Explore our travel insurance for South America adventures
Explore our travel insurance for South America adventures
Where are you going?
Enter your trip destination. If you’re traveling to multiple destinations, select the country where you’ll be spending the most time.
Important: We’re unable to provide coverage for any OFAC-sanctioned country. Please check the OFAC website and our travel alerts page for information on affected countries.
Going to Cuba? You’ll need our preapproval to get travel insurance coverage for a trip to Cuba. Please call our customer service team at 1-800-228-9792 to speak with us about your trip to Cuba.
Travel insurance for Peru, Colombia, Argentina, and the rest of South America — built for big adventures.
How our travel insurance for South America can help you
Beach days, jungle treks — and sometimes, the unexpected. Our travel insurance for Chile, Colombia, Peru, and the rest of South America helps give you the coverage you need to stay focused on the adventure, not the what-ifs.
If you’re an adrenaline junkie …
Our adventure activities upgrade can support your jungle adventures across South America.
If you plan to trek to Machu Picchu …
Our medical coverage can help with altitude sickness, emergency evacuation, and unexpected travel delays.
If you’re crossing multiple boarders …
We’re built for multi-country adventures — from Argentina to Ecuador and beyond.
If you’re relying on a connection …
Our flight coverage helps reimburse rebooking costs and essentials if travel delays throw your plans off track.
Here's what you get with our comprehensive travel insurance for South America
Looking for the best travel insurance for South America that we offer? Our most comprehensive plans are designed for longer trips, higher risks, and added protection. Check out the table below to compare benefits, coverage limits, and what’s included.
Before you buy: Planning high-altitude hikes or a hot air balloon ride? Our adventure activities upgrade is available with our comprehensive plans. Check the Description of Coverage (DoC) for full benefit details and exclusions — available when you get a quote.
Ultimate
For travelers who want maximum protection.
- Up to $50,000 trip cancellation
- Up to $75,000 trip interruption
- Up to $2,000 travel delay
- Up to $250,000 emergency medical*
- Up to $1,000,000 emergency evacuation and repatriation
Advantage
For travelers who want a step up from basic coverage.
- Up to $10,000 trip cancellation
- Up to $12,500 trip interruption
- Up to $1,000 travel delay
- Up to $50,000 emergency medical
- Up to $250,000 emergency evacuation and repatriation
Essential
For travelers who want reliable coverage at a lower cost.
- Up to $10,000 trip cancellation
- Up to $10,000 trip interruption
- Up to $600 travel delay
- Up to $25,000 emergency medical
- Up to $200,000 emergency evacuation and repatriation
| Our plan benefits and coverage details | Ultimate | Advantage | Essential |
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| Trip cancellation, interruption, delay, and inconvenience | |||
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Protects travel investments and recovers nonrefundable, prepaid costs if your trip is canceled for an eligible reason.
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100% of trip cost ($50,000 maximum)
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100% of trip cost ($10,000 maximum)
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100% of trip cost ($10,000 maximum)
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Protects unused, prepaid, and nonrefundable expenses and additional transportation to join the departed trip or return home if your trip is interrupted for an eligible reason.
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150% of trip cost ($75,000 maximum)
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$125% of trip cost ($12,500 maximum)
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100% of trip cost ($10,000 maximum)
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Reimbursement for reasonable additional expenses — such as accommodations, local transportation, and meals — if your trip is delayed for an eligible reason.
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$2,000 ($250 per day maximum)
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$1,000 ($250 per day maximum)
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$600 ($200 per day maximum)
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Reimbursement for luggage and personal articles if your bags are lost, stolen, or damaged.
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$2,000 ($500 per item limit)
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$1,000 ($500 per item limit)
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$750 ($500 per item limit)
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Reimbursement for personal articles — such as reasonable additional clothing and toiletries — if your bags are delayed by a common carrier.
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$500
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$200
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$200
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Reimbursement for reasonable additional lodging, meal expenses, and the prepaid, unused, and nonrefundable portion of the trip if you miss a connection for an eligible reason.
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$750
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$500
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$150
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Reimbursement for travel inconveniences such as a closed ski resort, golf course, or beach at your destination, or cruise disablement due to an eligible reason.
Closed attractions: $200 maximum Closed beach: $200 maximum Cruise disablement: $200 maximum |
$600
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Not included
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Not included
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| Emergency evacuation and repatriation | |||
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Coverage for physician-ordered medical evacuation to a hospital or home if an injury or sickness occurs while traveling. Also includes coverage for repatriation of remains if you pass away while traveling.
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$1,000,000
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$250,000
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$200,000
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| Emergency medical expense | |||
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Coverage for emergency medical treatment if you have a sickness or injury while traveling on an insured trip. Residents of NH have up to $50,000 in emergency medical coverage with the Ultimate plan. Residents of CT, IN, KS, MO, MT, VT, and WA have a $50 deductible.
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$250,000
*$50,000 for NH residents |
$50,000
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$25,000
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Coverage for emergency dental treatment if you’re injured while traveling on an insured trip. Residents of CT, IN, KS, MO, MT, VT, and WA have a $50 deductible.
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$500
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$500
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$500
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If you meet the plan purchase requirements listed, exclusions for pre-existing conditions are waived. Exclusions do not apply to NH residents.
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Included if plan is purchased within 21 days of first trip payment and full trip cost is insured
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Not included
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Not included
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This represents the number of days to “look back” at changes in medical history and determine if a claim is related to a pre-existing medical condition. The days are counted backward from the day preceding the policy purchase date.
