Insurance – Japan

We use Envisage Global Insurance to cover our students during their study trip. All details below refer to the Envisage and Tokio Marine HCC policy. The insurance covers from one day before the course starts until one day after the course ends. Students have the option to extend coverage for an additional fee. Please note that this coverage is not available to students over 50 years old. Insurance details will be sent to students before arriving in Japan. If you are unsure of any of the details, then please get in touch.

For claims and any questions regarding the insurance, students are required to directly contact the insurance company.

HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE DETAILS

Overall Maximum Limit and Maximum per Injury/ Illness
$3,000,000
Deductible
$0 per certificate period
Coinsurance
We will pay 100% of eligible expenses after the deductible up to the overall maximum limit.
Hospital Room & Board
Average semi-private room rate, including nursing services
Intensive Care Unit
Up to the overall maximum limit
Local Ambulance
Usual, reasonable and customary charges for covered illness or injury. Illness must result in hospitalization as inpatient.
Outpatient Physical Therapy and Chiropractic Care
Up to $50 maximum per day. Must be ordered in advance by a physician. $1,500 certificate maximum – not subject to coinsurance
Dental Treatment due to Accident
Up to $500
Emergency Dental (Acute Onset of Pain)
$200
Sports Coverage
“Usual, Reasonable, and Customary charges (Non-contact and non-organized/non-sanctioned amateur sports or athletic activities not otherwise excluded herein, engaged in by you solely for leisure, recreational, entertainment or fitness purposes)”
Mental health disorders
Outpatient: Up to $50 per visit/$500 certificate.
Inpatient: Up to $20,000
All other Eligible Medical Expenses
Up to the overall maximum limit
Emergency Medical Evacuation
• Not subject to Deductible or Overall Maximum Limit
Up to $50,000 lifetime maximum.
Repatriation of Remains
• Not subject to Deductible or Coinsurance
• This limit is for this benefit only and is not included in or subject to the overall maximum limit
Up to $25,000 lifetime maximum
Emergency Reunion
• Not subject to Deductible or Coinsurance
Up to $1,000 subject to a maximum 15 day following a covered life-threatening bodily injury or life- threatening illness that results in admission to a hospital intensive care unit.
Trip Interruption *Not subject to Deductible or Coinsurance Up to $1,500
Lost Checked Luggage *Not subject to Deductible Up to $250
Accidental Death & Dismemberment (Excludes loss due to Common Carrier Accident)
• Not subject to Deductible, coinsurance or Overall Maximum Limit
Ages 18 and above: Lifetime Maximum – $10,000
Under age 18: Lifetime Maximum – $5,000
Personal Liability
**Personal Liability is not subject to Deductible, coinsurance or Overall Maximum Limit
Lifetime maximum – $100,000
Third person injury – Up to $100,000
Third person property – Up to $100,000
Related third person property – Up to $2,500

