Travel insurance for Schengen countries
Travel insurance Schengen countries
Take out Allianz Travel Risk Insurance for your foreign guest now!
✔︎ Meets all requirements for a Schengen visa.
✔︎ Medical costs covered up to € 30.000 Repatriation: all necessary costs.
✔︎ You can change the policy free of charge in the meantime.
✔︎ VISA GUARANTEE: You don't pay anything if your visa is rejected.
✔︎ The certainty of the largest travel insurer in the world: Allianz Global Assistance.
Premium from € 2 per day
Do you have a travel insurance for all 27 Schengen countries necessary? Or for applying for a Schengen visa? You can arrange this quickly and cheaply here. You can take out an approved travel insurance policy for the Schengen countries from €2 per person per day.
Travel insurance for Schengen countries
Anyone traveling to Schengen countries (with or without a visa requirement) must be able to demonstrate that he or she is insured for medical costs and repatriation. Do you go one Apply for a Schengen visa then you must be able to demonstrate during the application procedure that you have taken out travel insurance for the Schengen countries.
Visa required for Schengen countries?
Some nationalities must apply for a short-stay visa when visiting the Schengen countries. This also applies to foreign visitors from Suriname, Indonesia, Thailand, Turkey and China. Next to an Schengen Visa (Short Stay Visa) one must also take out compulsory travel insurance for possible medical costs and repatriation that is valid in all Schengen countries.
Are you planning to bring a friend, partner or family from abroad? Then you must first check whether a visa needs to be applied for. If he or she has a passport from a country that appears on the list of nationalities requiring a visa, then your guest is subject to a visa requirement.
What are Schengen countries?
Schengen countries are countries that have signed up to the Schengen treaty. They have made joint agreements about visa policy, asylum policy and cooperation between the police and the judiciary. There is no border control for persons within the Schengen area. There are 27 Schengen countries: 23 member states of the European Union (EU) and 4 countries that do not belong to the EU.
The Schengen travel insurance is valid throughout Europe and therefore also in all Schengen countries. Those are:
| Belgium | Denmark | Germany |
| Estonia | Finland | France |
| Greece | Hungary | Italy |
| Latvia | Liechtenstein | Lithuania |
| Luxembourg | Malta | The Netherlands |
| Norway | Austria | Poland |
| Portugal | Slovenia | Slovakia |
| Spain | Czech Republic | Iceland |
| Sweden | Switzerland | Croatia |
Compulsory travel insurance for Schengen countries
The European Council has decided that as of 1 June 2004 a Travel Insurance must be discussed. This serves to cover any expenses in case of repatriation for medical reasons, urgent medical care or emergency treatment in a hospital in Schengen countries. The insurance must be valid throughout the territory of the Schengen member states and must be valid for the entire duration of the stay. The minimum cover is €30.000
The Netherlands is also a Schengen country
Are you traveling to the Netherlands? The Netherlands is also a Schengen country, so you need an approved travel insurance policy. We recommend the Travel Risk Insurance from Allianz Global Assistance. This is an EU-approved Schengen insurance policy that you can easily and quickly take out here.
The Travel Risk Insurance meets all the requirements for this schengen visa and is always accepted by the embassy. Excellent insurance for assistance, medical costs and repatriation from as little as €2 per day.
Travel Risk Insurance offers cover in the EU and all Schengen countries
The Travel Risk Insurance from Allianz Global Assistance is a travel insurance that reimburses the costs of, among other things: general practitioner, medicines, ambulance and hospital costs in the Netherlands and other Schengen countries up to € 30.000, but also the costs of repatriation. This is the return of your foreign guest to the country of origin in the event of illness or death. This travel insurance is only suitable for unexpected (medical) situations during a stay in the Netherlands. Existing ailments and defects are not covered.
Meets all conditions for a Schengen visa
Does your foreign visitor need to apply for a visa for Schengen? Then he or she is obliged to submit the policy of an approved travel medical insurance policy with the visa application. The Travel Risk Insurance meets all insurance requirements for a Visa Short Stay Netherlands (also known as a tourist visa or Schengen visa). These are the requirements:
- Coverage for emergency medical assistance and repatriation.
- The cover for medical costs must be at least € 30.000.
- Valid for all Schengen member states.
- Must provide cover for the entire duration of the stay.
On this website you can easily and quickly take out a Schenen travel insurance. You may be the policyholder (premium payer) and your guest is then the insured. You take out the policy and send it to the visa applicant (you can also email it because you will also receive the policy as a digital file). You will receive the policy quickly. If you apply for a policy today, you will receive it the same or the next day.
Take out medical travel insurance here!
The Travel Risk Insurance from Allianz Global Assistance is an international medical travel insurance for foreign travelers under the age of 70 who do not live in the Netherlands. The insurance is the best choice for applying for a Schengen visa and meets all requirements.
Taking out Travel Risk Insurance is simple and fast. You will receive the policy within 24 hours by e-mail on working days (if you want it sooner, please call or send a message).
√ EU approved medical insurance for foreign travelers.
√ Schengen visa guarantee: In case of visa rejection, you do not have to pay.
√ Medical costs covered up to € 30.000. Repatriation: all necessary costs.
√ Policy conditions in Dutch and/or English.
√ Expandable with coverage for special sports and world coverage.
√ Cancellation insurance is possible (provided the trip is booked with a Dutch tour operator).
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Allianz Global Assistance is the largest travel insurance and assistance provider in the world. The trusted address to take out medical travel insurance online!
What is insured?
The 'Travel Risk Insurance' is a complete international medical insurance for foreigners. The travel insurance has a balanced coverage against the financial risks of illness and death, such as:
- SOS charges (including assistance, rescue and search).
- Medical expenses* (including hospital, specialist and doctors).
- Repatriation (including ambulance plane and transport of mortal remains).
- Burial or cremation costs and arrival of family.
* Medical costs are monetary compensation for doctors (fees) and costs of:
- hospitalization;
- operation and operating room use;
- prescribed X-rays and radioactive irradiations;
- prescription medications, bandages and massage;
- medically necessary transport, including any medically necessary evacuation and transport from a ski slope.
Your travel documents (purchase costs, laissez-passer, replacement visa or other official travel document), replacement clothing and/or toiletries and damage to accommodation is also insured. The following is also covered:
- illness, accident or missing person of the insured;
- death of the insured, illness, accident or death of the insured's family not traveling with him;
- death of a co-insured travel companion;
- damage to property of the insured in the country of residence;
- costs due to forced delay.
Frequently asked questions about travel insurance for Schengen countries (FAQ)
Yes, that is not a problem. You are then the policyholder (pays the premium) and the foreign guest is the insured.
The travel insurance is valid in these Schengen countries: Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Croatia, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Czech Republic, Sweden and Switzerland.
No, if a visa application is rejected, we will refund the full premium.
Of course. You will receive the policy digitally by e-mail (including the policy conditions). You can then e-mail the policy to your foreign guest.
Before the policy has taken effect, we can adjust the start date and/or end date of the policy, no problem at all.
If there is a guarantee (the foreign guest stays with the guarantor), the travel insurance is also for the financial protection of that person. With a Dutch travel insurance you fall under Dutch law. Dutch insurers are subject to strict supervision and are usually more reliable than foreign insurers. That is a nice idea in case of high costs.
No, this travel insurance is not intended for that. The costs for pregnancy are for your own account.
Ailments and complaints that already existed on or before the commencement date of the insurance are not insured and are therefore not eligible for compensation. The travel insurance for foreigners is only intended for sudden and unexpected medical costs in the Netherlands or other Schengen countries.
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