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90 days
Does not apply to NH residents |
120 days
Does not apply to NH residents |
180 days
Does not apply to NH residents |
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If you need to file a claim, your plan benefits will be used first as primary coverage. Our Essential plan provides excess medical coverage unless you’re a CT resident, in which case you’d have primary coverage.
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Included
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Included
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Not included (secondary coverage)
Included for CT residents |
| Accidental death and dismemberment | |||
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Coverage if you have an eligible loss, such as your life or a limb, as a result of an eligible injury while on an insured trip. Exclusions may apply. See policy for details.
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$25,000
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$20,000
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$10,000
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Coverage if you’re exposed to weather or disappear due to an accident that results in an eligible loss.
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$25,000
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$20,000
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$10,000
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| Other benefits | |||
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If you need help while you’re traveling, our team of assistance experts is available 24/7 to help you with medical emergencies, language interpretation, prescription refills, and much more.
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Included
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Included
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Included
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We can provide coverage at no additional cost to one travel companion aged 17 years old or younger per each insured adult traveler. Each insured adult traveler on the Ultimate plan must be aged 18 years or older for the child to be eligible. The child’s individual trip cost must be equal to or lower than the insured adult’s individual trip cost for coverage to apply. If upgrades are selected and included in the policy, each traveler will be charged the applicable premium for the upgrade.
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Yes
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No
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No
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The plan you choose will provide coverage for a trip length up to the number of days shown. It’s important to check that the plan’s maximum trip length will insure your entire trip or coverage may not apply.
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Up to 180 days
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Up to 30 days
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Up to 30 days
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We offer coverage for most U.S. states and international locations, excluding trips to, through, or from destinations sanctioned by Zurich Group or the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Please check the OFAC website and our travel alerts page for information on affected countries.
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All domestic and international locations without Zurich Group or OFAC sanctions. For a list of our restricted destinations, please check our travel alerts page.
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All domestic and international locations without Zurich Group or OFAC sanctions. For a list of our restricted destinations, please check our travel alerts page.
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All domestic and international locations without Zurich Group or OFAC sanctions. For a list of our restricted destinations, please check our travel alerts page.
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This is the number of days after purchasing your policy during which you may cancel your policy and receive a premium refund, as long as you have not departed or filed a claim. We count the date you purchase your policy as day one of your review period.
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21 days
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21 days
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21 days
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We provide coverage for certain sports and activities, including kayaking, horseback riding, and hiking. To include coverage for excluded activities, such as skiing or scuba diving more than 75 feet, consider adding our adventure activities upgrade.
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Included, but limited to eligible activities (optional upgrade available for additional activities)
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Included, but limited to eligible activities (optional upgrade available for additional activities)
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Included, but limited to eligible activities (optional upgrade available for additional activities)
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| Optional upgrades | |||
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If you include this upgrade, you can be reimbursed up to 75% of your prepaid, nonrefundable trip costs (up to $7,500) if you need to cancel your trip. You must cancel at least two days prior to your scheduled departure date. To get cancel for any reason coverage, you must insure all your nonrefundable trip expenses in your plan, your trip cost can’t be more than $10,000, and you must purchase the upgrade 31 days or more before your departure date. You also must purchase the cancel for any reason upgrade with the Ultimate plan within 21 days of your initial payment for your trip. Subsequent arrangements must be insured within 14 days of booking those arrangements. Cancel for any fortuitous reason in NY.
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Available (75% of insured trip cost up to $7,500)
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Not available
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Not available
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have coverage up to $50,000 ($100 deductible) for collision, vandalism, windstorm, theft, hail, fire, or flood damage to your rental car while on your trip. This upgrade is not available in all destinations, including Costa Rica, Ireland, Jamaica, and Mexico. Please contact our customer service team at 1-800-228-9792 to check if coverage is available for your trip.
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Available ($50,000 with a $100 deductible)
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Available ($50,000 with a $100 deductible)
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Available ($50,000 with a $100 deductible)
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can increase your emergency medical expense coverage limit by $250,000. Not available to NH residents.
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Available (additional $250,000)
Not available to NH residents |
Not available
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Not available
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have protection for the following activities that are excluded from coverage in our base plans: snow skiing, skydiving, parachuting, free falling, cliff diving, B.A.S.E. or base jumping, hang gliding, parasailing, travel on any air supported device other than a regularly scheduled airline or air charter company, mountain climbing, free climbing, scuba diving at a depth greater than 75 feet, and participating in underwater activities if the depth of the water is greater than 75 feet. This upgrade provides up to $10,000 coverage for an organized search & rescue by appropriate authorities, should you or a traveling companion become lost, disoriented, or missing during your trip. It also offers up to $100,000 coverage in case an event on your trip results in imminent physical danger to you and your traveling companions and you require additional accommodations, transportation, or extrication from your destination. This upgrade isn’t available to IL residents. Exclusions on activities listed above don’t apply to IL residents.
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Available (waives exclusions on certain activities)
Search and rescue: $10,000 Security evacuation: $100,000 |
Available (waives exclusions on certain activities)
Search and rescue: $10,000 Security evacuation: $100,000 |
Available (waives exclusions on certain activities)
Search and rescue: $10,000 Security evacuation: $100,000 |
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have coverage if you suffer from the permanent loss of life from an eligible injury while boarding, as a passenger on, or disembarking from an aircraft of a commercial airline or air charter company licensed to carry passengers for hire during a trip, up to the maximum eligible amount selected. This upgrade isn’t available to NH residents.
