Travel Insurance for your Existing Medical Conditions (EMC)
What's an existing medical condition?
- chronic; or
- displaying symptoms; or
- under investigation; or
- pending follow-up consultation, treatment or surgery; or where these are recommended or planned; or
- metastatic; or
- terminal; or
- treatment by a medical practitioner; or
- medication prescribed; or
- surgery.
Automatically covered conditions
Acne - You haven’t received treatment for your acne from a medical practitioner in the three months prior to buying your policy.
Allergies - You follow advice in accordance with your medical practitioner (such as to carry EpiPens, antihistamines/ other preventative medication at all times) and, at the time you buy your policy, you:
- have no other known or underlying respiratory conditions or diseases (for example, asthma); and
- have not required treatment from a medical practitioner for your allergies in the last six months.
Anaemia (Iron Deficiency) - No criteria apply.
Asthma - At the time you buy your policy, you:
- are under 60 years of age;
- have no other known or underlying respiratory conditions (including sleep apnoea);
- haven’t required cortisone medication, except taken by inhaler or puffer; and
- haven’t required hospitalisation for asthma in the last two years, including as an outpatient.
Bell’s Palsy - No criteria apply.
Benign Positional Vertigo - At the time you buy your policy, you haven’t required hospitalisation for benign positional vertigo in the last two years, including as an outpatient.
Bunions - At the time you buy your policy, you haven’t had surgery for bunions in the last three months and have no surgery planned.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - At the time you buy your policy, you haven’t had surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome in the last three months and have no surgery planned.
Cataracts - At the time you buy your policy, you have no ongoing complications, haven’t had surgery for cataracts in the last three months, and have no surgery planned.
Coeliac Disease - At the time you buy your policy, you haven’t required hospitalisation for coeliac disease in the last two years, including as an outpatient.
Congenital Blindness - No criteria apply.
Congenital Deafness - No criteria apply.
Diabetes Mellitus (Types I and II) At the time you buy your policy, you:
- were diagnosed more than six months ago;
- haven’t had any complications in the last six months;
- have no eye, kidney, nerve or vascular complications;
- have a blood sugar level reading between 4 and 12 or a HbA1C score of 9% or less; and
- have no known cardiovascular/ coronary heart disease.
Dry Eye Syndrome - No criteria apply.
Ear Grommets - At the time you buy your policy, you have no current ear infection.
Epilepsy - At the time you buy your policy, you’ve:
- no underlying medical conditions (for example, previous head trauma, stroke);
- not changed your medication regime for epilepsy in the last 12 months; and
- not required hospitalisation for epilepsy in the last two years, including as an outpatient.
Folate Deficiency - No criteria apply.
Gastric Reflux - Your gastric reflux doesn’t relate to another underlying diagnosis (examples: hernia or gastric ulcer).
Glaucoma - At the time you buy your policy, you have no ongoing complications, haven’t had surgery for glaucoma in the last three months, and have no surgery planned.
Goitre - The underlying medical cause excludes tumour.
Graves’ Disease - At the time you buy your policy, you haven’t received treatment from a medical practitioner for Graves’ disease in the last six months.
Hashimoto’s Disease - The underlying medical cause excludes tumour.
Hiatus Hernia - At the time you buy your policy, you haven’t had surgery for hiatus hernia in the last six months and have no surgery planned.
Hypercholesterolemia/ Hyperlipidaemia (High Cholesterol / High Lipids) - Provided you have no cardiovascular/ coronary heart disease.
Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) - Provided at the time you buy your policy:
- you have no known cardiovascular/coronary heart disease; and
- your current blood pressure reading is lower than 165/95
Hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid) - The underlying medical cause excludes tumour.
Impaired Glucose Tolerance - At the time you buy your policy, you:
- were diagnosed more than six months ago;
- haven’t had any complications in the last six months;
- have no eye, kidney, nerve or vascular complications;
- have a blood sugar level reading between 4 and 12 or a HbA1C score of 9% or less; and
- have no known cardiovascular/ coronary heart disease.
Insulin Resistance - At the time you buy your policy, you’ve:
- no known cardiovascular/coronary heart disease; and
- not required hospitalisation for insulin resistance in the last two years, including as an outpatient.
Macular Degeneration - No criteria apply.
Migraine - You haven’t required hospitalisation for migraines in the two years prior to buying your policy, including as an outpatient.
Nocturnal Cramps - No criteria apply.
Osteoporosis/ Osteopenia - At the time you buy your policy, you:
- haven’t had any fractures;
- don’t require more than one medication for this condition; and
- have no other conditions involving the neck or back.
Pernicious Anaemia - No criteria apply.
Plantar Fasciitis - At the time you buy your policy, you haven’t had surgery for plantar fasciitis in the last three months, and have no surgery planned.
Raynaud’s Disease - At the time you buy your policy, you haven’t required treatment by a medical practitioner for Raynaud’s disease in the last six months.
Sleep Apnoea - At the time you buy your policy, you:
- have no other known or underlying respiratory conditions (including asthma); and
- haven’t required hospitalisation for sleep apnoea in the last two years, including as an outpatient.
Trigeminal Neuralgia - You haven’t required treatment by a medical practitioner for trigeminal neuralgia in six months prior to buying your policy.
Trigger Finger - At the time you buy your policy, you haven’t had surgery for trigger finger in the last three months, and have no surgery planned.
Vitamin B12 Deficiency - No criteria apply.
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