{"id":16375,"date":"2021-07-19T05:20:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T05:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/07\/19\/axa-launches-smartstudent-overseas-to-provide-comprehensive-protection-for-overseas-studies\/"},"modified":"2021-07-19T05:20:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T05:20:00","slug":"axa-launches-smartstudent-overseas-to-provide-comprehensive-protection-for-overseas-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/07\/19\/axa-launches-smartstudent-overseas-to-provide-comprehensive-protection-for-overseas-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"AXA launches &#8220;SmartStudent Overseas&#8221; to provide comprehensive protection for overseas studies"},"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 class=\"subheadline\">\n                               Four market-leading features with medical coverage up to HKD2,000,000                            <\/p>\n<p>HONG&#13;<br \/>\nKONG SAR &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\">Media OutReach<\/a> &#8211; 19 July 2021 &#8211; AXA&#13;<br \/>\nHong Kong and Macau (&#8220;AXA&#8221;) is&#13;<br \/>\npleased to announce the launch of &#8220;SmartStudent Overseas&#8221;&#13;<br \/>\nto provide comprehensive protection for students studying abroad with&#13;<br \/>\nhome-to-home coverage, even during internship, working part-time or going on&#13;<br \/>\nexcursions. &#8220;SmartStudent Overseas&#8221;&#13;<br \/>\nfeatures <b>four market-leading highlights<\/b>&#13;<br \/>\nfor a broad age group of students from 10 to 35:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Best<\/b><b> medical expense coverage<\/b> up to HKD2,000,000 <\/li>\n<li><b>Best personal accident protection<\/b> up to HKD1,500,000 <\/li>\n<li><b>Best emergency family reunion benefit<\/b> up to HKD100,000<\/li>\n<li><b>Market-leading education fund<\/b> up to HKD300,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;SmartStudent&#13;<br \/>\nOverseas&#8221; offers instant policy approval with simple and&#13;<br \/>\nfast online enrolment. Customers can get an all-round&#13;<br \/>\nprotection before the start of&#13;<br \/>\nthe trip from Hong Kong and enjoy easy claims&#13;<br \/>\nservice from anywhere in the world. All benefits we provide are free of any&#13;<br \/>\nexcess or deductible. &#8220;SmartStudent Overseas&#8221;&#13;<br \/>\nannual premium can be as low as HKD3,510. From&#13;<br \/>\nnow until 31 October 2021, customers purchasing &#8220;SmartStudent&#13;<br \/>\nOverseas&#8221; will be entitled to a 10% instant premium&#13;<br \/>\ndiscount on any plan. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>Comprehensive home-to-home <\/b><b>medical&#13;<br \/>\nand personal accident protection <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>AXA aims to be the best companion for students&#13;<br \/>\nstudying overseas by ensuring that they have the necessary protection from the&#13;<br \/>\nmoment they leave home for overseas study until they return to Hong Kong. AXA&#13;<br \/>\nprovides the highest coverage in the market with up to&#13;<br \/>\nHKD2,000,000 medical expense for accidental bodily injury sustained or sickness&#13;<br \/>\ncontracted overseas, including up to HKD250,000 for follow-up medical treatment&#13;<br \/>\nin Hong Kong within 90 days of the student&#8217;s return from abroad.&#13;<br \/>\nMedical expenses due to a pandemic such as COVID-19 will also be covered.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>It also offers the best personal accident&#13;<br \/>\nprotection with coverage up to HKD1,500,000 for accidental death or permanent&#13;<br \/>\ndisablement, including an additional payout up to HKD500,000 if the relevant&#13;<br \/>\naccident results from riding on a common carrier, kidnap or natural disaster.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;SmartStudent&#13;<br \/>\nOverseas&#8221; covers not only the city of study,&#13;<br \/>\nbut also anywhere&#13;<br \/>\noverseas (except in Hong Kong) when the insured students take internships,&#13;<br \/>\nnon-manual part-time jobs and leisure travel during their study period. Various&#13;<br \/>\nsports and activities such as cycling, marathon, rafting, wind surfing, hiking,&#13;<br \/>\nsnow skiing are also covered.