Feuersozietät Berlin Brandenburg Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft
Feuersozietät
Feuersozietät is a travel insurance for the Germany market with no online purchase and 24/7 assistance.
Direct payment
Upon contacting the 24-hour emergency hotline, the insurer organizes and assumes the costs directly for hospital treatment and medically necessary repatriation; other eligible expenses are generally reimbursed against submitted invoices.
Geographic scope
Worldwide, during a temporary stay abroad
Worldwide coverage while the insured person is temporarily abroad; travel to or through high-cost countries (China, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Singapore, USA, England) requires classification into a higher tariff level (B/D) with a higher premium, which must be reported to the insurer without delay.
Unique selling points
- No deductible: insured persons pay no out-of-pocket share for any covered service.
- Cover for stays of up to five (Optimal/Premium) years, far longer than typical short-term travel insurance.
- The Premium tier offers a comprehensive package described as equivalent to full private health insurance, including dental prosthetics, orthodontics and psychotherapy.
- Up to six weeks of continued cover during temporary returns to Germany, per calendar year (Optimal) or per trip interruption (Premium).
- Worldwide 24/7 emergency hotline including a medical interpreter and a global doctor/hospital navigator service.
Coverage limits
Medical expenses abroad
Not established from the insurer's documents
Costs of medically necessary treatment for illness or accident abroad (doctors, dentists, medication, dressings, aids, midwife services) are reimbursed at 100% in all tiers (Kompakt, Optimal, Premium); no single overall sum insured is stated, but several individual benefit categories carry their own sub-limits detailed in this record.
Emergency / non-deferrable operations
Not established from the insurer's documents
Reimbursed at 100% in all tiers. In Kompakt and Optimal, cover is limited to consultations, treatment and operations that cannot be delayed ('unaufschiebbare Operationen'); postponable ('aufschiebbare') operations are excluded. Premium covers operations without this non-deferrability restriction.
Inpatient hospital treatment
Not established from the insurer's documents
Costs billed by the hospital (accommodation, food, medicine, medical services) during inpatient stays are reimbursed at 100% in all three tiers. As an alternative to cost reimbursement, a daily hospital allowance of €30/day can be chosen if another payer covers part of the costs.
Outpatient medical treatment
Not established from the insurer's documents
Outpatient consultations and treatment by doctors and dentists are reimbursed at 100% in all tiers; Premium additionally covers alternative practitioners, osteopaths and chiropractors at 100%, which Kompakt and Optimal exclude.
Analgesic (emergency pain-relief) dental treatment
Not established from the insurer's documents
Reimbursed at 100% subject to per-tier annual caps: Kompakt up to €300/calendar year, Optimal up to €500/calendar year, Premium uncapped (no calendar-year limit stated).
Transport to hospital / emergency doctor
Not established from the insurer's documents
Medically necessary ground transport and air rescue transport to a hospital or the nearest suitable emergency doctor are reimbursed at 100% in all three tiers, with no monetary cap stated.
Medically necessary repatriation to Germany
Not established from the insurer's documents
All expenses for a medically practical and justifiable repatriation (including air ambulance) to the pre-trip residence or a suitable hospital in Germany are reimbursed at 100% in all tiers, with no monetary cap stated. Costs for a medically necessary, officially ordered or transport-company-required accompanying person are also covered, regardless of that person's own insurance status at the time of repatriation.
Repatriation of remains / burial abroad
Not established from the insurer's documents
If the insured person dies abroad, costs of burial at the place of death or of transfer to the pre-trip place of residence are reimbursed, with no monetary cap stated. Confirmed for Kompakt and Premium tariff texts reviewed; the Optimal tariff text itself was not among the sources reviewed, though the Optimal IPID confirms the equivalent repatriation benefit exists in the product family.
Search, rescue or recovery operations
Not established from the insurer's documents
Costs of search, rescue or recovery operations are explicitly excluded, confirmed in the Kompakt and Premium tariff texts. The exclusion is presumed consistent for Optimal given the shared product structure, though not independently confirmed in the Optimal IPID.
COVID-19 treatment
Not established from the insurer's documents
Not addressed as a distinct benefit in any of the reviewed tariff texts, IPIDs or brochure.