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Available ($200,000, $500,000, or $1,000,000)
Not available to NH residents |
Available ($200,000, $500,000, or $1,000,000)
Not available to NH residents |
Available ($200,000, $500,000, or $1,000,000)
Not available to NH residents |
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have coverage if your trip is delayed for an eligible reason and you have extra pet boarding fees. Plus, if your pet traveling with you has a sickness or injury, you can have coverage for pet veterinarian expenses up to the maximum eligible amount. This upgrade isn’t available to NY and VA residents.
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Available
Pet care: $250 Pet veterinarian expense: $2,500 |
Available
Pet care: $250 Pet veterinarian expense: $2,500 |
Available
Pet care: $250 Pet veterinarian expense: $2,500 |
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Reimbursement for expenses such as the cost of repairs if you cause accidental damage to your accommodations.
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Available ($2,000)
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Available ($2,000)
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Available ($2,000)
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Protect travel investments and recover nonrefundable, prepaid costs up to $10,000 per person. This applies if you need to cancel your trip due to your previously approved time off being revoked or your business being rendered unsuitable for business due to an eligible event and you’re required to work during your insured trip. To get cancel for business reasons coverage, you must purchase the upgrade 31 days or more before your departure date. You must also purchase the cancel for business reasons upgrade with the Ultimate plan within 21 days of your initial payment for your trip.
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Available (100% of insured trip cost up to $10,000)
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Not available
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Not available
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Increase your benefit limit for lost or stolen baggage and add coverage for lost or stolen electronics and professional equipment. This also includes benefits for sporting equipment delay or rental if delayed by a common carrier.
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Available (additional $3,000)
Per item limit: $1,500 Electronic and professional equipment limit: $2,000 Sporting equipment delay limit: $1,500 Sporting equipment rental limit: $2,000 |
Available (additional $4,000)
Per item limit: $1,500 Electronic and professional equipment limit: $2,000 Sporting equipment delay limit: $1,500 Sporting equipment rental limit: $2,000 |
Available (additional $4,250)
Per item limit: $1,500 Electronic and professional equipment limit: $2,000 Sporting equipment delay limit: $1,500 Sporting equipment rental limit: $2,000 |
| Our plan benefits and coverage details | ||
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| Ultimate | Advantage | Essential |
| Trip cancellation, interruption, delay, and inconvenience | ||
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Protects travel investments and recovers nonrefundable, prepaid costs if your trip is canceled for an eligible reason.
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Protects unused, prepaid, and nonrefundable expenses and additional transportation to join the departed trip or return home if your trip is interrupted for an eligible reason.
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Reimbursement for reasonable additional expenses — such as accommodations, local transportation, and meals — if your trip is delayed for an eligible reason.
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Reimbursement for luggage and personal articles if your bags are lost, stolen, or damaged.
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Reimbursement for personal articles — such as reasonable additional clothing and toiletries — if your bags are delayed by a common carrier.
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Reimbursement for reasonable additional lodging, meal expenses, and the prepaid, unused, and nonrefundable portion of the trip if you miss a connection for an eligible reason.
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Reimbursement for travel inconveniences such as a closed ski resort, golf course, or beach at your destination, or cruise disablement due to an eligible reason.
Closed attractions: $200 maximum Closed beach: $200 maximum Cruise disablement: $200 maximum |
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| Emergency evacuation and repatriation | ||
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Coverage for physician-ordered medical evacuation to a hospital or home if an injury or sickness occurs while traveling. Also includes coverage for repatriation of remains if you pass away while traveling.
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| Emergency medical expense | ||
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Coverage for emergency medical treatment if you have a sickness or injury while traveling on an insured trip. Residents of NH have up to $50,000 in emergency medical coverage with the Ultimate plan. Residents of CT, IN, KS, MO, MT, VT, and WA have a $50 deductible.
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*$50,000 for NH residents |
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Coverage for emergency dental treatment if you’re injured while traveling on an insured trip. Residents of CT, IN, KS, MO, MT, VT, and WA have a $50 deductible.
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If you meet the plan purchase requirements listed, exclusions for pre-existing conditions are waived. Exclusions do not apply to NH residents.
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This represents the number of days to “look back” at changes in medical history and determine if a claim is related to a pre-existing medical condition. The days are counted backward from the day preceding the policy purchase date.
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Does not apply to NH residents |
Does not apply to NH residents |
Does not apply to NH residents |
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If you need to file a claim, your plan benefits will be used first as primary coverage. Our Essential plan provides excess medical coverage unless you’re a CT resident, in which case you’d have primary coverage.
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Included for CT residents |
| Accidental death and dismemberment | ||
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Coverage if you have an eligible loss, such as your life or a limb, as a result of an eligible injury while on an insured trip. Exclusions may apply. See policy for details.
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Coverage if you’re exposed to weather or disappear due to an accident that results in an eligible loss.
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| Other benefits | ||
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If you need help while you’re traveling, our team of assistance experts is available 24/7 to help you with medical emergencies, language interpretation, prescription refills, and much more.
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We can provide coverage at no additional cost to one travel companion aged 17 years old or younger per each insured adult traveler. Each insured adult traveler on the Ultimate plan must be aged 18 years or older for the child to be eligible. The child’s individual trip cost must be equal to or lower than the insured adult’s individual trip cost for coverage to apply. If upgrades are selected and included in the policy, each traveler will be charged the applicable premium for the upgrade.
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The plan you choose will provide coverage for a trip length up to the number of days shown. It’s important to check that the plan’s maximum trip length will insure your entire trip or coverage may not apply.
