The Schengen travel insurance 

Axa Schengen is a travel insurance that allows you to get your Schengen visa from any consulate or embassy. Axa Schengen is:

• simple: buying it is fast and price depends only from length of stay,
• a travel insurance for everyone at the same price: any age, any nationality,
• a medical assistance by phone available 24 hours a days and 7 days a week.

Axa Schengen, it is three travel insurance coverages:

AXA Schengen takes security of payments very seriously. We selected means of payment that provide a maximum of security for our customers.

The Schengen agreements

The Schengen agreements came into force on 25 March 2001.
According to those agreements, if one of the Schengen signatory countries controls entry to the Schengen area, there are no further formalities at its borders with other Member States.

Thus, if the purpose of the visit is tourism or business and if its duration is no more than 90 days in the Schengen area, the benefits of the Schengen agreements apply.

That means you only need one visa for all the countries in the Schengen area.
For those people who need a visa, travel insurance covering repatriation and medical expenses is compulsory.

Assistance and repatriation insurance

Extract from Directive 2004/17/CE of the Council of the European Union, 22 December 2003:

“… applicants must show that they are in possession of adequate and valid individual or group travel insurance to cover any expenses which might arise in connection with repatriation for medical reasons, urgent medical attention and/or emergency hospital treatment.
The insurance must be valid throughout the territory of the Schengen Member States applying in full the provisions of the Schengen acquis and cover the entire period of the person's stay; minimum cover must be €30,000.” (...)

With AXA Assistance it couldn't be easier – you can take out your Schengen travel insurance policy right here, in just a few clicks.

Attention! Although most of the Schengen countries are in the European Union, you should not confuse the Schengen area with the EU.