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Gurkha Family Medical Expenses Insurance
Cover for serving Gurkha soldiers and arranging medical expenses cover for visiting relatives.
- Emergency assistance cover
- Emergency medical expenses
- UK-based support
Call us on 0330 818 9929 or get a quote online
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Why choose Gurkha family medical expenses insurance with Towergate?
Specialist customer service team
Our dedicated customer service team specialises in insurance for military personnel and are available 5 days a week should you have any questions or require any changes to your policy.
Dedicated claims team
You can contact our claims team by telephone or email in order to make a claim and they are available Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm.
Emergency assistance number
If your family member falls ill or is injured you can call our Emergency Assistance Service on 020 7183 3756 and they will advise you of the best course of action to take.
About Gurkha family medical expenses insurance
Emergency medical expense
On this policy you’ll be provided with up to £100,000 cover for medical expenses for your family members. Cover for hospital fees nursing home charges and repatriation is also included.
Emergency dental
Your family members are covered up to £1000 for emergency dental treatment..
Emergency transportation
Cover for reasonable costs incurred in transporting your family member from the scene of an accident to an appropriate medical facility.
Funeral expenses
In the event of your family member’s death, expenses to pay for the transport of the body or ashes to your home country or funeral expenses incurred in the United Kingdom.
Additional expenses cover (additional cover)
Cover for reasonable cost for additional accommodation and travel expenses including those incurred by one person who is required on medical advice to travel to, remain with or escort your family member.
When you need to make a claim, we'll guide you through the process and get your claim settled as quickly as possible.
- Find your insurance documents and make sure you have all your information at hand, including your policy number.
- Call the claims team on 00114 250 2770 and explain exactly what happened
- Provide photos if requested to help us understand what happened as quickly as we can.
Ready to get covered?
- Fill in our online quote form or call us
- Purchase your policy
- Relax - You're covered!
Gurkha family medical expenses insurance FAQs
The maximum age is 70, if you or an insured family member will be turning 71 whilst visiting the UK, we won't be able to cover them.
There is no minimum age and children under two years get free cover, children aged between two and sixteen receive cover for half the price.
We can only arrange cover whilst your relatives are in their home country.
Unfortunately not, the maximum length of cover we offer is 6 months.
Certainly, before the policy starts we can amend the dates or cancel the cover at no cost to yourself. Once the cover has started we will not be able to change the start date.
We have provided a summary of the key features of the policy, above. For details of the terms and conditions applicable, please refer to the insurance product information document and policy wording, which are available during the quotation process.
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