Metropolitan Offers Short Term Accident Cover

December 22 - South Africans who are looking for short term accident cover should look no further than Metropolitan's Cover2Go insurance package. The company's Essential Accidental Death and Hospital Cover is the perfect policy for those travelling over the Christmas and New Year season and want to ensure that they have sufficient coverage in the unfortunate event of an accident.

Costing from only R50 for a once off coverage, the insurance package provides protection of up to R500,000 in the event of accidental death and hospitalization of up to R1,500 a day.

The Metropolitan insurance package is customized to suit the consumer's individual needs. Customers select cover for one, two or three months in a silver or gold category and the people who need to be covered. The package can be tailored to suit any group, from a single person to a mother and children.

What makes Metropolitan's Essential Accidental Death and Hospital Cover unique is that it is almost instantly available. The insurance is accessible from the third day of hospitalization and can cover up to a six months stay.

What makes this product even more innovative is that the need for cumbersome paperwork is literally done away with, because the insurance policy is purchased online and paid with a credit card.

The Communications Manager for Metropolitan Cover2Go, Gillian Samuels said about the policy: "When families assess their budgets, it is easy to make drastic cuts on insurance, which is naturally considered a grudge purchase. Families should rather be looking at ways to reduce their risk for 2009, and this means making sure that they have covered themselves for the unexpected."