International health insurance: travel with confidence

Emergencies can happen out of the blue. Accidents or illnesses are particularly unpleasant when you’re far from home – and they can also be expensive. So it’s worth getting insurance cover for abroad. Here are our tips on travel health insurance.

Do I need international health insurance?

Anyone who is planning to go on holiday or spend an extended period of time abroad should check their current insurance cover abroad first. Statutory basic and accident insurance does not provide enough cover in many situations. The costs of rescue operations and repatriation to Switzerland, for example, are not covered by basic insurance. For this reason alone, it’s worth taking out supplementary insurance with cover abroad, or international health insurance.

What travel health insurance plans are available?

Helsana offers a number of different supplementary insurance plans to provide cover when you're travelling or spending longer periods of time abroad. Either with WORLD travel health insurance exclusively for abroad, or with conventional supplementary insurance that also includes benefits abroad, such as TOP or COMPLETA.

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The advantages of international health insurance

You are covered worldwide for emergency treatments, rescue costs and medically necessary repatriation from abroad.
Helsana’s Emergency Call Centre is available around the clock to support you.
We organise the approval of costs and rapid on-site assistance.

Travel health insurance is relevant both for a trip around the world and for your next holiday and helps you avoid having gaps in your cover. Or are you looking for travel insurance for your guests from abroad? International health insurance also becomes an issue if your company sends you abroad – or if you are planning to retire to another EU/EFTA country. The page “International health insurance for retired expats and employees posted abroad” tells you what you need to bear in mind in terms of health insurance if you emigrate.

A tip for your next trip

Take your insurance card with you

Your insurance card is valid as a European Health Insurance Card, and is accepted by all public hospitals, doctors and pharmacies in the EU/EFTA/UK region (all EU countries plus Iceland, Norway and the UK). You will then be entitled to medical benefits. Problems with your card? Or are you outside the EU/EFTA/UK region? Our Emergency Call Centre is available for you around the clock. You can also find this number on your card: +41 58 340 16 11.