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>Family&#13;<br \/>\nreunion visit and support during emergencies<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Our&#13;<br \/>\n24-hour emergency assistance service can help arrange transportation and&#13;<br \/>\naccommodation for the insured student&#8217;s family to visit the insured student&#13;<br \/>\noverseas, if the insured student is hospitalised for more than 5 consecutive&#13;<br \/>\ndays, or in the unfortunate event of the insured student&#8217;s death. We cover up&#13;<br \/>\nto HKD100,000 for the transportation and accommodation expense. Parents or&#13;<br \/>\nguardians who take annual leave for such visit can also get up to HKD2,500 cash&#13;<br \/>\nbenefit.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Moreover,&#13;<br \/>\nAXA fully recognises that education is key to a successful future. If the&#13;<br \/>\ninsured student&#8217;s parent or guardian suffers from accidental death or permanent&#13;<br \/>\ndisablement, a separate education fund up to HKD300,000 will be given to the insured&#13;<br \/>\nstudent to ensure continuity of his\/her studies. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>Comprehensive&#13;<br \/>\noverseas home contents and personal belongings protection <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;SmartStudent&#13;<br \/>\nOverseas&#8221; also covers overseas home contents up to HKD10,000,&#13;<br \/>\nand personal belongings up to HKD20,000 on a worldwide basis (except in Hong&#13;<br \/>\nKong) during the study trip, including musical instruments, sports equipment, mobile&#13;<br \/>\nphones and laptop computers. Temporary&#13;<br \/>\naccommodation expenses up to HKD5,000 will be reimbursed if the overseas&#13;<br \/>\nresidence is damaged and rendered uninhabitable as a result of insured events. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>It also offers the first-in-market coverage of storage&#13;<br \/>\ncost for personal belongings up to HKD2,000 if the insured student needs to&#13;<br \/>\nmake an emergency departure, and cash allowance up to HKD2,000 for unexpected&#13;<br \/>\nschool closure because of natural disaster or compulsory closure by local&#13;<br \/>\npolice or authority.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>Kenneth Lai, P&amp;C Distribution Director, AXA&#13;<br \/>\nHong Kong and Macau<\/b>, said, &#8220;Studying abroad is a good opportunity&#13;<br \/>\nfor students to grow and broaden their horizons. With the increasing popularity&#13;<br \/>\nof overseas study, AXA is delighted to be a companion to students during this&#13;<br \/>\nimportant phase of their lives by providing them with market-leading comprehensive&#13;<br \/>\nprotection. As Hong Kong&#8217;s largest general insurer<a name=\"_ftnref1\" title=\"\">[1]<\/a>, we have enhanced the benefits to an&#13;<br \/>\nunmatched level in the industry with the highest medical and personal accident&#13;<br \/>\ncoverage. &#8216;SmartStudent Overseas&#8217; helps students feel confident to achieve&#13;<br \/>\ntheir goals and go further in life, which exemplifies AXA&#8217;s &#8216;Know You Can&#8217; brand&#13;<br \/>\npromise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>To learn more&#13;<br \/>\nabout &#8220;SmartStudent Overseas&#8221;, please visit&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.axa.com.hk\/overseas-student-protection\">www.axa.com.hk\/overseas-student-protection<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>The above information is for reference only. For&#13;<br \/>\ndetails on product features, content, terms and exclusions, please refer to the&#13;<br \/>\nrelevant product brochure.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"1\" width=\"33%\"\/>\n<div id=\"ftn1\">\n[1]According to the&#13;<br \/>\nInsurance Authority Provisional Statistics on Hong Kong General Insurance&#13;<br \/>\nBusiness in 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/news\/2021-07-19\/86893\/axa-launches-smartstudent-overseas-to-provide-comprehensive-protection-for-overseas-studies\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four market-leading features with medical coverage up to HKD2,000,000 HONG&#13; KONG SAR &#8211; Media OutReach &#8211; 19 July 2021 &#8211; AXA&#13; Hong Kong and Macau (&#8220;AXA&#8221;) is&#13; pleased to announce the launch of &#8220;SmartStudent Overseas&#8221;&#13; to provide comprehensive protection for students studying abroad with&#13; home-to-home coverage, even during internship, working part-time or going on&#13; excursions. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}