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only payable to the covered person who was supposed to be attending the meeting. Proof of registration will be required in the event of a claim; and/or • Your call to service by a government with respect to reservist, military, police or fire personnel. You must contact Allianz Global Assistance within forty-eight hours of any of the above events occurring in order to submit a claim for trip cancellation, delay, or interruption, and will need to submit documented evidence of the emergency situation that caused the delay or cancellation, as well as proof that the travel arrangement costs for which you are claiming are non-refundable. In the event of injury or sickness, you may also need to submit a statement from a physician confirming your diagnosis. More information on the group trip cancellation/interruption/ delay coverage embedded in the Total Health and Ultimate Health plans is available on the ARTA website arta.net. Click on the Member Services link and then Forms and Documents. If you are not covered by the ARTA Retiree Benefits Plan but still travel (for example, if you are covered under your spouse’s employer-sponsored group benefit plan or another group emergency travel plan that does not include embedded trip cancellation insurance coverage), ARTA also has a separate ‘stand- alone’ trip cancellation plan available for ARTA members. The stand-alone plan covers all of the trips you may take outside of your province of residence. Given that the coverage is a stand-alone product, it is different from the embedded trip cancellation plan described earlier. Additional information on the plan, including a plan summary brochure and premium rates, are available on the ARTA website. The trip cancellation plans offered by ARTA are a valuable benefit for our members and are yet another reason why ARTA’s emergency travel plan continues to be the jewel in the ARTA Retiree Benefits Plan crown. ● HIGH IN DEMAND Every ARTA member receives a subscription to the news&views magazine to be informed and engaged. Households that have more than one ARTA member will receive a magazine for each member. If the ARTA members in your household are better at sharing the news&views than Frank and Agnes and you’d like to save the environment by receiving only one copy for your household, feel free to contact marketing@arta.net and we will happily update your subscription information. news&views SPRING 2019 | 13