Visa Credit Card Insurance

By: EconomyWatch   Date: 6 October 2010

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Visa Credit Card Insurance is the incentive package given by the credit card companies for alluring the credit card holders to access its card. These insurance coverages are offered with no additional charges.

Visa Credit Card Insurance covers the following insurance coverages :-

 

  • Travel Medical Insurance
  • Insurance covering the road services of emergency nature including accommodation, fuel related, rental of the car, etc.
  • Insurance helping in protecting the balance. It specifically makes sure that the outstanding debt payments are made at times of emergency situations such as sudden loss of job/untimely death/serious illness, etc.

Travel Medical InsuranceThis insurance coverage meets the expenses related to accidents at the time of travel. The insurance limits vary from card-to card and from visa credit card issuing company to company.

  • Visa Credit Card issuing Bank named "American Savings Bank" gives a travel accident medical insurance of a maximum of 200000 dollars.
  • Good Neighbor Visa Credit Card offers a free travel accident insurance of the upper limit of two hundred fifty thousand dollars.
  • TD Canada Insurance's visa credit card gives a travel accident insurance with the maximum limit of $100,000.
  • Members 1st Federal Credit Union has a wide range of visa credit cards offering travel accident insurance with its upper limit ranging from 1 million to 25million dollars.

    Insurance covering the road services of emergency natureThe visa credit card issuing companies/banks offer road services of emergency nature like

    • accommodation and meals during the emergency times
    • rental payment of the car during emergency transports
    • 24x7 road side services like change of battery, etc

Balance Protection InsuranceThe incidents of a human being cannot be under control all the times. That is why life is uncertain. Especially, the incidents of job loss, serious illness, disability, etc are totally out of the hands of the individuals. So, to keep certain extent of control on such possible risks, the visa credit cards offer insurance coverage on the payments of the outstanding debts in such cases mentioned above.

The companies/banks issuing such Visa Credit Card Insurance act as an incentive reward to the customers for selecting the particular card. It has been observed that these rewards play an important role in the selection of the credit cards.

For more information on Visa Credit Card Insurance you may browse through tdcanadatrust.com and ofcu.org.


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