Assistance

Assistance Company will provide the following services as described below.

Medical assistance
As soon as the Assistance Company is notified of a medical emergency resulting from Your Accident or Sickness, the Assistance Company will contact the medical facility or location where You are located and confer with the Physician at that location to determine the best course of action to be taken. If possible and if appropriate, Your family Physician will be contacted to help arrive at a decision as to the best course of action to be taken. The Assistance Company will then organize a response to the medical emergency, doing whatever is appropriate, including, but not limited to, recommending or securing the availability of services of a local Physician and arranging Hospital confinement of You where, in its discretion, deems such confinement appropriate.

Medical evacuation
When, in the opinion of the Assistance Company's medical panel, it is judged medically appropriate to move You to another location for treatment or return You to India, the Assistance Company will arrange the evacuation, utilizing the means best suited to do so, based on the medical evaluation of the seriousness of Your condition, and these means may include air ambulance, surface ambulance, regular airplane, railroad or other appropriate means. All decisions as to the means of transportation and final destination will be made by the Assistance Company.

Repatriation
The Assistance Company agrees to make the necessary arrangements for the return of Your remains to India in the event You die while this service agreement is in effect as to You.

Legal assistance
If You are arrested or are in danger of being arrested as the result of any non-criminal action resulting from responsibilities attributed to You, Assistance Company will, if required, provide You with the name of an attorney who can represent You in any necessary legal matters.

Lost luggage or lost passport
If You, outside India, notify the Assistance Company that Your luggage or passport has been lost, the Assistance Company will endeavor to assist You by contacting the appropriate authorities involved and providing direction for replacement.

General assistance
The Assistance Company will serve as a central point for translation and communication for You during emergencies. The Assistance Company agrees to provide to You advice on contacting and using services available from consulates, government agencies, translators and other service providers that can help with travel problems. In addition, the Assistance Company will provide insurance coordination, verifying coverage of You, guaranteeing payment to the medical provider, based on confirmation of benefits, a charge to credit card(s) and coordinating the payments, documentation and translation to ease claim filing when You return to India.

Pre-departure services
Prior to Your departure, upon request the Assistance Company will provide hazard information about foreign locations, information about immunization requirements and passport or visa requirements, general information about weather and State Department and private service warnings about travel to certain locations. The Assistance Company will also arrange for special medical care en-route (i.e. dialysis, wheelchairs, etc.). Subject to receiving reasonable notice of this request.

Emergency travel agency
The Assistance Company agrees to provide You with 24 hour travel agency service for airline and hotel reservations. The Assistance Company will also arrange payment for Your airline tickets and other travel services, using Your credit cards. Prepaid ticket pickup at airline counters or ticket delivery by mail or courier will also be arranged by the Assistance Company for You.

Emergency cash transfers and advances
The Assistance Company will arrange for cash payments to You through a variety of sources, including credit cards, hotels, banks, consulates and Western Union. The Assistance Company provides this service to supplement the facilities of Your credit cards. Credit card transactions performed by the Assistance Company are subject to confirmed credit.

Disclaimer of liability
In all cases the medical professional or any attorney suggested by the Assistance Company shall act in a medical or legal capacity on behalf of You only. The Assistance Company assumes no responsibility for any medical advice or legal counsel given by the medical professional or attorney. You shall not have any recourse to the Assistance Company by reason of its suggestion of a medical professional or attorney or due to any legal or other determination resulting therefrom.

You are responsible for the cost of services arranged by the Assistance Company on behalf of You or a covered Immediate Family Member. The Assistance Company will access this Policy and/or other insurance Policy benefits to which You may be entitled, and/or Your credit cards or other forms of financial guarantees provided by you, in order to facilitate payment for such services.