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Choosing Your Supplementary Protection

Emergency Transport & Rescue

Protection for situations where transport or rescue costs can become significant.

Emergency transport and rescue costs are easy to overlook until they become urgent.

For people who travel, ski, hike, cycle or live internationally, this question deserves a clear place in the wider protection review.

01

The cost can be separate from treatment.

Medical treatment and the transport needed to reach care are not always covered in the same way.

Ambulance, rescue, repatriation or mountain rescue costs can create unexpected exposure depending on the circumstances.

02

Lifestyle matters.

A family with children, a frequent traveller and a person who regularly spends time in the mountains may not have the same risk profile.

The decision should reflect real habits rather than a generic checklist.

03

A practical layer of protection.

Emergency transport cover is not usually the centre of an insurance strategy, but it can be a practical part of one.

We help clients understand where existing cover ends and where additional protection may be useful.

Further guidance

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These sections connect the main questions internationally mobile clients usually need to review before choosing or adjusting cover.

A question about your life in Switzerland?

We would be pleased to help you understand your options and make decisions with greater confidence.