We are getting questions from our clients about needed relief efforts in Japan and want to address a matter of critical importance: employee insurance coverage.
Companies planning group relief efforts or permitting individual leave requests to assist with the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear reactor devastations in Japan must consider whether employees who travel outside the United States will have any issues with benefits coverage -- medical, accident, dismemberment, disability, emergency evacuation, or death.
For example, if an individual has an illness or injury sustained from overseas travel to/from/while in Japan, will the group health insurance coverage be effective? Most policies and plans have limitations or exclusions regarding international coverage and specifically "dangerous activity."
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