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Lands End offers a wide range of insurance products tailored to international travelers and expatriates, including international health insurance, travel medical insurance, auto Insurance and more.

IMG Europe's international health insurance is designed to provide comprehensive coverage for individuals living or traveling abroad. Unlike domestic health insurance plans, IMG Europe's international health insurance typically offers benefits such as emergency medical evacuation, repatriation of remains, and coverage for medical treatment outside the policyholder's home country.

Yes, travel medical insurance plans for individuals traveling outside their home country for short durations. These plans typically provide coverage for medical emergencies, trip interruption, and other travel-related risks.

You can contact us directly through email or by phone to inquire about insurance products, obtain quotes, or receive assistance with purchasing insurance and how to start a claim.

We provide coverage worldwide with trusted customers in: Los Cabos, Lake Chapala, Ajijic, Puerto Vallarta, Cancun, San Miguel de Allende.

International Health/Medical Insurance Questions

With an international health plan from IMG, you have medical coverage worldwide. Our plans give you the freedom to choose your own health care provider wherever you are in the world. To view IMG's exclusive provider list, visit the Find A Doctor page in the myIMG member area.

Proof of Claim is defined in your plan or Certificate of Insurance. Once all information is received, then claims are promptly processed in accordance with industry standards. However, when additional information is required to complete the Proof of Claim, processing will be delayed. The insured will receive an Explanation of Benefits indicating what is needed for further consideration. Failure to comply may result in the insured's claim being closed for lack of response.

Our Visitors Protect plan offers coverage for pre-existing conditions that gradually develop or worsen over time (such as diabetes or high blood pressure). This plan is designed specifically for individuals and families traveling from their home country to the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Other IMG international travel medical plans may include coverage for “acute onset of pre-existing conditions.” This is different than a more traditional definition of “Pre-Existing Conditions.” Patriot America Plus, Patriot America Platinum, Patriot International, and Visitors Care plans cover acute onset of pre-existing conditions, but they are only covered prior to age 70 and are subject to the language in the insurance plan.

Here is our definition of what would be considered an acute onset of a pre-existing condition (according to a sample insurance plan from October 2022):

A sudden and unexpected outbreak or reoccurrence that is of short duration, is rapidly progressive, and requires urgent medical care. A Pre-existing Condition that is chronic or congenital, or that gradually becomes worse over time is not an Acute Onset of Pre-existing Condition. An Acute Onset of Pre-existing Condition does not include any condition for which, as of the Effective date, the Insured Person (i) knew or reasonably foresaw he/she would receive, (ii) knew or reasonably foresaw he/she should receive, (iii) had scheduled, or (iv) were told that he/she must or should receive any medical care, drugs or Treatment.

For more information on your specific situation, please get in contact with us here.

Tourist/Travel Policy Questions

Depending on where you travel, you may encounter language and currency barriers that prevent you from accessing high-quality medical care. Traveling unprotected can leave you vulnerable to paying high out-of-pocket medical expenses, and navigating a foreign health care system without the assistance you need. However, with a travel medical insurance plan, you can worry less and experience more knowing you have medical coverage and a trusted health advisor who can support you in your time of need.

Less than $3 per day for an average plan.
Like other travelers, you may be wondering if the coverage is worth the cost. It may surprise you to learn that IMG’s travel medical plans can cost less than $3 per day (based on an average plan) and can provide coverage worth well beyond your initial cost.

If you're planning a trip with multiple destinations, such as a vacation to Mexico, you'll want to select the country that you plan on spending the most time in. Your travel medical insurance will cover you for the entirety of your trip and in countries outside of your own.

Auto Insurance Policy Questions

MexiPass offers comprehensive car insurance for both US-registered and Mexican-registered vehicles. Their coverage includes:

Liability Coverage: Protects against bodily injury and property damage to others in the event of an accident.
Physical Damage Coverage: Covers repairs or replacement of your vehicle in case of collision, theft, vandalism, or natural disasters.
Medical Payments: Covers medical expenses for you and your passengers.

Home Owners Insurance Policy Questions

You, your family and those people who permanently inhabit the house as well as its assets.

To demonstrate the contents in the event of a claim, you can use photographs and any dust or humidity marks left by the devices on the walls, as well as any remaining traces. Additionally, providing invoices or control records of your devices can serve as proof.

The most important documents that the adjuster will require are: the technical report informing the cause and origin of the damage; this is normally provided by the same contractor that will do the reconstruction or repair, and the repair estimate. Also, it is very important that you take pictures and video if possible, after the loss. If you need to move items to protect your properties, do it. Take pictures before and after moving the items.

Yes, if you live in an earthquake zone, such as the Baja peninsula, pacific coast from Nayarit to Chiapas, the whole state of Michoacán, Guerrero and Oaxaca, and Mexico City and anyone who lives near a volcano. Check the information in the previous question and call your agent to confirm.

This coverage was created in 2002 by the Mexican authorities after a deep analysis regarding the catastrophic damages caused by water, wind, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. These are the coverages inside of the Hydrometeorological Phenomena coverage:

1.Mud / Avalanches

 Mud slide caused by floods or rains. 

2. Hail

 Frozen precipitation that falls with force in ice grain form. With this coverage the damage caused an obstruction in the pluvial water slopes is covered. 

3. Frost

 Damage from the unexpected reduction of the room temperature to the point of freezing of water where the damage occurred. 

4. Hurricane

 Flow of water and air of great magnitude, moving in a circular trajectory around a center of low pressure, on the water or land surface with equal or greater wind speed of 118 kilometers per hour, that has been identified by the authorities. 

5. Flood

 The accidental temporary covering of the ground by water, as a result of deviation, underflow or breakage of retaining walls of rivers, channels, lakes, reservoirs, pools and other deposits or water obstacles caused naturally or artificially. 

6. Flood by Rain

 The accidental temporary covering of the ground by rainwater due to the unusual and fast accumulation or displacement of water originated in extraordinary rains that fulfill anyone of the following facts:
– rains at least reach 85% of the weighted average of the historical maximums of the zone of occurrence in the last ten years, agreement with the procedure published by AMIS, measured in the nearest weather station, certified by the National Meteorological Service of the National Commission of the Water, or
– where the flood damaged insured property has covered at least one hectare. 

7. Swell

 Alteration of the sea that is pronounced with one elevation of its level due to a meteorological disturbance that reduces the atmospheric pressure and causes a sharp force on the sea surface produced by wind. 

8. Ocean Surge

 Violent agitation of waters of the sea as a result of a shock of the bottom, that propagates until it reaches the coastline giving rise to flooding. 

9. Snow Fall

 Crystalized precipitation falling from the sky in the form of flakes. 

10. Stormy winds

 Winds that at least reach the category of tropical depression according to the Beaufort scale of at least 50 kilometers per hour. The applicable coverage is that it originates from the immediate and direct damage to the insured property, independent of the meteorological phenomenon that causes them.

  • Lack of maintenance
  • Gradual deterioration
  • Negligence
  • Fraud
  • Profit or betterments after the loss
  • Expenses not related to the damage

Contact your claims agent with the claim number or the policy with which the claim was opened. The agent will seek with the insurance company the follow-up for the reopening or follow-up to conclude the same.

We need you to contact us directly and provide us with details of the damages, a person to contact to follow up on the adjusters' visit, exact location, date of claim and approximate time.

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