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We offer coverage for most U.S. states and international locations, excluding trips to, through, or from destinations sanctioned by Zurich Group or the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Please check the OFAC website and our travel alerts page for information on affected countries.
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This is the number of days after purchasing your policy during which you may cancel your policy and receive a premium refund, as long as you have not departed or filed a claim. We count the date you purchase your policy as day one of your review period.
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We provide coverage for certain sports and activities, including kayaking, horseback riding, and hiking. To include coverage for excluded activities, such as skiing or scuba diving more than 75 feet, consider adding our adventure activities upgrade.
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| Optional upgrades | ||
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If you include this upgrade, you can be reimbursed up to 75% of your prepaid, nonrefundable trip costs (up to $7,500) if you need to cancel your trip. You must cancel at least two days prior to your scheduled departure date. To get cancel for any reason coverage, you must insure all your nonrefundable trip expenses in your plan, your trip cost can’t be more than $10,000, and you must purchase the upgrade 31 days or more before your departure date. You also must purchase the cancel for any reason upgrade with the Ultimate plan within 21 days of your initial payment for your trip. Subsequent arrangements must be insured within 14 days of booking those arrangements. Cancel for any fortuitous reason in NY.
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have coverage up to $50,000 ($100 deductible) for collision, vandalism, windstorm, theft, hail, fire, or flood damage to your rental car while on your trip. This upgrade is not available in all destinations, including Costa Rica, Ireland, Jamaica, and Mexico. Please contact our customer service team at 1-800-228-9792 to check if coverage is available for your trip.
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can increase your emergency medical expense coverage limit by $250,000. Not available to NH residents.
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Not available to NH residents |
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have protection for the following activities that are excluded from coverage in our base plans: snow skiing, skydiving, parachuting, free falling, cliff diving, B.A.S.E. or base jumping, hang gliding, parasailing, travel on any air supported device other than a regularly scheduled airline or air charter company, mountain climbing, free climbing, scuba diving at a depth greater than 75 feet, and participating in underwater activities if the depth of the water is greater than 75 feet. This upgrade provides up to $10,000 coverage for an organized search & rescue by appropriate authorities, should you or a traveling companion become lost, disoriented, or missing during your trip. It also offers up to $100,000 coverage in case an event on your trip results in imminent physical danger to you and your traveling companions and you require additional accommodations, transportation, or extrication from your destination. This upgrade isn’t available to IL residents. Exclusions on activities listed above don’t apply to IL residents.
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Search and rescue: $10,000 Security evacuation: $100,000 |
Search and rescue: $10,000 Security evacuation: $100,000 |
Search and rescue: $10,000 Security evacuation: $100,000 |
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have coverage if you suffer from the permanent loss of life from an eligible injury while boarding, as a passenger on, or disembarking from an aircraft of a commercial airline or air charter company licensed to carry passengers for hire during a trip, up to the maximum eligible amount selected. This upgrade isn’t available to NH residents.
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Not available to NH residents |
Not available to NH residents |
Not available to NH residents |
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have coverage if your trip is delayed for an eligible reason and you have extra pet boarding fees. Plus, if your pet traveling with you has a sickness or injury, you can have coverage for pet veterinarian expenses up to the maximum eligible amount. This upgrade isn’t available to NY and VA residents.
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Pet care: $250 Pet veterinarian expense: $2,500 |
Pet care: $250 Pet veterinarian expense: $2,500 |
Pet care: $250 Pet veterinarian expense: $2,500 |
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Reimbursement for expenses such as the cost of repairs if you cause accidental damage to your accommodations.
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Protect travel investments and recover nonrefundable, prepaid costs up to $10,000 per person. This applies if you need to cancel your trip due to your previously approved time off being revoked or your business being rendered unsuitable for business due to an eligible event and you’re required to work during your insured trip. To get cancel for business reasons coverage, you must purchase the upgrade 31 days or more before your departure date. You must also purchase the cancel for business reasons upgrade with the Ultimate plan within 21 days of your initial payment for your trip.
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Increase your benefit limit for lost or stolen baggage and add coverage for lost or stolen electronics and professional equipment. This also includes benefits for sporting equipment delay or rental if delayed by a common carrier.
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Per item limit: $1,500 Electronic and professional equipment limit: $2,000 Sporting equipment delay limit: $1,500 Sporting equipment rental limit: $2,000 |
Per item limit: $1,500 Electronic and professional equipment limit: $2,000 Sporting equipment delay limit: $1,500 Sporting equipment rental limit: $2,000 |
Per item limit: $1,500 Electronic and professional equipment limit: $2,000 Sporting equipment delay limit: $1,500 Sporting equipment rental limit: $2,000 |
Here's what you get with our on-trip South America travel insurance
Whether you’re heading out tomorrow or a week, these plans offer travel insurance for Ecuador, Argentina, Peru, and the rest of South America. It offers medical benefits, emergency travel assistance services, trip delay coverage, and more. Check the table below to see what’s included.
Before you buy: Our on-trip South America plan is designed to offer coverage without cancellation benefits. For added flexibility, secure coverage for your trip in advance and consider our Ultimate, Advantage, and Essential plans.
Travel Med Go
Our post-departure plan with helpful on-trip coverage.
- Trip cancellation
- Up to $50,000 emergency medical
- Additional $250,000 emergency medical upgrade available
- Up to $250,000 emergency evacuation and repatriation
- Up to $1,000 baggage and personal effects
| Our plan benefits and coverage details | Travel Med Go |
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| Trip interruption and delay | |
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Protects unused, prepaid, and nonrefundable expenses and additional transportation to join the departed trip or return home if your trip is interrupted for an eligible reason.
