Properly insured abroad
Love, a job, a university course, or maybe a sabbatical – there are plenty of reasons for spending time abroad. SWICA offers you almost as many possibilities when it comes to finding the best possible insurance cover for your stay abroad. By choosing the cover that is right for you, you can be certain that the months you spend abroad will become cherished memories.
Holiday or regular and long-term stays abroad
Staying safe on your travels
Everything's going well for Lia. She has just qualified as a polygrapher and has already found a job. Now she wants to improve her English before starting her job and plans to visit England for a few months. She also wants to find out more about the benefits provided under her health insurance. She chooses the Completa Top supplementary insurance plan. With this supplementary insurance she has the best possible cover in the event of an emergency abroad, including unlimited cover for inpatient (in private hospital class for the first 3 months) and outpatient treatment and repatriation costs, plus search and rescue costs and emergency transport up to 50,000 francs. With accident cover included, she never has to worry about her health – no matter where she is in the world.
Completa Top
This comprehensive supplementary insurance plan offers optimum cover at home and abroad.
The benefits available under the Completa Top plan are only covered in the event of emergencies abroad. If you often stay abroad, perhaps even have your family doctor there, or would like to be treated abroad, we recommend the following supplementary insurance plans
- Optima (for outpatient treatment abroad)
- Hospita Private Global (BestMed) for inpatient treatment as a private patient abroad
Emergency situations abroad
It doesn’t matter where you decide to spend your holidays or happen to be on business. As a SWICA customer, you have access to the santé24 telemedicine centre 24 hours a day.Medical treatment, as well as the costs of rescue and repatriation to Switzerland, are covered by SWICA’s insurance policies and are organised for you. You can access these services through SWICA’s emergency call centre.
santé24 – your 24-hour telemedicine service
Phone +41 44 404 86 86
First-class access to inpatient treatment, no matter where
For John, a dream has come true. He has been commissioned to design a prestigious building in Nigeria, his father's home country.
His father, with his Nigerian roots, suggests that John should look into insurance solutions for his one-year stay abroad and advises him to upgrade his current health insurance. As a doctor, he is well informed about medical care in Nigeria and recommends that his son check his insurance cover and upgrade it if necessary.
John calls SWICA telephone advice line for information and opts for the Hospita Private Global (BestMed) and Optima supplementary insurance plans. The exclusive BestMed insurance package gives him access to outstanding medical care worldwide. He particularly likes the fact that BestMed offers free choice of hospital, even abroad. With Optima supplementary insurance, he is also fully covered for elective outpatient treatment abroad. It is important that he contacts santé24 in the event of an emergency as well as for elective outpatient or inpatient treatment.
BestMed
Choose Hospita Private Global (BestMed) and enjoy first-class private inpatient cover worldwide.
Optima
Worldwide private outpatient insurance for conventional medical treatment abroad.
Covered in the event of accident at home and abroad
Adding extra cover to your statutory accident insurance
Jonas and Thomas are passionate about travelling and want to explore many more places in the world together. But when Thomas broke his collarbone during their last holiday in Australia and had to have surgery there, they were aghast to discover that his mandatory accident insurance didn't cover all the costs because it doesn't offer unlimited cover abroad.
Back in Switzerland, Jonas wastes no time in contacting SWICA for advice. The SWICA employee he speaks to explains that the cost of treatment in some countries can be significantly higher than in Switzerland and can easily exceed the cover provided by statutory accident insurance. The SWICA employee therefore advises him to take out worldwide private patient cover under the Infortuna plan. In the event of an accident in Switzerland or abroad, it offers him comprehensive supplementary cover above and beyond what mandatory accident insurance provides and covers the costs.
Infortuna
Make sure that you have comprehensive private insurance cover for accidents at home and abroad.
Infortuna covers accident-related costs abroad. Would you also like to have optimum cover in the event of illness-related emergencies or for treatment abroad? Find out more about the Completa Top, Optima and Hospita Private Global (BestMed) supplementary insurance plans.
