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Missions & Member TestimonialsJune 1, 2016
There are few things more upsetting than planning a trip and discovering your sports equipment was damaged, your luggage was lost, or your flight was canceled. What’s even worse is if you can’t go in the first place due to an injury, illness or because your tour operator went bankrupt.
This is why we’ve created Global Rescue Signature Travel InsuranceSM, a best-in-class travel insurance plan available exclusively to our members.
These industry-leading benefits — when bundled with our world-class medical advisory, field rescue, evacuation and security extraction membership — provide comprehensive travel protection.
Benefits include:
- Trip Cancellation: Up to 100% of the non-refundable insured Trip cost
- Trip Interruption: Up to 150% of the non-refundable insured Trip cost
- Accident and Sickness Medical: Up to $100,000 per person
- Common Carrier Accidental Death & Dismemberment: Up to $100,000
- Baggage and Personal Effects: Up to $2,500 (subject to a per item maximum of $250)
- Sports Equipment Rental: Up to $500 per day to a maximum $2,000 per person
- Cancel for Any Reason (UPGRADE): Up to 75% of the trip cost insured
- Trip Interruption for Any Reason (UPGRADE): Up to 75% of the trip cost insured
Global Rescue Signature Travel Insurance is offered at a very competitive price. See Coverage Details.
Call Global Rescue at +1.617.459.4200 to speak to a Signature Travel Insurance specialist or visit our website to learn more about this comprehensive travel insurance plan.
To learn more about the difference between traditional travel insurance and a travel protection membership, like Global Rescue, read The Global Rescue Difference.
Boston, Mass., June 1, 2016 – The Global Rescue group of companies, the leading provider of integrated medical, security, intelligence, travel risk and crisis management services to enterprises, governments and individuals, today announced the introduction of Global Rescue Signature Travel InsuranceSM, a comprehensive travel insurance program. Global Rescue has selected International Medical Group® (IMG®), a leader in global benefits and travel insurance services, to provide Global Rescue Signature Travel Insurance for its travelers worldwide.
“We chose IMG to help develop Global Rescue Signature Travel Insurance to be the industry’s leading travel insurance platform,” said Global Rescue CEO and Founder Dan Richards. “For over a decade, Global Rescue has set the standard for field rescue, medical evacuation and security extraction services. Now our members can protect themselves financially for their trip costs, medical expenses and other losses.”
“We are proud to provide comprehensive travel insurance for Global Rescue’s members,” said IMG President Todd A. Hancock. “Together, we will help provide the coverage and confidence travelers need while they’re away from home.”
The Global Rescue Signature Travel Insurance program features benefits including trip cancellation, trip interruption, emergency medical/dental, lost luggage/baggage delay, sports equipment rental and more.
When combined with a Global Rescue membership, the integrated program provides unique features, quality and price. With Global Rescue membership, the firm’s medical advisory, field rescue, security and travel intelligence services protect members’ health and safety by providing real-time access to board-certified physicians, medical specialists and special operations personnel.
Global Rescue also provides an array of concierge-level travel assistance services to reduce the stress of traveling, including visa and passport services, translation services and legal referrals.
Since 2004, Global Rescue has provided travel risk, crisis response and evacuation services to members worldwide. The company pioneered the concept of worldwide field rescue, bringing members to safety if they are far from civilization or in dangerous environments.
About International Medical Group, Inc.
For more than 25 years, International Medical Group — headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A. — has provided global benefits and assistance services to millions of members in almost every country. With 24/7 worldwide assistance and medical management services, multilingual claims administrators and highly trained customer service professionals, IMG delivers the insurance products international members need, backed by the services they want. IMG’s global family of companies includes Akeso Care Management®, IMG Europe Ltd., Global Response Ltd., IMG-Stop LossSM and International Medical Administrators, Inc.
About Global Rescue
Global Rescue is a leading worldwide provider of integrated medical, security, intelligence, travel risk management and crisis response services to enterprises, governments and individuals. Global Rescue operates from 7 offices in 5 countries and provides support to more than 1 million members worldwide. The company has conducted more than 10,000 operations and been involved in every globally significant crisis of the last decade.
For more information, call +1-617-459-4200 or visit www.globalrescue.com.
Media Contact:
Ann Shannon
Global Rescue
617-426-6619
Press@globalrescue.com
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Missions & Member TestimonialsMay 16, 2016
Tyler Brower was en route to Mount Everest when a severe infection in his lungs caught him off guard.
“I was the sickest I’ve ever been and felt beat down like never before,” he said.
Tyler is a Global Rescue member as well as a member of The Explorers Club, an organization that counts many of the world’s greatest explorers among its ranks, including the likes of Ernest Shackleton, Edmund Hillary and Buzz Aldrin.
After a life-threatening event on an adventure to Everest Base Camp, Tyler detailed his experience and shared how medical transportation saved his life.
I recently had the opportunity to embark on an adventure to Everest Base Camp. As I made my trek up in Sagarmatha National Park, I experienced what I later found to be two viral bacterial infections, one in my stomach and one in my lungs. On the evening of the fourth trekking day, my body started to display the symptoms of pulmonary edema, a common but deadly bacterial infection in the Himalayas.
I was very blessed to have encountered and befriended fellow trekkers along the journey, including one of the top rated high altitude doctors in the world from the CDC. After recording my vitals, it was his recommendation that the next morning I be evacuated to the CIWEC Travel Clinic in Kathmandu.
As morning came around and I encountered another painful sleepless night, this doctor once again recorded my vitals. With a 102.9 degree fever, a resting heart rate of 123 bpm and fluid in my lungs, he strongly suggested I go down to Kathmandu as soon as possible, in his professional opinion. My sherpa called a local rescue helicopter for a bid and reported a price of $3,300 per hour, and we would need at least three hours in the helicopter for weather and refuel.
I realized then that the back of my Explorers Club membership card had a number for Global Rescue. I reached out to my mother back in the United States via wifi to call the number for me. A few minutes later, I got a call from Global Rescue on the doctor’s phone, which had a local number. They said, ‘Tyler, we have a heli on its way up to you in Namche Bazaar. It will be at the pad in about 40 minutes and they ask you to please be there when it comes.’ Global Rescue had spoken with the Explorers Club and told me that as soon as I landed I would be taken to the hospital via ambulance.
I was incredibly thankful to hear the news. My mother was extremely concerned because I had reached out for the first time to her on my trip requesting a heli with not much more information. She was very impressed with Global Rescue as well as the compliance between The Explorers Club and Global Rescue. The Explorers Club and Global Rescue saved my life.
Once I was down in Kathmandu at the CIWEC clinic, they said that if I stayed up in Namche one day or trekked on to the next village, the fluid in my right lung would have increased and I would have undoubtedly gone into cardiac arrest.
Now two weeks back home I am able to breathe deep, I have no pain, I’m not sick and am feeling great again! I want to write this to thank everyone at the Explorers Club and Global Rescue from the bottom of my heart.
Global Rescue memberships include personalized advisory services, 24/7/365 emergency assistance and evacuation services at no additional cost to you. To learn more about membership benefits, click here.