Pre-existing conditions
Not established from the insurer's documents
Excluded by default in Kompakt, Optimal, and Premium tariff levels A/B (no risk assessment). Only in Premium tariff levels C/D, concluded with a health questionnaire ('Gesundheitsprüfung'), can pre-existing conditions be included, subject to individual risk loadings or benefit exclusions.
Winter sports cover
Not established from the insurer's documents
Not addressed as a distinct benefit in any of the reviewed tariff texts, IPIDs or brochure.
Adventure sports cover
Not established from the insurer's documents
Not addressed as a distinct benefit in any of the reviewed tariff texts, IPIDs or brochure.
Pregnancy complications and premature birth
Not established from the insurer's documents
Reimbursed at 100% in all three tiers. Related prenatal care and delivery are also reimbursed at 100% in all tiers, but are subject to an eight-month waiting period and, in Kompakt, are excluded outright if the pregnancy already existed at the start of the contract or renewal application.
Personal liability
Not established from the insurer's documents
Not addressed as a distinct benefit; this is a health/medical tariff and does not include personal liability cover.
Legal assistance
Not established from the insurer's documents
Not addressed as a distinct benefit in any of the reviewed tariff texts, IPIDs or brochure.
24/7 assistance service
Not established from the insurer's documents
All tiers include medical advice before and during the trip (destination advice, vaccination info, infection risk info), a worldwide doctor/hospital navigator, organization of repatriation or hospital visits, and a medical interpreter, reachable via a 24-hour emergency hotline nearly worldwide, seven days a week.
Key conditions
Assistance call deadline
If hospital treatment or repatriation is necessary, the insured person must contact the 24-hour emergency hotline immediately to arrange cost assumption; no specific hour-based deadline is stated in the tariff.
Unauthorized treatment
The insurer may exclude specific doctors, dentists, other providers or hospitals from reimbursement for important reasons; after such notification, no benefits are paid for claims arising afterwards, though a three-month grace period applies to claims already pending at the time of notification.
Purchase while abroad
Only persons with a permanent residence in Germany who are merely temporarily travelling abroad are insurable; the reviewed sources do not address concluding the contract while already abroad.
Chronic conditions
Unexpected deteriorations in health due to a chronic illness are covered, even though treatment already known to be necessary before the trip is excluded from cover.
Pregnancy
An eight-month waiting period applies to delivery-related benefits in all tiers; in the Kompakt tariff, treatment, prenatal care and delivery are excluded outright if the pregnancy already existed at the start of the contract or a renewal application.
Pre-existing condition exclusions
Pre-existing conditions are excluded in Kompakt, Optimal and Premium tariff levels A/B; only Premium levels C/D, concluded with a health questionnaire, may include pre-existing conditions, subject to individual risk loadings or benefit exclusions.
Coverage duration limit
Maximum insured duration: Kompakt 2 years, Optimal 5 years. For Premium, the 2017 tariff text and the 2018 IPID both state a maximum of 10 years, while the 2026 product brochure states 5 years - both values are recorded here due to this conflict in the sources.
Documents
Tariff GesundheitGLOBAL Kompakt
Terms & conditions
Tariff GesundheitGLOBAL Premium
Terms & conditions
IPID GesundheitGLOBAL Kompakt
IPID
IPID GesundheitGLOBAL Optimal
IPID
IPID GesundheitGLOBAL Premium
IPID
GesundheitGLOBAL brochure, benefits comparison table and application form
Table of benefits
Policy specifics
High-cost country coverage
Additional premium required for stays in Singapore, China, England, Switzerland, Hong Kong, and USA due to higher medical costs
SourcePre-existing conditions exclusion
Pre-existing conditions are generally not covered unless specifically declared and approved (Premium tier only)
SourceExclusion for pre-planned treatments
Medical treatments determined to be necessary before crossing border are excluded
SourceInsurance duration limits
Compact tier: max 2 years; Optimal tier: max 5 years; all tiers: min 2 months
SourceTemporary return to Germany coverage
Optimal tier: 6 weeks per calendar year; Premium tier: 6 weeks per trip interruption
Source