Hit the road with our travel insurance for Illinois trips
Hit the road with our travel insurance for Illinois trips
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.
Our travel insurance for Chicago and the rest of Illinois can help keep you — and your finances — protected on your next trip.
How our travel insurance for Illinois can help you
Whether you’re visiting Chicago, driving Route 66, or exploring Starved Rock, you never know what travel obstacle could be around the corner. Our travel insurance for Illinois can help safeguard your trip and wallet if something goes wrong.
If you’re renting a car to drive Route 66 through Illinois …
Our rental car damage upgrade could help with unexpected costs because of an accident or collision.
If you’re heading to Chicago for a Cubs game ...
Our travel insurance for Chicago can help reimburse costs if the game is disrupted or delayed.
If you’re catching a flight during winter storm season …
Our travel delay coverage can help reimburse cost of meals and lodging if icy weather grounds your plane.
If you’re exploring Galena for a wine weekend …
Our comprehensive plans can help with emergency medical costs if you get sick or injured unexpectedly.
Here's what you get with our travel insurance for Illinois
Planning your trip to the Windy City, Starved Rock, or a Route 66 road trip? If you’re searching for our best travel insurance for Chicago and the rest of Illinois, our comprehensive plans are designed to help protect you from medical emergencies, delays, or lost belongings.
Check out the table below to see what’s eligible for coverage, what’s not, and the benefit limits for each plan.
Before you buy: Our comprehensive plans offer up to nine optional upgrades. Driving Route 66? Our rental car damage upgrade can help with eligible repair costs if something goes wrong. Traveling with a pet? Our pet care upgrade may cover unexpected vet expenses. It’s easy to customize protection for your Illinois trip.
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 travel insurance for Illinois
Our on-trip travel insurance for Chicago and the rest of the Prairie State offers many of the same benefits as our comprehensive coverage — like emergency medical protection, baggage benefits, and travel delay coverage — but without trip cancellation.
If you’re looking for a last-minute option for your Illinois plans, Travel Med Go could be the right fit.
Before you buy: If you still have time before your departure, consider one of our comprehensive plans (Ultimate, Advantage, or Essential) for added protection, including trip cancellation benefits — especially helpful in Illinois, where severe weather like snowstorms or thunderstorms cause flight cancellations or delays.
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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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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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 travel insurance for Illinois
Flying in or out of Chicago O’Hare, Midway, or Springfield? Our flight plans can help with air protection. Flight Insure Plus has additional benefits, including emergency medical, missed connection, and baggage coverage.
If you want flight travel insurance for Chicago or anywhere else in Illinois, check out the table below to see what’s eligible for coverage, what’s not, and the benefit limits for these flight-focused plans.
Before you buy: Heading down Route 66, spending a weekend in Galena, or traveling with your pet? While our flight plans are built for air travel disruptions, they don’t offer optional upgrades like rental car damage, cancel for any reason, or pet care, which may be especially relevant for your Illinois trip.
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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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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* 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 ourtravel insurance for Illinois?
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
Whether you’re booking a Chicago River cruise, heading to Navy Pier, or planning a Route 66 drive, our comprehensive plans let you add up to nine optional upgrades — like cancel for any reason, rental car damage, or pet care — so your coverage fits your Illinois itinerary.
25+ years’ experience
We’ve been helping travelers for decades, including those headed to Illinois attractions like the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Millennium Park, or the Illinois State Fair. That experience helps us keep your trip running smoothly from start to finish.
24/7 travel support
If your wallet is lost during a day at Navy Pier, you need emergency medical care after hiking the Garden of the Gods, if your flight is delayed or cancelled at Midway, our compassionate assistance provider is available around the clock to help care for you.
Get to know our coverage a little bit more
Our benefits and upgrades can help you match your policy to your Illinois travel plans.
Unpack our benefits
Our travel insurance for Chicago and the rest of Illinois is built to support you when plans change. From missed flights to medical emergencies, our benefits can help protect you and your trip budget.
Discover our upgrades
Our travel insurance for Illinois can be tailored to fit your trip. With up to nine optional upgrades — including rental car damage, adventure activities, and pet care — you can customize coverage to match the way you travel.
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.
Plan your Illinois tripwith these tips
Get ready for smoother travel across Illinois with these insights.
Wondering how much travel insurance for Illinois costs?
See the seven factors Discover seven factors that can impact the price you’ll pay for a policy. Some of them might surprise you!
Looking to explore more of the U.S. beyond Illinois?
See U.S. travel tipsCheck out our United States travel guide for tips on the best times to visit, where to go, what to do, and what to eat — so you can make the most of your U.S. travels.
Wondering if travel insurance for Illinois is really worth the money?
Save with travel insuranceIt’s a valid question! Here are seven ways our coverage can help save you cash, care for you, and make your trip smoother.
Want to know more about our travel insurance for Illinois?
