In case of Emergency

The 24-hour Emergency Assistance Service is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for assistance with medical emergencies.

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You must notify Specialty Assist immediately of any serious illness or injury while abroad which necessitates admittance to a hospital as an in-patient, or before any arrangements are made for repatriation.

Specialty Assist is able to aid in:

  • Authorise payment of hospital and medical bills
  • Repatriation to Australia after a serious accident or illness if medically necessary
  • Urgent messages to your family
  • Interpreters in non-English speaking overseas hospitals

When calling, please be ready with:

  • Your name
  • Your policy number
  • The nature of your problem
  • Phone number where you are
  • Your home doctor's details
  • Your travel itinerary

All non-Emergency Claims

Cheap Travel Insurance claims are handled by Cerberus Special Risks

To make a claim on your policy, please download a claim form or for claims enquiries, please call Cerberus Special Risks on 1300 625 229.

You must post this form together with supporting documentation within 30 days of your return date:

Cheap Travel Insurance Claims
PO Box A975
Sydney NSW 1235
Australia

Cerberus specialises in travel insurance and has been appointed to manage Cheap Travel Insurance claims on behalf of certain Underwriters at Lloyd's.

When you submit your claim, you have to provide certain documents for the claims department to be able to assess and settle your claim. For medical claims you will usually need original medical accounts and receipts. For loss of personal belongings claims, you will need a police report and proof of ownership for the items. Your case manager will let you know if they need you to submit any other documentation.

 

ALL documents will need to be translated into English.

When a personal belongings claim is received, you have to provide proof of ownership for the lost or stolen items. Typically, the claims department will accept photographic evidence, warranty cards, manuals, receipts, bank or credit card statements as proof of ownership.

If the police don't write you a report for the stolen items, you should obtain a report from your holiday representative, hotelier or local tourist office wherever possible confirming the loss and reasons why the police would not assist you. All claims are paid in Australian dollars and the rate of currency exchange used is the rate at the time you incurred the expense.

Step one How long will you go?

Step two Where are you travelling to?

  • Covers all international travel
  • Covers all international travel, except to USA, Canada and Japan
  • New Zealand, Bali, Fiji and other Pacific islands

Not sure which region to choose?

Step three What type of cover?

  • Covers you and your dependent children or grandchildren under the age of 21 at the date of policy issue who are travelling with you.
  • Covers you and your travel partner named in the Certificate of Insurance and your dependent children or grandchildren under the age of 21 at the date of policy issue who are travelling with you.
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Which region will you spend the most of your trip?

If you are spending most of your time in USA, Canada or Japan, then you need to select "Worldwide including"

For Europe, UK or anywhere else except Pacific, select "Worldwide excluding".

If you are travelling to New Zealand, Fiji or Bali then you need to select 'Pacific'. You can also select 'Pacific' if you are spending most of your time in any of these countries below:

  • American Samoa
  • Cocos Island
  • Cook Islands
  • Guam
  • Indonesia
  • Kiribati
  • Marshall Islands
  • Northern Marianas Islands
  • Nauru
  • New Caledonia
  • Niue
  • Norfolk Island
  • Palau
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Pitcairn Islands
  • Samoa
  • Solomon Islands
  • Tahiti
  • Tonga
  • Tuvalu
  • Vanuatu Wallis
  • Futuna