I am being laid off. Will my employer's group coverage continue during my layoff period?

It depends. Is your layoff temporary or permanent? Does your company have a salary continuation plan (as some major industrial companies do)? If you work for a company that has such a plan, you will continue to be paid some or all of your wages during the layoff, and your benefits will continue. If you do not have such a plan, but the layoff is considered short term and temporary (such as when a factory is shut down for a few weeks for maintenance or because product inventories have to be trimmed) your life insurance and other benefits will probably continue. On the other hand, if you are being laid off permanently, with no expectation that you will be rehired soon, then your benefits will terminate. You will then have an option to covert your life insurance to a permanent individual policy within 30 days. Other benefits may also have a conversion option, such as benefits under a COBRA plan, which are required by law.

Do I need something other than my normal health insurance plan for worldwide traveling outside the US

To answer this question, you need to check with your own health insurance company. Many health insurers do not cover international health coverage.

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What is coverage for medical evacuation or repatriation insurance

Medical evacuation benefits provide for transportation to a medical facility that can provide appropriate care in the event of serious injury or sickness that cannot be adequately dealt with at the location where the illness or accident took place.

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What kind of covered or not covered in normal travel insurance pans

There are many variations of travel insurance plans. Some typical insurance coverages include the following:

1. Coverage for vacation and trip cancellation

2. Coverage for travel interruptions, delays and cancellations

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Why I need a trip or travel insurance plan

As we know that The outlay of money for travelling can be quite substantial. You may find yourself facing the loss of more money than you want to lose should unforeseen circumstances arise that make it necessary to cancel or interrupt your trip.

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What is a trip insurance and What is travel insurance

Trip insurance is used to help alleviate some of the financial loss that may be incurred because your trip is interrupted, delayed, or cancelled by unforeseen events.

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