Good quality travel insurance is essential for anyone travelling from their home. IRE sees 2 areas are important to be sure trainees are well protected:

• "All trainees on IRE programs into or out of Australia are to purchase comprehensive travel insurance before leaving their home country"
• "All Australian IRE hosts are to have "workers compensation" type cover by law & IRE understands all partner programs hosting Australian trainees will ensure their hosts have similar protection if it is not required by law"

Going Overseas

Outgoing Trainees need travel insurance to protect you the whole time you are away, when working and travelling in other countries & for some items not included in the host paid cover. Please contact IRE for further information specific to your travel plan.

Coming to Aus

You are required to take out insurance through IRE Australia.  We provide you with insurance through Covermore Insurance.  We do not accept insurance through your home country.

Cars

If you buy a car what you need to do for insurance varies by country. Talk to hosts or host program at seminar or local police or insurance people in the host country.
There are 3 areas to consider ~ 3rd party person (if you hit a person), 3rd party property (if you hit another car) and vehicle (if your car gets damaged). In Australia  and some other countries the 1st is automatic in the car license but (in N.America) check as you may need to buy it separately. The 2nd is also most important but you often have to buy it separately from an insurance company. You are crazy to drive without it. The 3rd is often a high price for people under 25 & more than many old trainee cars are worth!!

IRE makes statements on this site in good faith & to the best of it's knowledge. Neither IRE nor any of it's agents accept or can be held responsible in any way at all for the actions of any of it's suppliers, carriers or partner groups. IRE & its partner programs retain the right to decline or discontinue a trainees participation if it appears inadequate insurance protection exists.