Registering Travel with SOS
Are you traveling abroad on ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø business? You are eligible for coverage on the College's +UHP health insurance bundle.
Emergency Assistance
International SOS provides emergency assistance while abroad:
- Pre-trip planning resources via website, smart phone app, and phone call to an assistance center for pre-travel information (e.g., vaccination, medication, security)
- Arranges, coordinates, pays for approved medical care
- Advises on loss of travel documents or legal assistance
- No copays or out of pocket expenses when SOS and UHP approve and coordinate your care
- Covers medical evacuation when approved
- Covers natural disaster and national emergencies
Examples of Eligible Travel
Common examples of international travel eligible for coverage:
- Teaching abroad, or serving as the class OPA (Off-Campus Program Assistant)
- Course-development visit
- Research trip (college-funded or personally-funded)
- Scholarship travel to launch your performance/exhibit
- Conference travel
- Sabbatical research abroad
Registering Your Travel
There is no cost for faculty and staff on college business to enroll in International SOS and UHP health insurance (but see caveats below on how to register your travel). The college pays the annual coverage.
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Independent ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Travel
Students on Independent ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Travel
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 "" on Summit.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Venture 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.
Coverage for Family Members
Effective May 2026, non-ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø 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.
Accessing SOS+UHP support
We strongly recommend that you download the , and register using your ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø 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; ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø's membership number is 11BSGC000027.
Workers' Compensation
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø 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).
If you are injured or become sick during your work while abroad, first seek medical treatment — in most cases you will find it most convenient to call International SOS to help arrange emergency care. In cases of workers' compensation, especially because there might be anticipated or unanticipated continuation of medical treatment after your return to the US, or there might be a need to claim other workers' compensation related benefits, it is important that you also promptly notify your department chair/supervisor and HR (+1 719-389-6422, hr@coloradocollege.edu). We will assist in helping you determine what the next steps could be, and help coordinate the transfer of the injury coverage to workers' compensation if needed.
In addition to International SOS, College benefits also provide Foreign Business Travel Accident Insurance (accidental death & dismemberment $100,000/medical $25,000) automatically; no additional registration in this plan is necessary.
Employee personal travel
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø employees should check their personal 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 ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø'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, ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø'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 in the "Travel Benefits" section.
Renting Cars
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø employees who rent cars outside the US on college business need to purchase the coverage at the car rental agency to meet the in-country compulsory insurance requirements. The College's foreign auto policy provides excess coverage over what is required to be purchased in-country.
Questions and additional information
Contact Us
Allen Bertsche, Director of Global Education
Armstrong 214
+1 719-227-8280
abertsche@coloradocollege.edu
HR
Spencer Center
+1 719-389-6422
HR@coloradocollege.edu