abc.net.au/news/blake-gibb-travel-insurance-indonesia-scooter-accident/102705978An Adelaide mother whose son had a scooter accident in Indonesia says she will have to pay more than $370,000 in medical bills because travel insurance will not cover the costs.
Mr Gibb took out travel insurance the night before he left for Indonesia but he was not covered for scooter riding, according to Ms Gibb, which would have incurred an additional $7 a day fee."[He] signed up for it thinking $3 million in medical insurance is good and that was it.Rosslyn Gibb says she will have to pay $370,000 in medical bills.
After a "horrible" boat ride from the island to a Bali hospital and subsequent medevac flight back to Adelaide on July 23, Ms Gibb will have to pay costs to insurer Freely — which is a subsidiary of Cover-More — because she was a guarantor."I've resigned myself to the fact because … they've sent me the page of the insurance that says, that's what you have to pay.
"It's a blessing, just the thought, even though it won't ever cover it, it's just the thought that people are so kind," Ms Gibb said.In a statement, Freely told the ABC that while it could not comment on individual cases, customers had the option of adding motorcycle cover when they first purchased travel insurance through its website.