MEDOC travel insurance

Issue: BCMJ, vol. 50, No. 6, July August 2008, Page 333 News
By: Sandie Braid, CEBS

If you have a policy of MEDOC travel insurance through Johnson Inc., you will shortly be receiving your annual renewal package. All MEDOC travel insurance renews on 1 September each year, regardless of the date that you originally joined the program.

If you qualified for either the preferred or optimum premium rates when you enrolled, you must re-qualify for these rates each year by completing the Health Option Questionnaire in­cluded in your renewal package. If you qualified for the standard premium rates and do not wish to apply for preferred or optimum status this year, you do not need to complete the questionnaire.

When you receive your renewal package, please take note of the following important dates:

• 18 July 2008: Deadline to submit your Health Option Questionnaire and/or changes to Johnson Inc. (e.g., bank account information) in order to update your first premium deduction for the new policy year. 

• 5 August 2008: First premium deduction for the 2008/09 policy year. If Johnson Inc. has not receiv­ed your completed Health Option Questionnaire by 18 July, premiums for September will be deducted at the standard rate level.

• 31 August 2008: Final deadline  for submission of the Health Option Questionnaire. Plan members who have not submitted the questionnaire by this date will be charged standard premium rates for the 2008/09 policy year.

• 5 October 2008: Deadline to terminate Annual Plan coverage. 

If you have any questions regarding your MEDOC travel insurance, please contact Johnson Inc. at Walnut Grove Commerce Centre, 9440 202nd Street, Suite 201, Langley, BC V1M 4A6 Tel: 604 881-8820 • Toll free: 888 412-8822 • www.johnson.ca. 

—Sandie Braid, CEBS
BCMA Insurance

Sandie Braid, CEBS. MEDOC travel insurance. BCMJ, Vol. 50, No. 6, July, August, 2008, Page(s) 333 - News.


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