ANZ Complimentary Credit Card Insurance and COVID-19 (Coronavirus) FAQ

Stay up to date on Travel Information for COVID-19 from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Smartraveller website and World Health Organisation (WHO) and Department of Home Affairs .

Always consult the smartraveller.gov.au website prior to any travel. In addition to visas, COVID-19 testing, and proof of vaccination requirements, many countries now have compulsory insurance and medical cover proof conditions. Check with the nearest embassy, consulate or immigration department of the destination you are entering. If you require additional documentation regarding the complimentary international travel insurance policy due to international entry requirements, please contact us on 1300 135 271.

Are Eligible travellers covered for COVID-19 with this complimentary credit card travel insurance?

This complimentary travel insurance policy is designed to provide cover under select benefits to eligible travellers, if you or your travel companion are positively diagnosed as suffering a sickness recognised as an epidemic or pandemic such as COVID-19, and cover is expressly included under certain sections of the relevant ANZ Policy Information Booklet for which your eligible ANZ card is applicable under: ANZ Platinum and Black Personal Credit Cards Complimentary Insurance Policy Information Booklet or the ANZ Business Black Complimentary Travel Insurance Policy Information booklet . A General Exclusion for epidemic/pandemic applies for all claims relating to any epidemic/pandemic outside of the select benefits in the applicable policy information booklet. Please note, terms, conditions, limits and exclusions apply.

To receive a formal outcome, Eligible ANZ Cardholders must submit a claim.

Eligible ANZ travellers who meet the eligibility criteria should be aware that other General Exclusions have the potential to apply.

What is a General Exclusion?

A General Exclusion is an exclusion which will be applied across all sections of an insurance policy, and applies regardless of when eligibility for cover was gained. Should a General Exclusion apply, this means that your complimentary credit card travel insurance excludes cover for the event, activities or circumstances (specified in the exclusion) that causes your claim.

To understand what is excluded from the ANZ Complimentary Insurance covers, please refer to the General Exclusions section and the section specific exclusions of the relevant ANZ Policy Information Booklet for which your eligible ANZ card is applicable under: Premium Cards – Insurances, Insurance Policy Information booklet or the ANZ Business Black Travel Insurance, Policy Information booklet

Other exclusions may apply depending upon the circumstances of an individual claim. General Exclusions include but are not limited to:

• where your claim arises because you did not follow an advice or warning that a reasonable person would have been aware of:
• by the Australian government (when a ‘Reconsider your need to travel’ or ‘Do not travel’ alert is in place), which can be found on www.smartraveller.gov.au; or
• which was published in a reliable mass media source.
• any interference with your travel plans by any government, government regulation or prohibition or intervention or official authority; For example, if Smartraveller has a warning, ‘Do not travel’ or ‘Reconsider your need to travel’ due to the risk of COVID-19 infection for a destination, and a cardholder chooses to ignore the warning and is infected with COVID-19, cover may be excluded. Or if, a government closes its borders to inbound travellers due to COVID-19 and you are unable to enter and follow your planned travel across the closed border, cover may be excluded.

What if an ANZ Eligible Cardholder has booked travel and needs to cancel due to contracting COVID-19?

If you are unable to travel as a result of contracting COVID-19, Cancellation cover may be provided to eligible travellers, if you or your travel companion are positively diagnosed as suffering a sickness recognised as an epidemic or pandemic such as COVID-19, and cover is expressly included under the Cancellation section of the relevant ANZ Policy Information Booklet for which your eligible ANZ card is applicable under: ANZ Platinum and Black Personal Credit Cards Complimentary Insurance Policy Information Booklet or the ANZ Business Black Complimentary Travel Insurance Policy Information booklet . If you are unable to travel as a result of an Epidemic or Pandemic related event which does not include you or your travel companion being positively diagnosed as suffering a sickness recognised as an epidemic or pandemic, for example a border closure, there may be no provision to claim as a general exclusion for epidemic and pandemic applies. A General Exclusion for epidemic/pandemic applies for all claims relating to any epidemic/pandemic outside of the cancellation benefits in the applicable policy information booklet. Please note, terms, conditions, limits and exclusions apply.

You therefore need to consider your own personal circumstances. We are not able to provide you with a cover decision before submitting a claim. To receive a formal outcome, ANZ Eligible Cardholders must submit a claim.

You should also contact your travel agent or travel service provider (airline, cruise line or Tour Company, etc) as they may be able to support you in obtaining refunds, credits or travel re-scheduling.

Can ANZ Eligible Cardholders make a claim for consideration?

Every ANZ Eligible Cardholder can submit a claim and have their individual circumstances considered in accordance with the eligibility criteria which includes the terms, conditions, limits and exclusions that apply as set out in the and the Premium Cards – Insurances, Insurance Policy Information booklet or the ANZ Business Black Travel Insurance, Policy Information booklet.