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My brother bought Travel Guard from AIG this April on the day of his departure for home country on a long visit. The departure & return dates were mentioned on the policy. He is a green card holder and had to return back before 6 months. He is otherwise well but can travel only with a family escort. So he bought a one way ticket deferring buying return ticket at a later date with a family escort. He became sick 10 days after arriving to his destination which was life threatening and he was admitted to an intensive care for more than 3 weeks. We filed the claim next day of his admission but it was denied giving reason that as no return ticket was bought so the insurance expired on arriving to his destination. In the policy terms, the words "one way trip" and "two way trip" are mentioned but at no point in the policy or while buying the policy online, we got an impression that a two way trip is considered two way only if return ticket is bought before departure. Kindly, suggest if our claim is valid and suggest further options. We are about to file an appeal.

Answer:

Insubuy as a broker we provide insurance from many companies. We don't offer Travel Guard plan from AIG. We provide insurance only from 

U S Companies. But in general trip insurance you have to purchase for round trip. You can't purchase for one way. Please find difference between Travel medical Vs Trip insurance

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