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$1,000 maximum
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Reimbursement for reasonable additional expenses — such as accommodations, local transportation, and meals — if your trip is delayed for an eligible reason.
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$500 ($200 daily limit)
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Reimbursement for reasonable additional lodging, meal expenses, and the prepaid, unused, and nonrefundable portion of the trip if you miss a connection for an eligible reason.
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$300
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Reimbursement for luggage and personal articles if your bags are lost, stolen, or damaged.
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$1,000 ($500 per item limit)
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Reimbursement for personal articles — such as reasonable additional clothing and toiletries — if your bags are delayed by a common carrier.
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$500
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| Emergency evacuation and repatriation | |
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Coverage for physician-ordered medical evacuation to a hospital or home if an injury or sickness occurs while traveling. Also includes coverage for repatriation of remains if you pass away while traveling.
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$250,000
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| Emergency medical expense | |
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Coverage for emergency medical treatment if you have a sickness or injury while traveling on an insured trip. Residents of NH have up to $50,000 in emergency medical coverage with the Ultimate plan. Residents of CT, IN, KS, MS, MT, VT, and WA have a $50 deductible.
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$50,000
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Coverage for emergency dental treatment if you’re injured while traveling on an insured trip. Residents of CT, IN, KS, MO, MT, VA, and WA have a $50 deductible.
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$500
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This represents the number of days to “look back” at changes in medical history and determine if a claim is related to a pre-existing medical condition. The days are counted backward from the day preceding the policy purchase date.
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180 days
Does not apply to NH residents |
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If you need to file a claim, your plan benefits will be used first as primary coverage. Our Essential plan provides excess medical coverage unless you’re a CT resident, in which case you’d have primary coverage.
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Included
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| Accidental death and dismemberment | |
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Coverage if you have an eligible loss, such as your life or a limb, as a result of an eligible injury while on an insured trip. Exclusions may apply. See policy for details.
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$10,000
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Coverage if you’re exposed to weather or disappear due to an accident that results in an eligible loss.
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$10,000
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| Other benefits | |
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If you need help while you’re traveling, our team of assistance experts is available 24/7 to help you with medical emergencies, language interpretation, prescription refills, and much more.
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Included
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The plan you choose will provide coverage for a trip length up to the number of days shown. It’s important to check that the plan’s maximum trip length will insure your entire trip or coverage may not apply.
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Up to 60 days
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We offer coverage for most U.S. states and international locations, excluding trips to, through, or from destinations sanctioned by Zurich Group or the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Please check the OFAC website and our travel alerts page for information on affected countries.
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All domestic and international locations without Zurich Group or OFAC sanctions. For a list of our restricted destinations, please check our travel alerts page.
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This is the number of days after purchasing your policy during which you may cancel your policy and receive a premium refund, as long as you have not departed or filed a claim. We count the date you purchase your policy as day one of your review period.
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21 days
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We provide coverage for certain sports and activities, including kayaking, horseback riding, and hiking. To include coverage for excluded activities, such as skiing or scuba diving more than 75 feet, consider adding our adventure activities upgrade.
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Included, but limited to eligible activities (optional upgrade available for additional activities)
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have coverage up to $50,000 ($100 deductible) for collision, vandalism, windstorm, theft, hail, fire, or flood damage to your rental car while on your trip. This upgrade is not available in all destinations, including Costa Rica, Ireland, Jamaica, and Mexico. Please contact our customer service team at 1-800-228-9792 to check if coverage is available for your trip.
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Available ($50,000 with $100 deductible)
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can increase your emergency medical expense coverage limit by $250,000. Not available to NH residents.
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Available (additional $250,000 for emergency medical expense only)
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have protection for the following activities that are excluded from coverage in our base plans: snow skiing, skydiving, parachuting, free falling, cliff diving, B.A.S.E. or base jumping, hang gliding, parasailing, travel on any air supported device other than a regularly scheduled airline or air charter company, mountain climbing, free climbing, scuba diving at a depth greater than 75 feet, and participating in underwater activities if the depth of the water is greater than 75 feet. This upgrade provides up to $10,000 coverage for an organized search & rescue by appropriate authorities, should you or a traveling companion become lost, disoriented, or missing during your trip. It also offers up to $100,000 coverage in case an event on your trip results in imminent physical danger to you and your traveling companions and you require additional accommodations, transportation, or extrication from your destination. This upgrade isn’t available to IL residents. Exclusions on activities listed above don’t apply to IL residents.
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Available (provides coverage for certain additional activities not included in the base plan)
Search and rescue: $10,000 Security evacuation: $100,000 |
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have coverage if you suffer from the permanent loss of life from an eligible injury while boarding, as a passenger on, or disembarking from an aircraft of a commercial airline or air charter company licensed to carry passengers for hire during a trip, up to the maximum eligible amount selected. This upgrade isn’t available to NH residents.
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Limit options: $200,000, $500,000, or $1,000,000) Not available to NH residents |
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have coverage if your trip is delayed for an eligible reason and you have extra pet boarding fees. Plus, if your pet traveling with you has a sickness or injury, you can have coverage for pet veterinarian expenses up to the maximum eligible amount. This upgrade isn’t available to NY and VA residents.
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Pet care: $250 Pet veterinarian expense: $2,500 |
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Reimbursement for expenses such as the cost of repairs if you cause accidental damage to your accommodations.
