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When traveling on official University business you will be covered by ACE USA at no cost to you, but you must register to ensure coverage for each business trip. The coverage is worldwide, 24 hours a day, for a wide variety of accidents and incidents while away from the workplace. This coverage includes:
Benefits for:
- Accidental death,
- Accidental dismemberment,
- Paralysis,
- Permanent total disability
Travel Assistance Services (when business traveler is 100+ miles from home or workplace; security extraction not subject to mileage limitation), such as:
- Security Extraction
- Emergency Medical Evacuation and Repatriation
- Repatriation of Remains
- Out-of-Country Medical
- Loss of Personal Effects
- Other Travel Assistance Services
You must register at all out-of-state and foreign country business trips to ensure coverage. Coverage is automatic for business travel within the state and registration is not required for those trips.
Upon registration, you will receive confirmation of coverage for your trip and information to use in an emergency while traveling on University business both domestically and abroad. A summary of coverage and claim forms are also available at www.uctravel.org
Coverage is also provided to a spouse/domestic partner and dependent child(ren) when accompanying you on a business trip.
The registration will ensure coverage for you while traveling on official University business. Your registration information will serve to verify eligibility to the insurance company in the event you submit a claim, use any benefit, or request travel assistance services.
