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KBC Multi Trip Travel Insurance is a form of property damage insurance provided by KBC Insurance.

What’s covered?

Personal assistance cover mainly covers health problems while travelling (such as illness or accidents) and the inconvenience they can cause (hospitalisation, repatriation, forced extended stays, transfer of family members, etc.). Medical expenses incurred abroad are covered for up to 500 000 euros per person. The amount you pay towards medical expenses (deductible) is 100 euros.

Cancellation cover (worldwide) reimburses you for the costs you cannot recover or have to incur if you have to cancel your trip unexpectedly or return home early.

Valid reasons for this are:

• Health-related reasons (such as illness, an accident or death)
• Work and study (such as examination resits, dismissal, etc.)
• Government and travel formalities (such as a call for jury duty or a travel warning or travel alert issued by the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs after the trip was booked, etc.)
• Missed aeroplane, boat or train (unexpected delay of the booked transport by at least 48 hours, etc.)

Compensation is capped at 12 500 euros per trip for all insured persons combined.

Luggage cover insures the following:

• Theft, damage to your luggage and loss of your luggage by the transport company
• While travelling, you are covered for theft involving personal violence or threats of personal violence, theft following a break-in to a vehicle or the place where you are staying, and damage or destruction caused by a sudden and unexpected event, such as a collision

We insure the luggage you have with you on your trip as well as sports equipment, non-motorised vehicles, boats and riding animals you rent or are allowed to use for free while travelling, up to the value of 1 500 euros per insured person.

A deductible of 100 euros per claim is deducted from the compensation provided. This deductible does not apply to claims resulting from rendering assistance to persons in distress.

Travel accident cover provides compensation if you sustain permanent injuries or die. If you die within three years as a result of the accident, we pay compensation of 10 000 euros to the cohabiting partner, or if there is no partner, we divide this sum among the heirs. We also reimburse the funeral expenses actually incurred up to an amount of 10 000 euros. Payment is made to the person who incurred these expenses.

In the event of a permanent disability, we pay compensation calculated on the basis of the degree of disability as specified in the ‘Officiële Belgische Schaal ter bepaling van de Graad van Invaliditeit’ [Official Belgian scale for determining the degree of disability]. You receive 5 000 euros per commenced bracket of 5% on this scale. For example, we pay 50 000 euros for a 50% degree of disability and 55 000 euros for a 51% degree of disability. A degree of disability less than 6% is not covered. A permanent disability of at least 67% is equivalent to full physical disability, in which case you would receive 100 000 euros.

Travel disputes cover provides you with legal assistance and support while you are travelling, or in relation to the trip you have booked. Events covered include disputes with tour operators, rental companies, repair companies and other service providers, problems involving the police and government authorities abroad. The above costs are covered up to an amount of 50 000 euros per claim for all the insured combined. Our own management fees are not included.

What are the main exclusions?

Under Personal assistance cover: complications occurring after the sixth month of pregnancy and the costs associated with childbirth, complications or worsening of an existing illness if the prescribed treatment has not been followed, participation in professional sporting activities (including training for such sports) and participation in extreme outdoor activities.

Under Cancellation cover: events you were already aware of before you booked the trip or took out the insurance that mean that the cancellation is not unexpected, complications or worsening of an existing illness that can be regarded as a normal part of the illness, which were known when you booked the trip.

Under Luggage cover: damage to your luggage caused by use, cleaning, treatment or repair, and damage you cause intentionally.

Under Travel accident cover: accidents that occur as a result of participation in extreme outdoor activities, such as base jumping, heli-skiing or wreck diving, and participation in professional sporting activities (including training for such sports).

Under Travel disputes cover: disputes between individual insured persons, travel for medical purposes and scheduled medical treatment outside Belgium and the potential resulting complications or additional treatment required in Belgium, and time shares.

You can take out the personal assistance cover, luggage cover, extra protection travel accident cover and travel disputes cover up to a day before your departure date. Cancellation cover must be taken out at least one month before the departure date.

Complaints about your insurance

Your intermediary is the first point of contact for any complaints you may have. If no agreement can be reached, please contact KBC Complaints Management at complaints@kbc.be. If you cannot find a suitable solution, you can contact the Belgian insurance industry's ombudsman service, Ombudsman van de Verzekeringen: info@ombudsman-insurance.be, www.ombudsman-insurance.be. This does not affect your legal rights.

Useful information about your travel insurance

All of these products are governed by the laws of Belgium. The insured persons must reside in Belgium and have their principal residence there.

You can easily take out personal assistance cover, luggage cover and extra-protection travel accident cover online – even up to the day before you depart. Travel disputes cover cannot be taken out online. Cancellation cover must be taken out at least one month before the departure date

Contact your insurance expert or visit our website to request a quote for KBC Multi Trip Travel Insurance.

The different forms of cover in these policies apply for a term of one year and are tacitly renewed unless they are cancelled no later than three months before the main renewal date.

KBC Insurance NV, Professor Roger Van Overstraetenplein 2, 3000 Leuven, Belgium, VAT BE 0403.552.563. RLP Leuven. Company licensed by the National Bank of Belgium, de Berlaimontlaan 14, 1000 Brussels, Belgium, for all classes of insurance under code 0014 (Royal Decree of 4 July 1979, Belgian Official Gazette of 14 July 1979). Member of the KBC group