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Available ($2,000)
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Increase your benefit limit for lost or stolen baggage and add coverage for lost or stolen electronics and professional equipment. This also includes benefits for sporting equipment delay or rental if delayed by a common carrier.
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Available (additional $4,000)
Per item limit: $1,500 Electronic and professional equipment limit: $2,000 Sporting equipment delay limit: $1,500 Sporting equipment rental limit: $2,000 |
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Protects unused, prepaid, and nonrefundable expenses and additional transportation to join the departed trip or return home if your trip is interrupted for an eligible reason.
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Reimbursement for reasonable additional expenses — such as accommodations, local transportation, and meals — if your trip is delayed for an eligible reason.
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Reimbursement for reasonable additional lodging, meal expenses, and the prepaid, unused, and nonrefundable portion of the trip if you miss a connection for an eligible reason.
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Reimbursement for luggage and personal articles if your bags are lost, stolen, or damaged.
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Reimbursement for personal articles — such as reasonable additional clothing and toiletries — if your bags are delayed by a common carrier.
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Coverage for physician-ordered medical evacuation to a hospital or home if an injury or sickness occurs while traveling. Also includes coverage for repatriation of remains if you pass away while traveling.
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Coverage for emergency medical treatment if you have a sickness or injury while traveling on an insured trip. Residents of NH have up to $50,000 in emergency medical coverage with the Ultimate plan. Residents of CT, IN, KS, MS, MT, VT, and WA have a $50 deductible.
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Coverage for emergency dental treatment if you’re injured while traveling on an insured trip. Residents of CT, IN, KS, MO, MT, VA, and WA have a $50 deductible.
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This represents the number of days to “look back” at changes in medical history and determine if a claim is related to a pre-existing medical condition. The days are counted backward from the day preceding the policy purchase date.
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If you need to file a claim, your plan benefits will be used first as primary coverage. Our Essential plan provides excess medical coverage unless you’re a CT resident, in which case you’d have primary coverage.
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Coverage if you have an eligible loss, such as your life or a limb, as a result of an eligible injury while on an insured trip. Exclusions may apply. See policy for details.
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Coverage if you’re exposed to weather or disappear due to an accident that results in an eligible loss.
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If you need help while you’re traveling, our team of assistance experts is available 24/7 to help you with medical emergencies, language interpretation, prescription refills, and much more.
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The plan you choose will provide coverage for a trip length up to the number of days shown. It’s important to check that the plan’s maximum trip length will insure your entire trip or coverage may not apply.
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We offer coverage for most U.S. states and international locations, excluding trips to, through, or from destinations sanctioned by Zurich Group or the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Please check the OFAC website and our travel alerts page for information on affected countries.
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This is the number of days after purchasing your policy during which you may cancel your policy and receive a premium refund, as long as you have not departed or filed a claim. We count the date you purchase your policy as day one of your review period.
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We provide coverage for certain sports and activities, including kayaking, horseback riding, and hiking. To include coverage for excluded activities, such as skiing or scuba diving more than 75 feet, consider adding our adventure activities upgrade.
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have coverage up to $50,000 ($100 deductible) for collision, vandalism, windstorm, theft, hail, fire, or flood damage to your rental car while on your trip. This upgrade is not available in all destinations, including Costa Rica, Ireland, Jamaica, and Mexico. Please contact our customer service team at 1-800-228-9792 to check if coverage is available for your trip.
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can increase your emergency medical expense coverage limit by $250,000. Not available to NH residents.
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have protection for the following activities that are excluded from coverage in our base plans: snow skiing, skydiving, parachuting, free falling, cliff diving, B.A.S.E. or base jumping, hang gliding, parasailing, travel on any air supported device other than a regularly scheduled airline or air charter company, mountain climbing, free climbing, scuba diving at a depth greater than 75 feet, and participating in underwater activities if the depth of the water is greater than 75 feet. This upgrade provides up to $10,000 coverage for an organized search & rescue by appropriate authorities, should you or a traveling companion become lost, disoriented, or missing during your trip. It also offers up to $100,000 coverage in case an event on your trip results in imminent physical danger to you and your traveling companions and you require additional accommodations, transportation, or extrication from your destination. This upgrade isn’t available to IL residents. Exclusions on activities listed above don’t apply to IL residents.
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have coverage if you suffer from the permanent loss of life from an eligible injury while boarding, as a passenger on, or disembarking from an aircraft of a commercial airline or air charter company licensed to carry passengers for hire during a trip, up to the maximum eligible amount selected. This upgrade isn’t available to NH residents.
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If you include this upgrade in your policy, you can have coverage if your trip is delayed for an eligible reason and you have extra pet boarding fees. Plus, if your pet traveling with you has a sickness or injury, you can have coverage for pet veterinarian expenses up to the maximum eligible amount. This upgrade isn’t available to NY and VA residents.
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Pet care: $250 Pet veterinarian expense: $2,500 |
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Reimbursement for expenses such as the cost of repairs if you cause accidental damage to your accommodations.
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Increase your benefit limit for lost or stolen baggage and add coverage for lost or stolen electronics and professional equipment. This also includes benefits for sporting equipment delay or rental if delayed by a common carrier.
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Per item limit: $1,500 Electronic and professional equipment limit: $2,000 Sporting equipment delay limit: $1,500 Sporting equipment rental limit: $2,000 |
Here's what you get with our flight South America travel insurance plans
Need coverage for your flights? You’re in the right place. These plans offer air protection — with Flight Insure Plus offering additional benefits, including emergency medical, missed connection, and baggage coverage. If you’re booking travel insurance for Colombia or flying elsewhere in South America, check the table below to see what’s included.