Plan Exclusions

  1. Pre-existing Conditions.
  2. Birth defects and congenital illnesses. Birth defects are deemed to include hereditary conditions.
  3. Pregnancy except as covered under Complications of Pregnancy, as herein defined, all charges related 
to pregnancy after the 26th week of pregnancy, routine prenatal care, child birth, postnatal care, and 
charges incurred by a child under the age of 14 days.
  4. Termination of pregnancy
  5. Impotency or sexual dysfunction.
  6. All sexually transmitted diseases and conditions except for diagnostic testing related to a covered injury or illness.
  7. HIV, AIDS, or ARC, and all diseases caused by and/or related to HIV.
  8. All forms of cancer / neoplasm.
  9. Substance abuse or addiction or conditions that may be attributed to substance abuse or addictions 
and direct consequences thereof.
  10. Acne, moles, skin tags, diseases of sebaceous glands, seborrhea, sebaceous cyst, hypertrophic and 
atrophic conditions of skin, nevus.
  11. Sleep apnea or other sleep disorders.
  12. Obesity or weight modification, including but not limited to wiring of the teeth and all forms of intestinal 
bypass surgery.
  13. Intentional self-inflicted injury or illness and/or suicide or attempted suicide whether sane or insane.
  14. Injury sustained that is due wholly or partially to the effects of intoxication or drugs other than drugs taken in accordance with treatment prescribed by a physician and except drugs prescribed for the treatment of substance abuse.
  15. Injury sustained while operating any motorized vehicle, aircraft or watercraft whether registered or not while under the influence of alcohol as defined under the law of the jurisdiction where the injury occurs or with a .08 Blood Alcohol Content (BAC), whichever is lower.
  16. Routine medical examinations, including but not limited to vaccinations, immunizations, annual check-ups, the issue of medical certificates and attestations, and examinations as to the suitability of employment or travel.
  17. Dental treatment and treatment of the temporomandibular joint, except for emergency dental treatment necessary to replace sound natural teeth lost or damaged in an accident covered hereunder or for the emergency relief of acute onset of pain.
  18. Promotion or prevention of conception including but not limited to: artificial insemination, treatment for infertility, sterilization or reversal of sterilization.
  19. Organ or tissue transplants or related services.
  20. Eye surgery, such as corrective refractory surgery, when the primary purpose is to correct 
nearsightedness, farsightedness or astigmatism.
  21. Corrective devices and medical appliances, including eyeglasses, contact lenses, hearing aids, hearing implants, eye refraction, visual therapy, and any examination or fitting related to these devices, dentures or dental appliances, and all vision and hearing tests and examinations.
  22. Orthopedic shoes, orthopedic prescription devices to be attached to or placed in shoes, treatment of 
weak, strained, flat, unstable or unbalanced feet, metatarsalgia or bunions, and treatment of corns, calluses or toenails.
  23. Hair loss including wigs, hair transplants or any drug that promises hair growth, whether or not prescribed.
  24. Speech, vocational, occupational, biofeedback, acupuncture, recreational, sleep or music therapy, holistic care of any nature, massage and kinesiotherapy.
  25. Psychometric, intelligence, competency, behavioral and educational testing.
  26. Cosmetic or aesthetic reasons, except for reconstructive surgery when such surgery is directly related 
to and follows a surgery which was covered hereunder.
  27. Modifications of the physical body intended to improve the psychological, mental or emotional well-being, including but not limited to sex-change surgery.
  28. Exercise programs, whether or not prescribed or recommended by a physician.
  29. Incurred as a result of exposure to non-medical nuclear radiation and/or radioactive material(s).
  30. Cryo preservation and implantation or re-implantation of living cells.
  1. Genetic or predictive testing.
  2. Investigational, experimental or for research purposes.
  3. While confined primarily to receive custodial care, educational or rehabilitative care, or any medical 
treatment in any establishment for the care of the aged, except rehabilitative care received upon direct 
transfer from an acute care hospital.
  4. Not medically necessary.
  5. Not administered by or under the supervision of a physician, and products that can be purchased without a doctor’s prescription.
  6. Provided by a relative, family member or any person who ordinarily resides with you.
  7. Provided at no cost to you.
  8. Failure to keep a scheduled appointment.
  9. Payable under any government system, including the Australian Medicare system.
  10. Charges exceeding usual, reasonable and customary.
  11. Charges resulting from or occurring during the commission of a violation of law, including without limitation, the engaging in an illegal occupation or act, but excluding minor traffic violations.
  12. Any illness or injury incurred as a result of epidemics, pandemics, public health emergencies, natural disasters, or other disease outbreak conditions that may affect a person’s health when, prior to your effective date, any of the following were issued:
    • a. The United States Centers for Disease Control & Prevention had issued a Warning/Alert Level 3 or higher for a location or destination, including common carriers; or Benefits are subject to the exclusions and limitations and are payable only at Usual, Reasonable, and Customary charges. This is a summary of a selection of the plan benefits offered only as an illustration and does not supersede in anyway the Certificate of Insurance and governing policy documents(together the “Insurance Contract”). The Insurance Contract is the only source of the actual benefits provided.
    • b. The United States Centers for Disease Control & Prevention had issued a Global or Worldwide Warning/ Alert Level 3 or higher. This exclusion is applicable when 1) any of the above were in effect within 6 months immediately prior to your effective date or 2) within 10 days following the date the alert/warning is issued you have failed to depart the country or location. This exclusion does not apply to charges resulting from COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2.
  13. War, military action or while on duty as a member of a police or military force unit.
  14. Travel or accommodations, except as provided for in the Local Ambulance, Emergency Medical Evacuation, Repatriation of Remains, and Emergency Reunion sections of this insurance.
  15. Incurred outside your certificate period.
  16. Submitted to us for payment more than 60 days after the last day of the certificate period.
  17. When departure from the home country is to obtain treatment in the destination country/countries.
  18. Complications or consequences of a treatment or condition not covered hereunder.
  19. Not included as Eligible Expenses as described herein.

Please note: this page is a consolidated summary of the plan benefits, the official policy certificate is available in the student zone once becoming a participant of the program, and will be the overriding document for claims adjudication. Any discrepancies between this page and the policy certificate, the policy certificate will override this page.