DAN trip insurance

does anyone have experience with this?

Joe English <jenglish@wisperhome.com> pounded away at his keyboard
resulting in:
:I've bought it, never had used it. I guess that is a good thing.

What makes it good?

Dan Bracuk
Is it my imagination, or do Buffalo Wings taste like chicken?
The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/


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Dan Bracuk wrote:

> Joe English <jenglish@wisperhome.com> pounded away at his keyboard
> resulting in:
> :I've bought it, never had used it. I guess that is a good thing.
>
> What makes it good?
>
> Dan Bracuk
> Is it my imagination, or do Buffalo Wings taste like chicken?
> The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/
>
>
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If I had to use it something bad happened

"Al Wells" <al.wells@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> does anyone have experience with this?

While on a Red Sea trip a few years back a fellow passenger took a hit from
a lionfish at Tobia. DAN was called and they arranged for evacuation from
the boat. We met the helicopter at Safaga and he was evac'd to a hospital in
Hurghada where he spent 2 days. Apparently his hand went bad and he was
further evac'd to a hospital in Paris, where he spent a week or so before
being released to the US..I know that everything from the boat to the
hospital in Paris was covered by DAN, meaning travel and medical, though I
am not 100% clear if DAN also paid to repatriate him to the US. My policy
says it will pay to return the injured diver to the US, I just can't confirm
that this happened in his case.

I carry it, never have used it, but like the care he received after his
injury.

I also like the work DAN does on behalf of all divers.

Joe English <jenglish@wisperhome.com> wrote:

> Dan Bracuk wrote:
>
> > Joe English <jenglish@wisperhome.com> pounded away at his keyboard
> > resulting in:
> > :I've bought it, never had used it. I guess that is a good thing.
> >
> > What makes it good?
> >
> > Dan Bracuk
> > Is it my imagination, or do Buffalo Wings taste like chicken?
> > The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/

DAN insurance covers many things normal health policies do not. Every
divemaster I know has DAN insurance. Even if you are a once a year
diver, it may be worth the benefits in an emergency, such as evac to a
decompression chamber and equipment replacement/recovery. Go to the
DAN website and read up on it.

http://www.diversalertnetwork.com

~Rayne

"Al Wells" <al.wells@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> does anyone have experience with this?

They emailed me on my birthday to say 'happy birthday' - which is more than
my mates did.
I was quite chuffed for 5 secs, until I thought 'computer generated' - but
its quite a nice touch.

Dan Bracuk <NOTbracuk@pathcom.com> wrote in message news:<mfqao09j9d1c43fr4t3ca4kmk0cb80iq0d@4ax.com>. ..
> Joe English <jenglish@wisperhome.com> pounded away at his keyboard
> resulting in:
> :I've bought it, never had used it. I guess that is a good thing.
>
> What makes it good?
>

3-4 weeks ago Monterey,CA dive shop sales person, very experienced
tech diver, got bent pretty seriously despite he followed rules. They
say all medical expenses were supposed to be around $200K. DAN Master
insurance, that covers such expenses, costs about $65/year.

Al Wells <al.wells@gmail.com> wrote:

> does anyone have experience with this?

I suggest that you ask the same question on uk.rec.scuba
You will find that there is a very different opinion than is beeing
expressed here. The feeling on uk.rec.scuba is based on an incident and
DAN's replys to it.

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rayne@pacbell.net (Rayne) pounded away at his keyboard resulting in:
:
:DAN insurance covers many things normal health policies do not. Every
:divemaster I know has DAN insurance. Even if you are a once a year
:diver, it may be worth the benefits in an emergency, such as evac to a
:decompression chamber and equipment replacement/recovery. Go to the
:DAN website and read up on it.

Everyone seems to be talking about Diving Accident insurance.
http://www.diversalertnetwork.com/insurance/compare.asp

I thought the question was about Trip Cancellation and Interuption
insurance.
http://www.diversalertnetwork.com/trip/index.asp

My general impression is that anything that is likey to ruin your trip
is not covered by trip cancellation insurance. I have not read the
specifics of DAN's plan.

Dan Bracuk
Is it my imagination, or do Buffalo Wings taste like chicken?
The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/


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"Dan Bracuk" <NOTbracuk@pathcom.com> wrote in message
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> I thought the question was about Trip Cancellation and Interuption
> insurance.
> http://www.diversalertnetwork.com/trip/index.asp

This is news to me. I thought the OP was talking about DAN's Preferred Plan
"trip insurance" benefits, which covers non-diving medical, plus has trip
cancellation/interruption benefits (excluding airfare and only applies to
cancellation for medical reasons). The Preferred Plan (which also has a
higher dive accident benefit) is only $70 a year on top of the membership
fee. For four dive trips a year, that works out to $17.50 per trip for
insurance. Not too bad.

> My general impression is that anything that is likey to ruin your trip
> is not covered by trip cancellation insurance. I have not read the
> specifics of DAN's plan.

DAN's trip insurance looks to be the same as any other trip insurance, i.e.
a lousy deal. I priced a policy covering my upcoming trip to Thailand:
$834. Personally I'd rather apply the money toward a future trip and take
my chances. The only completely non-refundable portion of my trip is the
liveaboard and if there's any reason serious enough to invoke the trip
insurance, getting my money back for the dive trip is the least of my
worries. If it is a medical reason for canceling, my $70 Preferred plan
will reimburse me.