{"id":15434,"date":"2021-06-10T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/06\/10\/blue-cross-insurance-launches-covid-19-travel-protection-offering-free-vaccine-cash-allowance-up-to-hk10000\/"},"modified":"2021-06-10T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T08:00:00","slug":"blue-cross-insurance-launches-covid-19-travel-protection-offering-free-vaccine-cash-allowance-up-to-hk10000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/06\/10\/blue-cross-insurance-launches-covid-19-travel-protection-offering-free-vaccine-cash-allowance-up-to-hk10000\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Cross Insurance Launches COVID-19 Travel Protection, Offering &#8220;Free Vaccine Cash Allowance&#8221; up to HK$10,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\"><!--<a class=\"format-txt\" href=\"{baseURL}\/View\/{release.id}?_download=1\">View this article in .txt format<\/a>--><\/p>\n<p>HONG&#13;<br \/>\nKONG SAR &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\">Media&#13;<br \/>\nOutReach<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 10 June 2021 &#8211;\u00a0As the COVID-19 epidemic slows down and many residents are getting vaccinated,&#13;<br \/>\ntravel restrictions between Hong Kong and mainland China as well as other&#13;<br \/>\ncountries\/regions are expected to gradually relax. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluecross.com.hk\/\">Blue Cross (Asia Pacific)&#13;<br \/>\nInsurance Co., Ltd.<\/a> (&#8220;Blue Cross&#8221;) has always put customers first and&#13;<br \/>\nannounces the extension of COVID-19 protection to travel insurance products by&#13;<br \/>\noffering &#8220;Free Vaccine Cash Allowance&#8221; up to HK$10,000 for vaccinated travellers.&#13;<br \/>\nFrom now until 30 September 2021, customers who successfully enrol in Travel&#13;<br \/>\nSmart single-trip travel insurance, Annual Infinity Travel Insurance Pass, Overseas&#13;<br \/>\nStudySafe Insurance, Working HolidaySafe or SmartGo GBA Travel Insurance can enjoy&#13;<br \/>\nthis free extra protection. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>During the covered period<sup>^<\/sup>,&#13;<br \/>\nif an insured is diagnosed and confined in hospital after immunisation due to any&#13;<br \/>\nof the following two reasons: 1) confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19; or 2) the&#13;<br \/>\ninsured suffers from serious sickness within 30 days after immunisation, a&#13;<br \/>\nDaily Hospital Cash Allowance up to HK$500 shall be payable, subject to a&#13;<br \/>\nmaximum of 20 days in respect of different travel insurance plans. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Mr. Patrick Wan, Managing Director of Blue Cross, said &#8220;The epidemic&#13;<br \/>\nsituation in various places is gradually easing with the implementation of vaccination&#13;<br \/>\nprogramme. We expect that travel restrictions in various places will gradually&#13;<br \/>\nbe relaxed. At the same time, some individual countries\/regions may require travellers&#13;<br \/>\nentering into their territory to provide proof of vaccination. Therefore, we&#13;<br \/>\nlaunched the COVID-19 Travel Protection &#8220;Free Vaccine Cash&#13;<br \/>\nAllowance&#8221;, so that people who travel abroad for reasons&#13;<br \/>\nsuch as business trip, overseas study or working holiday, can enjoy an extra&#13;<br \/>\nlayer of protection. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Besides, the insured can still enjoy Medical Expense and Personal&#13;<br \/>\nAccident Benefits, Overseas Hospital Cash Allowance*, Travel Delay Benefit*,&#13;<br \/>\n24-hour Worldwide Emergency Aid, as well as coverage for Trip Cancellation* or Trip&#13;<br \/>\nCurtailment* due to unfit to travel as a result of the confirmed diagnosis of&#13;<br \/>\nCOVID-19. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>For more details about the COVID-19 Travel Protection &#8220;Free Vaccine Cash&#13;<br \/>\nAllowance&#8221; and promotional offers on travel insurance, please visit Blue Cross&#13;<br \/>\nwebsite at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluecross.com.hk\/\">www.bluecross.com.hk<\/a> or download the Blue Cross HK App.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/release.media-outreach.com\/release.php\/Images\/Thumb\/150x0\/155337\/qr-code.jpg#image-155337\" width=\"150\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><sup>^<\/sup> Covered period is from maximum 14 days&#13;<br \/>\nbefore the journey until the end date of period of insurance originally&#13;<br \/>\nscheduled or 31 October 2021 (whichever is the earlier) in which the policy is&#13;<br \/>\nin effect.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>* Not&#13;<br \/>\napplicable to SmartGo GBA Travel Insurance.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Disclaimers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This press&#13;<br \/>\nrelease is for distribution in Hong Kong only. The distribution of this press&#13;<br \/>\nrelease is not and shall not be construed as an offer to sell or a solicitation&#13;<br \/>\nto buy or a provision of any insurance product outside Hong Kong.<\/li>\n<li>Blue Cross&#13;<br \/>\n(Asia-Pacific) Insurance Limited is a subsidiary of The Bank of East Asia,&#13;<br \/>\nLimited and a member of the BEA Group. It is not affiliated with or related in&#13;<br \/>\nany way to Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association or any of its affiliates or&#13;<br \/>\nlicensees.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/news\/2021-06-10\/81368\/blue-cross-insurance-launches-covid-19-travel-protection-offering-free-vaccine-cash-allowance-up-to-hk10000\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HONG&#13; KONG SAR &#8211;\u00a0Media&#13; OutReach\u00a0&#8211; 10 June 2021 &#8211;\u00a0As the COVID-19 epidemic slows down and many residents are getting vaccinated,&#13; travel restrictions between Hong Kong and mainland China as well as other&#13; countries\/regions are expected to gradually relax. Blue Cross (Asia Pacific)&#13; Insurance Co., Ltd. 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