24 hr emergency assistance
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Travelling can be an amazing experience and we hope you enjoy every minute of your trip. However, things may not always go according to plan. Imagine being overseas and not being able to receive treatment until your insurance provider can guarantee payment of your medical bills, or receiving inadequate treatment for your illness or injuries. These kinds of incidents happen all too often to travellers, which is why emergency assistance is an important feature of NRMA Travel Insurance. With emergency assistance, you are in safe hands with an experienced team of Australian based doctors, nurses, travel agents and case managers that are contactable 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Emergency assistance services
Assistance in accessing medical treatment and care while away.
Our team of doctors, nurses and case managers will assist you or your accompanying travellers to find medical facilities and then monitor your medical care.
Falling ill overseas can be very expensive. We can arrange to pay larger bills directly to the hospital. If your claim is approved.
Our team can decide if and when it is medically appropriate to bring you home and will coordinate the entire exercise.
If you need assistance in contacting the issuer of the document, our emergency assistance team can help.
If your travel consultant is not available to assist with rescheduling in an emergency situation, our team can help.
All services are subject to a claim being accepted under our policy.
Emergency assistance contacts
When you call, please have your policy number and a phone number that we can call you back on.
Please call Australia DIRECT and TOLL FREE2 from the following countries:
- New Zealand: 0800 033 533
- UK: 0800 656 9946
- USA/Canada: 1855 812 4898.
From all other countries or if you're experiencing difficulties with one of the numbers above, call +61 (02) 8907 5584.
Things you should know
Offer is for a limited time.
Charges may apply if calling from a pay phone or mobile phone.
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