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Underwriters and Administrators
Underwriters are: Certain underwriters at Lloyd’s, London

Administrators: Specialty Risk International, Inc. (SRI) 303 Congressional Boulevard Carmel, IN 46032
Phones: 1-800-335-0611 or 317-575-2652 - Fax: 317-575-2659 - Web: http://www.specialtyrisk.com

Aggregate limit of indemnity
The Aggregate Limit of Indemnity of $125,000 shall be the total limit of the Company’s liability for all indemnities payable under Accidental Death and Dismemberment Indemnity with respect to all classes of Insured Persons arising out of Injury sustained by two or more Insured Persons as the result of any one accident.

If the total of such indemnity exceeds said Aggregate Limit of Indemnity, the Company shall not be liable to any one such Insured Person for a greater proportion of such Insured Person’s Indemnity afforded by the Accidental Death and Dismemberment Indemnity than said Aggregate Limit of Indemnity bears to the total Indemnities afforded by this Accident Death and Dismemberment Indemnity to all such Insured Persons.

Certificate
Certificate” shall mean the summary of the terms of Coverage, which includes this document, the Insured Person’s Application and any endorsements or amendments that will attach during the Insured Person’s Period of Coverage.

Common carrier accidental death and dismemberment indemnity
"Accidental Death & Dismemberment" Coverage shall apply only to covered accidents sustained by an Insured Person:
1. while riding as a passenger (but not as a pilot, operator or member of the crew) in or on (including getting in or out of, or on or off of):
A) any land, water or air conveyance operated under a license for the transportation of passengers for hire; or
B) any Military Air Transport Aircraft; or

2. by being struck down by any aircraft.

The Company shall pay an indemnity determined from the Table of Losses below if an Insured Person sustains a loss stated therein resulting from Injury, provided that:
(a) such loss occurs within 365 days after the date of accident causing such loss; or
(b) the indemnity payable for any such loss shall be the amount stated opposite such loss in said Table and the Principal Sum stated therein shall be the amount stated in the Schedule of Benefits, as applicable to such person and this Coverage; and
(c) if more than one loss stated in said Table is sustained as the result of one accident, only one of the amounts so stated in said Table, the largest, shall be payable. For Loss of: Indemnity Life - Principal Sum Both Hands or Both Feet or Sight of Both Eyes - Principal Sum One Hand and One Foot - Principal Sum Either Hand or Foot and Sight of One Eye - Principal Sum Either Hand or Foot - One-Half the Principal Sum Sight of One Eye - One-Half the Principal Sum

The term “loss” as used herein shall mean with regard to hands and feet, actual severance through or above wrist or ankle joints, and with regard to eyes, entire irrecoverable loss of sight.

Coverage Period
Coverage Period” or “Period of Coverage” shall mean the period between the Individual Effective Date of Coverage and the Individual Termination Date of Coverage for this Certificate, which is stated on the Insured Person’s ID Card.

Covered Event
"Covered Event" shall mean the Covered Expenses for an Illness or an Accidental bodily Injury necessitating medical Treatment by a Service Provider as defined in this Certificate.

Covered Expenses
Covered Expenses” or “Covered Medical Expenses” shall mean expenses which are for Medically Necessary services, supplies, care, or Treatment; due to Illness or Injury, as described in the Certificate; prescribed, performed or ordered by a licensed Physician and/or Service Provider; Reasonable and Customary charges; incurred by the Insured Person during their Period of Coverage; and which are (1.) listed in the Schedule of Benefits, (2.) not excluded in the Exclusions and (3.) do not exceed the maximum limits stated in the Schedule of Benefits.

Deductible
"Deductible" shall mean the amount of Eligible Benefits which are the responsibility of each Insured Person and must be paid by each Insured Person, before benefits under this Certificate are payable by the Company. The Deductible amount is stated on the ID Card and/or in the Schedule of Benefits.

