VARADERO CUBA

9/21/12



TRAVEL INSURANCE FOR VARADERO CUBA

Varadero Cuba travel just got more complicated as  Cuban Tourism officials created a new law that Cuba tourist who visit the Island must now have a Health, Medical and travel insurance policy with medical expenses coverage, as a requirement for entering the country of Cuba. Cuba vacations can be purchase with Cuba Travel Insurance already included in their all-inclusive holiday package with a policy in their country of residence, prior to their trip, but they can also purchase it at their arrival in the airport in Varadero Cuba. The best reason to buy Cuba travel & health insurance is due to Heart Attacks and Car accidents which is the number one reason for health insurance in Cuba Buying travel insurance at the arrival in Cuba with these Options:

Travel Insurance Option A

  • Coverage Limits (in CUC)
  • Medical expenses due to sudden diseases / accidents 10 000.00
  • Repatriation & Transport 10 000.00
  • Personal Civil Liability 10 000.00
  • Advance of judicial bail bond 5 000.00
  • Assistance 1 000.00
  • Premium per passenger per day: 2.50 CUC

Travel Insurance Option B

  • Coverage Limits (in CUC)
  • Medical expenses due to sudden diseases / accidents 25 000.00
  • Repatriation & Transport 5 000.00
  • Premium per passenger per day: 3.00 CUC
  • (1 CUC = 1.08 USD)
  • FOR THE INSURANCE PURCHASED AT ARRIVAL ONLY

Both Options A and B there is an extra premium of 2.00 CUC per passenger per day should be paid by those who intend to take part in sport competitions or practicing high risk sports, such as alpinism, diving, parachuting, etc.  An extra premium of 2.00 CUC per passenger per day should be paid by people older than 70 years as well.
Oltimer in Varadero
Oltimer in Varadero (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Varadero Cuba has been promoting Beach Holiday tourism as one of its top cash revenue sources with over 2.8 million tourist visited the island in 2012. Most tourist are from Canada, United States, and Europe.
Holidays to Varadero Cuba need to know if their international health and medical insurance company is on the list of Cuban Insurance providers and, if not, how much  will cost  to purchase Cuban Health & Medical Insurance coverage policy and what exactly it covers. Cuba sells many different Insurance plan through Havanatur or Asistur, and it costs 5 CUC a day, which is expensive for one month. United States owned American insurances are not accepted in Cuba and therefore this is mostly targeted to Americans tourist and Cuban American exiles living in the US).

Cuban Travel Health Insurance cost  depend on what your Insurance policy covers which is mainly divided into two types of Health, Medical and travel protection insurance: 

1. Travel medical that would pay medical expenses that are caused by bodily injury or by sickness while you are vacationing in Varadero, Havana or anywhere in the republic of Cuba.

2. Health & Medical evacuation coverage that would pay for the trip of any tourist back to their home country as soon as they could travel so they could be treated by their own health care and  medical hospitals. 

Health and Medical Insurance coverage plans in Cuba are expensive and do cost more than commercial available plans in the USA because it would probably be necessary to provide coverage for pre-existing medical conditions. Commercial insurance id high risk and available policies usually exclude pre-existing medical conditions however, plans that exclude pre-existing medical conditions would not be practicable under these circumstances.

CHEAPEST VARADERO CUBA HEALTH AND TRAVEL INSURANCE HERE


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9/10/12

VARADERO CUBA HEALTH TRAVEL INSURANCE COST?

 
Varadero Cuba Insurance Gives Peace of Mind in Cuba beach hotels

What is Covered by Cuba Travel & Health Insurance?

The Insurance company that you can buy Cuban Health & Travel Insurance is ASSISTUR S.A.

ASISTUR is a Cuban Insurance company division owned by GROUPO CAUDAL of the Cuban Government that specializes in the insurance coverage and financial fields.
Assistur has its Headquarter in Havana Cuba, Varadero or La Habana:

ASSISTUR S.A.
Address: Prado No. 208 entre Trocadero y Colón, Habana Vieja, La Habana. Cuba
Tel:(53 7) 866 4499
Fax :(53 7) 866 8087

MEDICAL EMERGENCY ALARM CENTER :    

Havana Cuba Tel: (53 7) 866 8527, 8339 y 8920
  • -Varadero
  • -Havana
  • -Cayo Coco
  • -Trinidad
  • -Cayo Largo
  • -Guardalavaca-Santiago de Cuba
  • Medical Assistance
  • Funeral Repatriation
  • Car Insurance
  • Insurance for Medical Costs
  • Financial Aid
If you are run out of cash while your staying in Cuba, Assistur can take care of your financial urgency with a Cash advance some cash previous deposit from a relative or friend abroad.

Medical Assistance In Cuba

  • -Outpatient medical care in hospitals or at home.
  • -Monitoring of of patient's condition
Cost in Cuba for such a Medical Insurance policy  will range from 8 Euros  or US $10 for a month to 5 Euros  or US $7 per day for full coverage while vacationing in Cuba.

Other Cuban Insurance services

  • Retrieval of misplaced luggage's in Cuba
  • Coordination of new Cuban trip documents
  • Coordination of Cuban legal assistance
  • Payment of Cuban Bail Bond


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VARADERO CUBA TRAVEL & HEALTH INSURANCE

Call Varadero Cuba in Case of Accident while Para-sailing on Beach

 Varadero & Havana Top Cuba Destinations For Health & Travel Insurance

Cuban authorities have announced that all visitors to Varadero, Havana and all tourist areas of Cuba must have a travel health insurance policy approved by or purchased directly from the Cuban government Insurance company called ASISTUR S.A.

Tourist traveling to Cuba must have coverage that guarantees that in case of any accident that Cuba’s ability to treat them at low cost and maintain its free health system for Cuban people. New law states clearly that all travelers to Cuba must have a medical insurance.

Travel and Health insurance must now include health and medical expenses or a complete coverage travel insurance medical expenses policy, with cover inside of Cuba. The Cuban insurance health and travel policy should be bought by Cuban insurance companies when you enter at the Havana or Varadero airport, Varadero port or marina's.

Health care and travel insurances by Cuban insurance company ASSISTUR S.A. and by most of the international insurance companies have 24 hours/365 days coverage during Tourist Assistance Services inside of Cuba.

Varadero Tourism official say that 75% percent of tourist who visit Varadero, Havana, Trinidad, Cayo Coco, and other popular destinations in Cuba have Travel or Health insurance provided by International Insurance companies of their country of residence that cover most medical expenses while in Cuba.
English: Varadero, Cuba 2009
English: Varadero, Cuba 2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

AMERICAN INSURANCE IN CUBA

American citizens that travel directly to Cuba must purchase their travel &health insurance policy directly from Cuban insurance company through a network of agencies associated to HavanaTur with offices across Cuba.

As soon as tourist arrive in Cuba airports they must show proof of their insurance policy with certificate of insurance or travel assistance card, which covers their holiday in Cuba.
In case of medical emergency, the Cuban Health care System guarantees primary medical care via a network of medical clinics and hospitals all over Cuba and the main tourist areas near the offices of Cuban Ministry of Tourism.


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