ABSA Bank Travel Insurance

Travel with the peace of mind knowing you’re covered against the unforeseen. We have several travel insurance options to choose from and each comes with unique benefits.

Basic cover

Benefits include:

Emergency medical and associated expenses which covers:
- Costs of seeing a doctor
- Hospitalisation
- Medical evacuation
- Repatriation
Commercial card accident cover:
- You get financial protection against disability and death, protecting you and those who depend on you against mishaps.
Absa travel assistance – a helpline service available 24 hours a day. The service provides access to various assistance services including:
- Transmission of urgent messages
- Legal assistance, embassy referral
- Emergency travel and accommodation requirements
- Assistance when you lose your travel documents

Optional Top-up Cover

How it works

This consists of two comprehensive travel insurance packages to suit your needs, and is valid for trips of up to 90 or 120 days
Rates are calculated according to the following age bands:
- Three months to 69 years of age (inclusive)
- Seventy years to 74 years (inclusive)
These comprehensive offers include: additional cover for emergency medical and associated expenses, personal accident insurance, trip cancellation/curtailment, baggage loss/theft, legal expenses, hi-jack and wrongful detention and personal loss of money or passport, as outlined in your policy
Extended cover can also be purchased for trips of up to 184 days

Optional Top-up Cover premiums

3 months – 69 years

1 – 90 days	91 – 120 days	121 – 184 days	Multi-trip
Option 1
Individual	R845	R1 645	R2 140	R1 819
Couple	R761	R1 481	R1 926	R1 637
Family/Friends	R718	R1 398	R1 819	R1 546
Group	R676	R1 316	R1 712	R1 455
Option 2
Individual	R635	R1 230	R2 140	R1 364
Couple	R572	R1 107	R1 445	R1 228
Family/Friends	R540	R1 046	R1 364	R1 160
Group	R508	R1 984	R1 284	R1 091

70 years – 74 years

1 – 90 days	91 – 120 days	121 – 184 days	Multi-trip
Option 1
Individual	R1 060	R2 060	R2 675	R2 408
Couple	R1 007	R1 957	R2 541	R2 287
Family/Friends	R981	R1 906	R2 474	R2 227
Group	R954	R1 854	R2 408	R2 167
Option 2
Individual	R795	R1 540	R2 010	R1 809
Couple	R755	R1 463	R1 910	R1 719
Family/Friends	R735	R1 425	R1 859	R1 673
Group	R716	R1 386	R1 809	R1 628

How to apply

How to apply for Commercial Card Travel Insurance

Emergency contact details

In the event of a medical emergency please contact the Emergency Assistance Helpline on:

+1 416 977 9288

Please ensure you have the following information at hand:

Travel Insurance policy number (if Optional Top-Up Cover has been bought) or the credit card number used to buy the airline tickets
Current location
Contact telephone number where you can be reached
Nature of the emergency
Type of assistance required

*Please note that if the insured person named in the schedule does not contact the Emergency Assistance Helpline before incurring any expenses they may want to claim for our liability which will be limited to a maximum of R2 000.

Claims

For medical out-patient and inconvenience benefit claims (for example, cancellation, loss of baggage) contact us on:

+27 11 370 9205

For emergency medical claims and assistance, contact WTP on:

+1 416 977 9288

Or email us at:

[email protected]

*Absa Travel Insurance is underwritten by Bryte Insurance Company Limited.