Dependents
Dependent Child(ren)” means a Named Insured’s dependent, unmarried children living with the Named Insured. This includes stepchildren, legally adopted children and children of adopting parents pending adoption procedures. Children shall cease to be dependent on the first to occur of: (1) the end of the month in which they marry; or (2) the end of the month in which they attain the age of nineteen (19) years.
The attainment of the limiting age will not operate to terminate the coverage of such child while the child is and continues to be both: (1) incapable of self-sustaining employment by reason of mental retardation or physical handicap; and (2) chiefly dependent upon the Insured Person for support and maintenance. Proof of such incapacity and dependency shall be furnished to the Company: 1) by the Named Insured; and 2) within 31 days of the child’s attainment of the limiting age. Subsequently, such proof must be given to the Company upon request following the child’s attainment of the limiting age.
 If a claim is denied under the policy because the child has attained the limiting age for dependent children, the burden is on the Insured Person to establish that the child is and continues to be handicapped as defined by subsection (1) and (2).

Eligible Benefits
"Eligible Benefits" shall mean expenses which are for Medically Necessary services, supplies, care, or Treatment; due to Illness or Injury; prescribed, performed or ordered by a licensed Physician and/or Service Provider; Reasonable and Customary charges; incurred by the Insured Person during their Period of Coverage; and which are (1.) listed in the Schedule of Benefits, (2.) not excluded in the Exclusions and (3.) do not exceed the maximum limits stated in the Schedule of Benefits.

Emergency
Emergency” shall mean a medical condition manifesting itself by acute signs or symptoms which could reasonably result in placing the Insured Person’s life or limb in danger, if medical attention is not provided within 24 hours.

Emergency Evacuation
The Company shall pay benefits for Covered Expenses incurred up to $10,000, if any covered Injury or Illness commencing during the Period of Coverage results in the Medically Necessary Emergency Medical Evacuation or Repatriation of the Insured Person. The Emergency Medical Evacuation or Repatriation must be ordered by the Assistance Company in consultation with the Insured Person’s local attending Physician.
Emergency Medical Evacuation or Repatriation
means: a) the Insured Person's medical condition warrants immediate transportation from the place where the Insured Person is located to the nearest adequate medical facility where medical treatment can be obtained; or b) after being treated at a local medical facility as a result of a Emergency Medical Evacuation, the Insured Person's medical condition warrants transportation with a qualified medical attendant to his/her Home Country to obtain further medical treatment or to recover; or c) both a) and b) above.
All transportation arrangements must be by the most direct and economical route and be performed by the Administrator.

Home Country
"Home Country" shall mean the country where an Insured Person has his or her true, fixed and permanent residence.

Hospital
"Hospital" shall mean a place that 1.) is legally operated for the purpose of providing medical care and Treatment to Sick or Injured persons for which a charge is made that the Insured Person is legally obligated to pay in the absence of insurance 2.) provides such care and Treatment in medical, diagnostic, or surgical facilities on its premises, or those prearranged for its use; 3.) provides 24-hour nursing service under the supervision of a Registered Nurse at all times; and 4.) operates under the supervision of a staff of one or more Physicians.

Hospital also means a place that is accredited as a Hospital by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, American Osteopathic Association, or the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Heath Care Organizations (JCAHO). Hospital does not mean: -a Convalescent, nursing, or rest home or facility, or a home for the aged; -a place mainly providing Custodial, Educational, or Rehabilitative Care; or -a facility mainly used for the Treatment of drug addicts or alcoholics.

Hospital Confinement
Hospital Confined” or “Hospital Confinement” means confined in a Hospital for at least 18 hours by reason of an Injury or Sickness for which benefits are payable.

Injury
"Injury" shall mean bodily Injury listed in the most recent edition of the International Classification of Diseases and caused solely and directly by Accidental, external, and visible means occurring while this Certificate is in force and resulting directly and independently of all other causes resulting in a Covered Event under this Program.

Insured Person
"Insured Person(s)" shall mean a person eligible for Coverage under the Certificate as stated on the ID Card, who has applied for Coverage and is named on the Application and for whom the Company has Approved for Coverage and accepted the corresponding Premium. This may be the Primary Insured Person or Dependent(s).