Dive Insurance for japan residents

[The Mushroom King]

Hello,

Can anyone tell me their experiences or opinions about what dive insurance to have while living in Japan?

It looks like if you join DAN its 5000 yen a year and some insurance is included. And PADI offers a plan at 1000yen a month. Get one or the other? or both? or is there a better option?

any help would be appreciated.
Cheers

 

[Kim]

My wife found me something through a Japanese company. It seems quite good and included my camera stuff etc. I'll ask her about it later and post a link or something. It'll all be in Japanese though so I hope you can either read it yourself or have someone who can....

 

[jagfish]

Includes the camera, that sounds like a great deal.

I have Dan Japan. They are more costly than the states in that they don't offer a family plan. I really haven't compared the coverage.

NAUI insurance has become popular. Since I have that for my instructional insurance, I might switch over to that.

 

[The Mushroom King]

Yes, please post the link if you can kim.

Do you have to be NAUI to qualify for thier plans?

BTW Japanese is fine

Thanks

 

[Kim]

Yes, please post the link if you can kim.

Do you have to be NAUI to qualify for thier plans?

BTW Japanese is fine

Thanks

It's from this company:
http://www.aiu.co.jp/

 

[jagfish]

AIU...imagine that...I had no idea. I think our car insurance is with them...

 

[Kim]

AIU...imagine that...I had no idea. I think our car insurance is with them...

Yes...they do all kinds of general insurance. Somewhere in there there's one for diving as well. It's not bad. I don't remember all the details but it covered accidents, losses, all sorts. I got it the first time I went to Thailand on a liveaboard, but it's not just for that - it's general all round diving insurance.

 

[soldave]

I've got mine through DAN Europe, as I'm a British citizen. You're covered, even if you're not living in Europe, which is useful

 

[The Mushroom King]

I called up DAN USA and they told me that citizen ship does not matter, its residence. As a resident of Japan I am only able to get DAN Japan -- or so they said.
They explained that if I moved to another region, DAN would cover me until it expired, then I would have to go though whatever country I was living in at that time (again, based on your legal resident status)

Hmmm...

 

[Kim]

I called up DAN USA and they told me that citizen ship does not matter, its residence. As a resident of Japan I am only able to get DAN Japan -- or so they said.
They explained that if I moved to another region, DAN would cover me until it expired, then I would have to go though whatever country I was living in at that time (again, based on your legal resident status)

Hmmm...

That's what I understood as well. It would be a bummer to have them refuse to pay out if something happened and they realized that you were resident somewhere else!
DAN Japan sucks IMO.