Learn how travel insurance for Chicago and the rest of Illinois is built to support you, your budget, and your plans.
Illinois weather can change quickly — from heavy snowfall and icy roads in the winter to severe thunderstorms and flooding in the summer. Our Travel On app delivers real-time, location-based alerts to keep you informed, whether it’s a storm delaying flights at O’Hare or road closures along Route 66. You can also check our travel alerts page for updates that could affect your Travelex coverage.
Health insurance may cover doctor visits or hospital care while you’re in Illinois, but it generally won’t extend to the rest of your trip. Travel insurance can fill those gaps with protections like trip interruption, baggage coverage, and emergency evacuation. Imagine missing part of a Chicago sports weekend because of a canceled flight or needing urgent care after a slip on icy roads — our plans can help you recover eligible costs and keep your trip on track.
It would be a wise choice, no matter where you’re going in Illinois. Even on a guided trip, unexpected problems can arise — and tour operators usually don’t cover every scenario. If your luggage goes missing on the way to Chicago or a delay shortens your time at Starved Rock, you may be stuck with the costs. Travel insurance can add a layer of protection with benefits like baggage coverage, trip interruption, and travel delay assistance — so you can enjoy your Illinois experience without extra financial stress.
Yes. If you’re planning a quick trip — whether that’s a weekend in Chicago, a visit to Starved Rock, or a few days along Lake Michigan — our Travel Med Go plan is a strong fit. It’s designed for short-term coverage and includes key benefits like emergency medical protection, trip delay coverage, and baggage benefits.
If you’re booking your trip further in advance, you might consider one of our comprehensive plans (Ultimate, Advantage, or Essential), which add trip cancellation coverage.
You can. If you’re planning to hike at Starved Rock State Park, paddle the Illinois River, or bike one of the state’s long-distance trails, our base plans include protection for many lower-risk activities.
If you’re considering more challenging adventures, you can add our adventure activities upgrade to the Ultimate, Advantage, Essential, or Travel Med Go plan. This option extends coverage to higher-risk experiences, such as outdoor rock climbing at Jackson Falls or Class 4 whitewater rafting on Illinois rivers.
You can. Travel doesn’t always go as planned, which is why it’s valuable to have trip cancellation coverage for your Illinois vacation. Our Ultimate, Advantage, and Essential plans include trip cancellation benefits that may reimburse you for prepaid, nonrefundable expenses if you need to cancel for a covered reason, such as an unexpected illness or severe weather impacting your travel.
If you’d like even more flexibility, our cancel for any reason* upgrade — available only with the Ultimate plan — allows you to cancel your Illinois trip for any reason up to two days before departure and recover up to 75% of your trip cost.
To qualify, you’ll need to:
- Purchase the upgrade within 21 days of your first trip payment.
- Buy it at least 31 days before departure.
- Insure the full value of your prepaid, nonrefundable expenses (up to $10,000 per person).
*Cancel for any fortuitous reason for NY residents.
They can be — if you qualify for our pre-existing condition exclusion waiver and purchase the Ultimate plan. To be eligible, you’ll need to:
- Buy the Ultimate plan within 21 days of your first trip payment.
- Insure any subsequent travel arrangements within 21 days of their purchase.
- Be medically able to travel at the time you purchase the plan.
The waiver applies to conditions diagnosed, treated, or requiring a medication change in the 90 days before you bought your plan. This can be especially valuable if you’re planning an Illinois trip — whether that’s exploring Chicago, taking a Route 66 drive, or visiting state parks — while managing an ongoing health condition.
It’s best to purchase travel insurance for Illinois soon after making your first trip payment — whether that’s flights into Chicago, hotel reservations, or event tickets. Buying early gives you the broadest protection, including trip cancellation benefits that apply even before you leave home.
Some upgrades, such as cancel for any reason, are only available if you buy within 21 days of your initial booking and at least 31 days before departure. For the most complete coverage on your Illinois trip, it pays not to wait.
You can! If you’re planning a road trip along Route 66, heading to Starved Rock, or exploring Illinois wine country, our rental car damage upgrade can help protect you from unexpected costs.
It can add a layer of financial protection for travelers planning to explore Illinois by car.
If you’re staying within the U.S., your coverage extends as you travel across different states — so you can visit Illinois along with nearby destinations without losing protection. If your plans include going abroad, coverage can continue as long as you don’t travel to OFAC-sanctioned countries or other blocked destinations with heightened risks, safety concerns, or restrictions.
When you request a travel insurance quote, list the place where you’ll spend the most time. For example, if you’ll be in Illinois for a week and Wisconsin for a weekend, select “USA” as your destination.
The cost of travel insurance depends on factors like your trip cost, trip length, travelers' ages, and the type of coverage you select. Optional upgrades — such as rental car damage, adventure activities, or cancel for any reason — can also affect the total. The easiest way to see your exact price is to get a quick quote online. It only takes a minute!
