Orient Travel Insurance

Orient Travel Insurance is a travel insurance plan from Orient Insurance (Al Futtaim), available to residents of United Arab Emirates. Sum insured ranges from AED250K, eligible ages 0 to 70, and the policy is per trip or annual. Below is our take on how it compares to other travel plans in our database — what it does well, where it lags, and the kind of policyholder it actually fits.

Annual premium starts at AED100, against a category median of AED120 across the 5 comparable travel plans we track in this country. That places Orient Travel Insurance in the bottom quintile on price, and the bottom quintile on coverage ceiling (maximum sum insured AED250K versus a peer median of AED500K). On the value spectrum it reads as priced cheaply for the category, which usually signals either a budget plan or one with tighter sub-limits.

Coverage breadth is in line with what most travel plans offer: 6 core inclusions, 4 highlighted features, and 2 optional riders. Notable features called out by Orient Insurance (Al Futtaim) include Al Futtaim Group backed, Dubai heritage brand, and RSA reinsurance. On the rider side, Orient Travel Insurance can be extended with Annual plan and Family rider — each adding to the base premium but also widening what the policy will pay out for.

Travel insurance is the simplest insurance product to compare on paper and the easiest to misjudge in practice. Orient Travel Insurance covers a typical mix of medical emergencies abroad, trip cancellation, lost baggage, and personal liability — what differentiates good travel cover from bad is the medical evacuation limit and the named exclusions for adventure activities. Single-trip cover is generally cheaper per day than multi-trip annual cover, but if you take more than three international trips a year the multi-trip almost always wins. Read the medical exclusions before you buy: pre-existing conditions are commonly excluded by default, and adventure activities (skiing, scuba, trekking above 4,000m) often need a paid rider.

Where Orient Travel Insurance explicitly will not pay: Pre-existing (non-emergency) and War. These are not unusual exclusions for a travel plan, but they are the boundary of the contract — anything outside that list is in scope, anything inside is not. Read the full exclusions list before signing; every plan we have ever audited has at least one exclusion the buyer did not realise was there.

Best fit for: buyers prioritising lowest annual outlay. Skip if: you need coverage above the plan's maximum sum insured. As with any insurance decision, get a quote from Orient Insurance (Al Futtaim) directly to confirm the rate that actually applies to your profile — listed prices are illustrative.