5th World Medical Tourism Congress Announces Customs Assurance Placements as a Sponsor

Sept. 13, 2012 - PRLog -- With more patients continuing to cross borders in search of quality health care at affordable prices companies such as Custom Assurance Placements with innovative products like Global Protective Solutions will lead the way.

Custom Assurance Placements (CAP) is a United States based wholesale insurance broker CAP has been a leading developer of insurance solutions for medical tourists and the medical tourism industry for over 4 years. Global Protective Solutions (GPS) was developed to handle the particular and unique risks associated for the Medical Tourism industry. GPS is a specialty travel insurance policy providing benefits for participating medical tourists or medical travelers from almost any country worldwide for accidents and complications. In addition we have a liability insurance cover related to medical tourism for either the facilitator or the employer. If you are in the need of a particular program relating to medical tourism, please contact Custom Assurance Placements.

When asked about the company’s objectives at the conference president Tracy H. Simons commented:     ” Custom Assurance Placements Ltd. would like help educate stakeholders on risk management issues as they relate to Medical Tourism and assist them in risk mitigation. It is also an opportunity to educate participants about insurance options that are available for Medical Tourist/ Travelers, Facilitators, Employers, Hospitals, and other medical sending entities.”

International Marketing Director Benjamin G. Simons added:” 2012 has been the best year yet for Custom Assurance Placements. We are experiencing exponential growth in the utilization of Global Protective Solutions (GPS) and have assisted many participants with unexpected additional expenses as a result of an accident or complication.”

The 5th World Medical Tourism Congress, which will be held at the beautiful Westin Diplomat Resort and Spa, will be fully integrated for the first time with the Employer Healthcare Congress, one of the largest insurance conferences in the United States. The event will also integrate the 3rd Global Benefits Conference, gathering employers, international insurance companies, foreign governments and anyone involved in purchasing and providing expatriate health insurance coverage.

“This year’s congresses have the most extensive agenda of any other international healthcare and insurance conference known. We have brought in some amazing keynote speakers including the President of the AMA, Directors of Global Benefits for Google, Yahoo and American Express, among other expert speakers” said Renée-Marie Stephano, president of the Medical Tourism Association.

This integrated networking platform will allow all participants to connect prior to the event and pre-schedule one-on-one meetings in order to maximize the experience at the congress.

Successfully entering its fifth year, this gala gathering of world leaders attracts participation from over 90 countries from various sectors including government representatives, global healthcare leaders, insurance industry giants, medical tourism industry stakeholders and healthcare management professionals.