ELIGIBILITY

Effective Date means 12:01 A.M. local time, at Your location, on the day after the required premium for such coverage is received by the Company or its authorized representative.

WHEN YOUR COVERAGE BEGINS - Provided:

(a) coverage has been elected; and

(b) the required premium has been paid.

All coverage will begin on the later of the Effective Date, or upon Your departure from Your Home Country.

WHEN YOUR COVERAGE ENDS - Your coverage will end at 11:59 P.M. local time on the date that is the earliest of the following:

a) the date the Policy is terminated;

(b) the Scheduled Return Date as stated on the travel tickets;

(c) the date You return to Your origination point if prior to the Scheduled Return Date;

(d) upon Your return to Your Home Country;

(e) one hundred eighty (180) days after the Effective Date.

GENERAL DEFINITIONS

Throughout this document, when capitalized, certain words and phrases are defined as follows:

Accident means a sudden, unexpected, unintended, specific event that occurs at an identifiable time and place, but shall also include exposure resulting from a mishap to a conveyance in which You are traveling.

Accidental Injury means Bodily Injury caused by an Accident (of external origin) being the direct and independent cause in the Loss and that 1) requires a physical examination and medical treatment by a Physician and 2) commences while Your coverage is in effect.

Actual Cash Value means the lesser of the replacement cost and the purchase price less depreciation.

Additional Expenses means any reasonable expenses for meals and lodging that were necessarily incurred as the result of a Hazard and that were not provided by the Common Carrier or other party free of charge.

Bodily Contact Sports means any sport where the objective is to physically render an opponent unable to continue with the competition such as boxing and full contact karate.

 Bodily Injury means identifiable physical injury that is caused by an Accident and is independent of disease or bodily infirmity.

Certificate of Insurance means this document, and any endorsements, riders or amendments that will attach during the period of coverage.

Checked Baggage means a piece of baggage that accompanies You for which a claim check has been issued to You by a Common Carrier.

Common Carrier means any land, sea, and/or air conveyance operating under a valid license for the transportation of passengers for hire. Taxis and limousines are not Common Carriers as defined herein.

Company means Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.

Confirmation of Coverage means the document that outlines Your benefits and Maximum Benefit amounts.

Covered Expenses means expenses incurred by You that are for Medically Necessary care or treatment; due to Sickness or Bodily Injury; prescribed, performed or ordered by a Physician; Reasonable and Customary Charges incurred while insured under this Certificate; and that do not exceed the Maximum Benefit limits shown in the Confirmation of Coverage, under each stated benefit.

Deductible means the amount of expenses for covered services and supplies that must be incurred by You before specified benefits become payable.

Domestic Partner means a person with whom You reside and can show evidence of cohabitation (including the shared responsibility for basic living expenses) for at least the previous six (6) months and has an affidavit of domestic partnership, if recognized by the jurisdiction within which You reside.

Economy Fare means the lowest published rate for a round trip economy ticket.

Extreme Sports means an athletic pursuit that involves a high degree of danger or risk.

Family Member means Your legal or common law spouse, parent, legal guardian, step-parent, grandparent, parents-inlaw, grandchild, natural or adopted child, step-child, children-in-law, brother, sister, step-brother, step-sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, aunt, uncle, niece or nephew, Domestic Partner who reside in the United States, Canada or Mexico.

Hazard means:

a) Any delay of a Common Carrier (including Inclement Weather).

b) Any delay by a traffic accident en route to a departure, in which You are not directly involved.

c) Any delay due to lost or stolen passports, travel documents or money, Quarantine, hijacking, unannounced Strike, natural disaster, civil commotion or riot.

d) A closed roadway causing cessation of travel to the destination of the Trip (substantiated by the department of transportation, state police, etc.).

Home Country means the country where You have Your true, fixed and permanent home and principal establishment.

Hospital means a facility that: (a) holds a valid license if it is required by the law; (b) operates primarily for the care and treatment of sick or injured persons as in-patients; (c) has a staff of one or more Physicians available at all times; (d) provides twenty-four (24) hour nursing service and has at least one registered professional nurse on duty or call; (e) has organized diagnostic and surgical facilities, either on the premises or in facilities available to the hospital on a prearranged basis; and (f) is not, except incidentally, a clinic, nursing home, rest home, drug or physical rehabilitation facility or convalescent home for the aged, or similar institution.

Inclement Weather means any severe weather condition that delays the scheduled arrival or departure of a Common Carrier. Insured means the person who enrolled for coverage and whose premium was paid under the Policy.

Land/Sea Arrangements means pre-paid land and/or sea arrangements made by the Travel Supplier.

 Loss means Bodily Injury, Sickness or damage sustained by You, while coverage is in effect, in consequence of happening of one or more of the occurrences against which the Company has undertaken to indemnify You.

Maximum Benefit means the largest total amount that the Company will pay under any one benefit for You, as shown on the Confirmation of Coverage.

Medically Necessary means a service or supply that: (a) is recommended by the attending Physician; (b) is appropriate and consistent with the diagnosis in accord with accepted standards of community practice; (c) could not have been omitted without adversely affecting Your condition or quality of medical care; (d) is delivered at the most appropriate level of care and not primarily for the sake of convenience; and (e) is not considered experimental unless coverage for experimental services or supplies is required by law.

Mountaineering means the sport, hobby or profession of walking, hiking and climbing up mountains either: 1) utilizing harnesses, ropes, crampons, or ice axes; or 2) ascending 4,500 meters or above.

Parachuting means an activity involving the breaking of a free fall from an airplane using a parachute.

 Physician means a licensed practitioner of medical, surgical or dental services, acting within the scope of his/her license. The treating Physician may not be You, a Traveling Companion or a Family Member.

Policy means the Group Master Policy including the application and any endorsements, riders or amendments that will attach during the period of coverage.

 Pre-Existing Condition means an illness, disease, or other condition during the six (6) month period immediately prior to the Effective Date for which You: 1) exhibited symptoms that would have caused one to seek care or treatment; or 2) received or received a recommendation for a test, examination, or medical treatment; or 3) took or received a prescription for drugs or medicine. Item (3) of this definition does not apply to a condition that is treated or controlled solely through the taking of prescription drugs or medicine and remains treated or controlled without any adjustment or change in the required prescription throughout the six (6) month period before the Effective Date.

Quarantine means Your strict isolation imposed by a Government authority or Physician to prevent the spread of disease. An embargo preventing You from entering a country is not a Quarantine.

Reasonable and Customary Charges means charges commonly used by Physicians in the locality in which care is furnished.

Scheduled Departure Date means the date on which You are originally scheduled to leave on the Trip.

Scheduled Return Date means the date on which You are originally scheduled to return to the point of origin or to a different final destination.

Sickness means an illness or disease of the body that: 1) requires a physical examination and medical treatment by a Physician and 2) commences while Your coverage is in effect. An illness or disease of the body that begins prior to the Effective Date of coverage is not a Sickness as defined herein and is not covered by this Certificate unless it suddenly worsens or becomes acute after the Effective Date.

Sound Natural Teeth means teeth that are whole or pro