Flight Insure Plus
Our plan with extra coverage during your flight and throughout your trip.
- Up to $1 million accidental death for air travel
- Up to $10,000 emergency medical and dental
- Up to $100,000 emergency evacuation and repatriation
- Up to $1,000 baggage and personal effects
- Up to $50 missed connection
Flight Insure
Our plan with simple coverage during your flight.
- Up to $1 million accidental death for air travel
- Emergency medical
- Emergency evacuation and repatriation
- Baggage and personal effects
- Missed connection
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Benefit for loss of life as a result of an eligible injury while boarding, as a passenger on, or disembarking from an aircraft of a commercial airline or air charter company licensed to carry passengers for hire during a trip.
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Up to $1 million
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Up to $1 million
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Coverage for emergency medical treatment if you have a sickness or injury while traveling on an insured trip and emergency dental treatment if you're injured while traveling on an insured trip. Residents of CT, IN, KS, MO, MT, VT, and WA have a $50 deductible.
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$10,000
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Not included
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Coverage for physician-ordered medical evacuation to a hospital or home if an injury or sickness occurs while traveling. Also includes coverage for repatriation of remains if you pass away while traveling.
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$100,000
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Not included
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This represents the number of days to “look back” at changes in medical history and determine if a claim is related to a pre-existing medical condition. The days are counted backward from the day preceding the policy purchase date.
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180 days
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Not applicable
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If you need to file a claim, your plan benefits will be used first as primary coverage. Our Essential plan provides excess medical coverage unless you’re a CT resident, in which case you’d have primary coverage.
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Reimbursement for luggage and personal articles if your bags are lost, stolen, or damaged.
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$1,000 ($250 per item limit)
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Not included
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Reimbursement for personal articles — such as reasonable additional clothing and toiletries — if your bags are delayed by a common carrier.
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$500
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Not included
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Reimbursement for reasonable additional lodging, meal expenses, and the prepaid, unused, and nonrefundable portion of the trip if you miss a connection for an eligible reason.
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$50
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If you need help while you’re traveling, our team of assistance experts is available 24/7 to help you with medical emergencies, language interpretation, prescription refills, and much more.
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Included
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The plan you choose will provide coverage for a trip length up to the number of days shown. It’s important to check that the plan’s maximum trip length will insure your entire trip or coverage may not apply.
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Up to 180 days
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Up to 180 days
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We offer coverage for most U.S. states and international locations, excluding trips to, through, or from destinations sanctioned by Zurich Group or the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Please check the OFAC website and our travel alerts page for information on affected countries.
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All domestic and international locations without Zurich Group or OFAC sanctions. For a list of our restricted destinations, please check our travel alerts page.
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All domestic and international locations without Zurich Group or OFAC sanctions. For a list of our restricted destinations, please check our travel alerts page.
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This is the number of days after purchasing your policy during which you may cancel your policy and receive a premium refund, as long as you have not departed or filed a claim. We count the date you purchase your policy as day one of your review period.
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Benefit for loss of life as a result of an eligible injury while boarding, as a passenger on, or disembarking from an aircraft of a commercial airline or air charter company licensed to carry passengers for hire during a trip.
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Coverage for emergency medical treatment if you have a sickness or injury while traveling on an insured trip and emergency dental treatment if you're injured while traveling on an insured trip. Residents of CT, IN, KS, MO, MT, VT, and WA have a $50 deductible.
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Coverage for physician-ordered medical evacuation to a hospital or home if an injury or sickness occurs while traveling. Also includes coverage for repatriation of remains if you pass away while traveling.
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This represents the number of days to “look back” at changes in medical history and determine if a claim is related to a pre-existing medical condition. The days are counted backward from the day preceding the policy purchase date.
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If you need to file a claim, your plan benefits will be used first as primary coverage. Our Essential plan provides excess medical coverage unless you’re a CT resident, in which case you’d have primary coverage.
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Reimbursement for luggage and personal articles if your bags are lost, stolen, or damaged.
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Reimbursement for personal articles — such as reasonable additional clothing and toiletries — if your bags are delayed by a common carrier.
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Reimbursement for reasonable additional lodging, meal expenses, and the prepaid, unused, and nonrefundable portion of the trip if you miss a connection for an eligible reason.
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If you need help while you’re traveling, our team of assistance experts is available 24/7 to help you with medical emergencies, language interpretation, prescription refills, and much more.
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The plan you choose will provide coverage for a trip length up to the number of days shown. It’s important to check that the plan’s maximum trip length will insure your entire trip or coverage may not apply.
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We offer coverage for most U.S. states and international locations, excluding trips to, through, or from destinations sanctioned by Zurich Group or the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Please check the OFAC website and our travel alerts page for information on affected countries.
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This is the number of days after purchasing your policy during which you may cancel your policy and receive a premium refund, as long as you have not departed or filed a claim. We count the date you purchase your policy as day one of your review period.
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Important:
* This coverage only applies to emergency medical expenses that first arise during your trip. You’ll have a $50 deductible if your primary residence is in Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Vermont, or Washington. Residents of New Hampshire are eligible for up to $50,000 emergency medical and dental coverage with the Ultimate plan.
Why vacation with our travel insurancefor South America?
You can match your coverage to your trip and move forward with a team that understands the ups, downs, and surprises of travel.
Personalize your policy
With up to nine optional upgrades — including cancel for any reason and adventure activities — you can customize your plan for travel in South America.
