March 24, 2006

Employee insurance makes traveling easier

With the MGH known across the globe as a leading, world-class medical institution, many employees regularly travel both stateside and abroad as part of their jobs. While juggling the demands of such a schedule can often be a stressful experience, one employee benefit program — travel accident insurance — now offers some help.

Since 2002, all Partners employees who regularly work at least 16 hours per week have been covered under the World Wide Group Travel Accident Insurance Program. This policy is not limited to foreign travel. All employees traveling on business from their regular employment locations are covered.

Benefits of the insurance program include: 
  • Travel assistance services
  • Medical evacuation
  • Repatriation services
  • Limited coverage for spouse and dependent children under age 19
  • Partial coverage for personal travel taken before, during or after an
    approved business trip
  • Three times base salary in the event of accidental death, dismemberment,
    disappearance, paralysis or coma (up to $1 million)

Some exceptions do apply, and travel to the following countries is excluded from coverage: Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Chechnya, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Kuwait and Somalia. Any employee with plans to travel to one of these countries should contact Paul Mahoney, insurance manager,
at pdmahoney@partners.org or (617) 726-8195.

Employees traveling in a foreign country also should carry the following insurance policy information:

  ACE Insurance Policy #1173108
  ACE Assist Service Partners
  Contract Number is 01AH585
  1-800-243-6124 (Inside the U.S.)
  1-800-659-7803 (Outside the U.S.)
  OPS@worldwideassistance.com

For more information about the Partners travel accident insurance program, contact Mahoney.