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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Getting Travel Emergency Medical Assistance
When You're Far from Home

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morenew12.gif (4166 bytes)  Air Emergency Medical Evacuation by MEDJET Assist -- MEDJET ASSISTANCE is an annual membership program for people who travel for business or pleasure, in the United States or abroad. MEDJET ASSISTANCE is your ticket home if you become ill or are injured. As a MEDJET member, if you are hospitalized anywhere in the world, simply call MEDJET ASSISTANCE and a specially equipped jet with a medical team can be dispatched to bring you to your home hospital or hospital of your choice so you can be treated by your personal physician and be close to your family.

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Having an insurance policy that will cover your medical expenses won't do you much good if you can't get the medical help you need in an emergency. That's why it is important that your international medical insurance include not only coverage for medical expenses but a package of crisis assistance services as well. Those services should be available around the globe, around the clock. Sunburst Worldwide Insurance Services is affiliated, through our underwriters and administrators, with some of the most outstanding crisis assistance service organizations on the planet. Depending on which plan you select, one of these organizations will be available to assist you whenever a crisis arises, wherever  you happen to be. Additionally, some of these organizations include many other valuable services to assist in making your trip safer, more hassle-free, and more enjoyable.

Upon enrollment into any of the plans we offer (see list below), you are eligible to use
any of the assistance services listed in the Program Summary Assistance Services. This includes:

Pre-Trip Assistance

Telephone information about passports and visas
Telephone information about health hazards in remote areas
Telephone information about inoculations
Help in arranging special medical treatment facilities needed while traveling

Medical Assistance While Traveling

Help in arranging special medical treatment facilities needed while traveling 24-hour telephone contact for travel medical emergencies, with assistance in locating medical care
Arranging telephone conferences between your attending and home physicians
Arranging second medical opinions in hospital cases
Relaying emergency messages to family and employer during medical emergencies
Guarantee or payment of medical bills using your available financial resources
24-hour ticketing service to arrange family visits
Arranging emergency medical evacuation from medically underserved areas
Arranging evacuation for catastrophic claims
Arranging medical transportation home after treatment
Arranging escorts and transportation for unaccompanied children.
Arranging transfer of medical records
Arranging repatriation of remains for deceased travelers
Notifying your health insurer of a claim.

General Travel Assistance

24-hour telephone contact for baggage and other travel problems
Advice on handling losses and delays
Follow-up contact with airlines regarding baggage
Help with lost passports, tickets and documents
Guarantee or payment of emergency expenses using your available financial resources
Arranging shipments of forgotten, lost or stolen items
Relaying emergency messages.

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SPECIAL NOTE: If you have a medical insurance plan which you feel will cover you adequately for medical expenses outside of your home country, but which does not include the above described crisis assistance services, we would like to recommend  LiaisonSMTraveler as an excellent and very affordable supplement to your existing coverage.

International Travel Medical Plans that Include
Emergency Medical Evacuation Benefits

The following international medical insurance plans offered by Sunburst Worldwide Insurance Services also include crisis assistance services. The particulars vary from plan to plan, but all include emergency medical evacuation, repatriation, emergency reunion, and global 24-hour assistance.

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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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