25+ years’ experience
We’ve been helping travelers navigate trips across borders — including South America — for decades, backed by award-winning service and tech.
24/7 travel support
Whether you're in Colombia, Peru, or anywhere else in South America, we’re here to help with emergencies, lost documents, and more — anytime, day or night.
Get to know our coverage a little bit more
From hiking in Peru to sightseeing in Buenos Aires, our benefits and upgrades help you match your plan to the way you travel.
Unpack our benefits
Planning a multi-country trip? Our South America travel insurance offers flexible benefits like trip interruption, lost luggage, and 24/7 global support.
Discover our upgrades
Want coverage that fits your South America itinerary? Our plans have up to nine upgrades to help you prepare for the unexpected.
Pack our Travel On app
Keep your policy in your pocket — and more. Travel safer with our app’s tap-to-call 24/7 assistance, destination information, and real-time safety alerts.
South America travel: handy tips and tricks
Traveling soon? These tips can make all the difference before you go to South America.
Feeling sick in South America?
Find a hospital abroad If you’re a Travelex policyholder, here are the steps you should take if you need to go to the doctor overseas.
Have you downloaded our app yet?
See Travel On app Our Travel On app can help you get to know your destination, put you back on track if the unthinkable happens while you’re away, and more.
Want to travel more sustainably?
Learn about ecotourismLearn about ecotourism and sustainable travel, plus get useful tips on how to embrace responsible tourism.
Want to know more about our travel insurance for South America?
Explore our coverage and how it can support your well-being while you travel.
South America is rich in culture and natural wonders to explore, but staying informed on the go is essential. Our Travel On app — included with our plans — sends real-time safety alerts about nearby risks or disruptions while you travel. (Just make sure you have geolocation and notifications switched on so you get them!)
Plus, you can check your South American country’s travel advisories posted by the U.S. government and consider registering with STEP (Smart Traveler Enrolment Program), so you receive region-specific updates about your destinations.
You can, unless you plan to visit an OFAC-sanctioned country or one of our blocked destinations like Venezuela.
Want to visit multiple countries within South America on one vacation? We can offer you coverage throughout your trip — but not in Venezuela or any other blocked destination.
If you’re planning to rent a car to explore Chile’s desert roads or Brazil’s winding coastal highways, our rental car damage upgrade can have your back with financial protection for eligible incidents such as collisions, fire, or floods.
Keep in mind: This upgrade is limited to standard vehicles and excludes mopeds, motorcycles, or exotic vehicle rentals.
You can! Our coverage is designed for various types of travel, whether you’re backpacking through the Bolivian Salt Flats, El Chaltén in Argentina, or Cotopaxi National Park in Ecuador.
Backpacking trips may sometimes include multiple countries. For example, you may need travel insurance in Argentina, Colombia, and Chile. When you get a quote for backpacker travel insurance, it’s simple to choose “South America” as your destination. Your coverage will apply to your entire backpacking route, provided none of the locations you visit are OFAC-sanctioned or one of our blocked destinations.
Trip cancellations can happen, and sometimes even the most well-planned adventures face unexpected roadblocks. If something does keep you from going on your vacation, our Ultimate, Advantage, and Essential plans offer coverage for cancelling your trip due to specific eligible reasons, such as sudden illnesses or unforeseen natural disasters.
Looking for even more flexibility? Pair our cancel for any reason* upgrade with our Ultimate plan, and you can cancel your trip for any reason up to two days prior to departure, receiving reimbursement of up to 75% of your insured trip costs.
Important: To qualify for our cancel for any reason coverage, you must purchase this upgrade within 21 days of your initial trip payment and at least 31 days prior to your departure date. Additionally, you’re required to insure the total cost of your prepaid, nonrefundable expenses up to a maximum of $10,000.
*Cancel for any fortuitous reason for NY residents.
It's best to buy travel insurance soon after booking your trip to South America — whether that’s your flights, a guided tour, or accommodations.
Buying early may give you access to important time-sensitive benefits, such as coverage for pre-existing medical conditions and trip cancellation coverage.
You may be eligible for coverage in South America if you qualify for our pre-existing condition exclusion waiver, which is available with our Ultimate plan.
To qualify, you’ll need to:
- Purchase your plan within 21 days of your first trip payment.
- Insure 100% of your trip cost.
- Be medically able to travel when you buy the plan.
This added protection can be helpful if you’re managing ongoing health needs while exploring remote regions or active travel experiences in South America.
While travel insurance isn’t required to enter most South American countries for a short stay, some tour operators or guided trip providers may require it — especially for multi-day excursions, remote travel, or adventure-based activities like hiking, rafting, or wildlife tours.
Even when it’s not mandatory, many travelers choose to get coverage to help protect their trip investment and access emergency support if something unexpected happens along the way. It’s always a good idea to check your tour company’s requirements before you go.
It can — we know travel plans can shift. If your dates, destination, or trip details change, just reach out to us before your original departure date.
In many cases, we can update your policy as long as no claims have been filed and your new plans fall within the policy guidelines. We’re here to help keep your coverage aligned with your trip.
Need help making changes? Give us a call at 1-800-228-9792.
Start by thinking about what kind of protection matters most for your trip — whether it’s coverage for cancellations, medical emergencies, or things like travel delays and lost baggage.
If you’re looking for the most comprehensive benefits and upgrade options, our Ultimate plan is a great fit. For strong core coverage, Advantage and Essential offer solid protection at different price points.
Not sure which one’s right for you? Get a quote online to compare plans side by side — it only takes a few minutes.
