provide security for the Beijing Olympics next year.

Sub-Saharan Africa - Kenya  May 5, 2007
Kenya Airways plane
crashed
A Kenya Airways plane that crashed in Cameroon on Saturday has been found submerged in a swamp and there is no chance of any survivors, officials say.

Europe - France
France opens fastest railway link  
Mar. 15, 2007
France's fastest rail link to date has been inaugurated with the service's first train travelling from Paris to the east on Thursday afternoon. Trains on the line are set to travel at 320km/h (200mph).  The service will open to passengers on 10 June when they will be able to travel further east to other EU states.

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East Asia / Pacific - Japan
Ban on liquids expanded for all international flights
  Feb. 26, 2007
Tokyo, Japan: In a move aimed at further thwarting terrorist attacks, passengers on all international flights will be prohibited from bringing aboard liquids in containers larger than 100 milliliters starting Thursday

Europe - Russia  
Explosion in Russian McDonald's
 Feb. 19, 2007
An explosion at a McDonald's restaurant in the Russian city of St Petersburg has slightly injured six people with concussion and cuts from flying glass. 

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Americas - Mexico
'Safest city' now has drug war
Feb. 16, 2007
Monterrey, Mexico:
: An affluent city just two hours from Texas is the newest battleground in a war between drug cartels

Sub-Saharan Africa - Guinea
Guinea Airport Situation 
Feb. 14, 2007
This warden message is being issued to update American citizens regarding information on Air France flights out of Guinea. A flight left Guinea for Paris yesterday. We believe Air France will try to operate flights to Paris starting Thursday, February 15 to Sunday February 19, 2007.

East Asia / Pacific - Indonesia
Bird flu virus kills Indonesian  
Feb. 9, 2007
West Java, Indonesia A 20-year-old woman in Indonesia who tested positive for bird flu has died, becoming the country's 64th human victim, a health official said

Americas - Brazil
Brazil airport hub faces revamp after court battle  
Feb.9,2007
SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) -- Slick runways at Brazil's busiest airport will undergo major overhauls this month after officials tried to ban wide-body jets because of fears they could skid off its short landing strips, the airport's authority said Thursday.

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East Asia / Pacific - Vietnam
Vietnam plans new railway link
Feb. 6, 2007
Hanoi: The Vietnamese authorities have approved plans to build a $33bn (£15bn) rail link between the capital, Hanoi, to Ho Chi Minh City in the south.

New Thailand airport off to rough start  Feb. 2, 2007
BANGKOK, Thailand - The taxiways are cracked, the terminal has leaks and some airlines even wonder whether it's safe to fly into Thailand's new international airport.

Australians warned about crime in Caribbean Feb. 2, 2007
SYDNEY, Australia: The foreign affairs department said in an official travel advisory that fans needed to be aware of safety issues at the World Cup, to be hosted by six Caribbean nations from March 10 until April 28. "In some parts of the Caribbean, violent crime, including armed robbery, kidnapping and murder is common," the advisory said.

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UK Updated Polonium-210 Information  Jan. 31, 2007
Europe - United Kingdom: This information is meant primarily for Americans who were in Britain from November through December 2006. It is an update to the December 11, 2006 warden message concerning events in the UK involving the radioactive material Polonium-210, which have caused concerns for possible public health risks. 

Islamabad Marriott Hotel Attack
Pakistan - It was reported that on January 26, 2007, at approximately 2:37 p.m. local time, a bomb exploded at the back area of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Kidnap group leader nabbed
East Asia / Pacific - Philippines LINGAYEN -- A leader of the Pepino kidnap-for-ransom group was arrested Wednesday in Bolinao, Pangasinan Wednesday, police officials said.
 

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