Insurance & Support for CC Faculty & Staff Travel

If you are teaching or serving as the Off-Campus Program Assistant (OPA) a CC course abroad...

• you will be asked by the Center for Global Education & Field Study staff to complete the required "Faculty/OPA Emergency Info & Itinerary Form" in Summit.
• This form will ask you to confirm travel dates, contact numbers, emergency contacts, and asks for a copy of the program itinerary. 
• There are also optional questions regarding your medical history which you can opt to complete if you believe it could benefit your medical care if you are unable to provide information yourself. 
• CGEF&S staff will use this form to register you for the SOS/UHP insurance along with all student participants.

Students traveling with you on independent, international College-related business (research, conferences) are also eligible to be covered. Each student also needs to register their own covered international trip by completing the "Insurance/SOS Enrollment Form: Independent College-Related Travel Registration" on Summit.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Venture or Sheffer Grants, international internships, and students participating through other organized programming or funding opportunities through the College will already be covered automatically, so students only need to enroll themselves if they are participating in something truly independent of an existing, established fund or program abroad administered by the College.

No, they cannot.

In the past this was possible, however, effective May 2026, non-CC employees (including family members) are no longer eligible to be covered through the College's International SOS/UHP plan.

If you will have family members traveling with you while you are conducting College business, we strongly recommend that you secure outside international insurance coverage for them from one of the many providers of short-term global health and emergency insurance.

It can, particularly in cases where there may be extended care or rehabilitation. 

CC employees are automatically enrolled in Workers' Compensation coverage at no cost to the employee. If you are engaged in work-related travel as an employee of the college, you may be covered. Workers' Compensation covers medical treatment and evacuation and requires no copay. Workers' compensation will pay an eligible claim for injury that originates during international work travel and continues paying claim until final resolution (whether you are still abroad or have returned to the US).

We strongly recommend that you download the International SOS Assistance App, and register using your CC email address.

You can access care and service easily through the app, and also get travel information and alerts, and one-click dial to assistance centers. You will receive SOS coverage information after you register your travel in Summit (on the Confirmation page, and via an automatic email). You can contact International SOS by phone at +1 215-942-8478; CC's membership number is 11BSGC000027.

Generally speaking, we recommend contacting I-SOS to help you book medical appointments, but, as it can take them 24 hours or longer to locate appropriate care and negotiate the no-cost-to-you structure, we do not recommend waiting if there is emergency care needed.

For immediate, emergency care, we recommend getting care immediately (via urgent care clinics or emergency rooms) and then contacting I-SOS to set up an insurance claim to reimburse any medical costs. 

No. It can only be used when you are traveling specifically for tasks related to your work at the college and in a college sponsored or endorsed capacity (see the list above).

For personal travel, CC employees should check their primary medical insurance to find out what coverage you have outside the United States, and consider obtaining additional independent international medical insurance to cover any gaps while on personal international travel.

If you have enrolled in CC's Cigna medical insurance, it requires the employee to pay first and then seek reimbursement from Cigna. Additionally, in- or out-of-network deductibles and coinsurance applies, and there may be other limitations. Check prior to treatment.

For benefits-eligible employees, CC's travel benefits provide limited emergency medical evacuation support for personal travel, but will not pay for political security evacuation or disaster evacuation. Read more about the coverage in the Brite Guide in the "Travel Benefits" section. 

No, auto insurance is a separate process and is not part of the UHP package. 

However, CC employees who rent cars outside the US on college business need only to purchase the coverage at the car rental agency to meet the in-country compulsory insurance requirements.  No additional coverage is required as the College's foreign auto policy provides excess coverage over what is required to be purchased in-country.

Again, this would not apply to any dates outside of the "official capacity" travel, so if you rent a car for 2 days during a conference abroad but then keep the car an additional 5 days of vacation travel, you will want to purchase any insurance which you feel is appropriate for your independent travel dates. 

If you are planning travel and have questions about coverage, either the Global Education team or the staff in Human Resources can help you better understand the various insurance coverages available.

Global Education
+1 719-389-6077
globaleducation@coloradocollege.edu

Human Resources
+1 719-389-6422
HR@coloradocollege.edu