Find out if your personal property insurance covers you for loss or theft abroad.  Also, check on whether your health insurance covers you abroad.  Medicare and Medicaid do not provide payment for medical care outside your own country.

Even if your health insurance will reimburse you for medical care that you pay for abroad, health insurance usually does not pay for medical evacuation from a remote area or from a country where medical facilities are inadequate.

Consider purchasing a policy designed for travelers, and covering short-term health and emergency assistance, as well as medical evacuation in the event of an accident or serious illness.