MissionSafe

Traveling during hurricane season? Preparation is key. Secure your travel coverage before storms are named, review your policy details, and keep emergency contacts handy. Pack essentials, monitor official updates, and document everything for a smoother claims process.

Read our latest blog - Traveling During Hurricane Season? 6 Tips Before You Go - to learn how to prepare for and protect your trip and travelers.

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MissionSafe is here to support your journey—so you can travel with greater peace of mind, no matter the forecast.

A medical emergency abroad can force an impossible-feeling decision:

Stay in the local hospital, or find a way to get home?

When emotions are high, the instinct to “just leave” is understandable. But with international travel medical coverage, how that decision is made can determine whether evacuation-related costs are covered or paid out of pocket.

MissionSafe President Bill Pope often explains it this way: “He who decides, pays.”

If a traveler, family member, or organization arranges their own evacuation or leaves a facility Against Medical Advice without insurer coordination, they may unintentionally take on the financial burden themselves.

Before your next trip, make sure you understand how medical evacuation, AMA discharges, and insurance authorization work.

Read the full blog: The “He Who Decides, Pays” Rule: Navigating Medical Evacuations and AMA Discharges

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Make sure your travelers know what to do before the crisis happens.

Good intentions don’t always lead to safe outcomes.

In this Safe Passage case study, a mission group traveling to West Africa shared details about their Kidnap & Ransom insurance coverage on a public website to reassure families. Shortly after arrival, suspicious inquiries and activity led local authorities to advise canceling the trip.

No one was harmed, but investigators DID later determine that publicly mentioning K&R coverage may have put the team at risk.

This case offers important lessons for leaders and organizations:
• Why confidentiality matters in security planning
• When K&R coverage is, and is not, appropriate
• How public communication can unintentionally create risk

These stories are shared to help teams plan wisely and travel responsibly.

Read the full case study in the Safe Passage library: https://bit.ly/4tSWWqV

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