Alterra International Coverage

Eligibility

24/25 pass or ticket holders who have paid their premium for Spot Injury Insurance. This coverage is available and underwritten for non-US residents participating in covered activities within the United States. Eligible Accidents and/or injuries must occur within the coverage period as outlined in the Policy Details within the participant's Spot's My Account.

Covered Activities

Activities outlined by your pass or ticket type at locations within the United States are eligible. Participation in the Ikon Pass Free Bike Park Tickets program is not covered.

Policy Details

Covered Accident

A sudden unforeseeable event, independent of disease, sickness and mental of bodily infirmity, that results in a covered injury or covered loss and occurs while you are insured under the policy while participating in covered activities.

First Covered Expense

Must be incurred within 30 days from the date of the accident.

Treatment Time frame for Accident Medical Expense

Benefits paid up to 52 weeks from the date of the accident.

First notice of Loss

Spot must be notified within 31 days after a loss occurs or begins, or as soon as reasonably possible. Use the link below to contact our customer care team, email spot@getspot.com or simply start a claim from your Spot account.

Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D):

Coverage is for death or severe dismemberment as the result of an accident while participating in a covered activity. First covered expenses must be incurred within 365 days of the covered accident.

Heart And Circulatory Malfunction:

Coverage is for injury or death that is the result of heart failure while participating in a covered activity. No coverage for pre-existing heart conditions. First symptoms must be medically diagnosed within 72 hours of participation.

Policy Benefits

Accident Medical Expense

$25,000

Accidental Death or Dismemberment

$10,000

Heart And Circulatory Malfunction

$10,000

Deductible

$0

Policy Exclusions

We will not pay benefits for a loss due to or expenses incurred for:

(1) Travel or activity outside the United States.

(2) This coverage will not be in effect during any sports activity unless it is sponsored, organized, supervised, scheduled, or otherwise provided by the Sports Organization named in the Schedule of Benefits.

(3) Heart and Circulatory accidental malfunction benefits will not be payable if, in the 12 months immediately preceding the Covered Accident, the Covered Person was medically diagnosed as having, or received treatment for:

  • A heart or circulatory malfunction; or
  • Hypertension, angina, or other heart or circulatory condition.

(4) Any service, treatment, or supply that is not considered Appropriate Treatment as defined in this Policy.

(5) Expenses incurred after the end of the Benefit Period, even if incurred for continuing services or treatment of a Covered Injury.

(6) Cosmetic surgery or care, or treatment solely for cosmetic purposes, or complications therefrom. This exclusion does not apply to:

  • Cosmetic surgery resulting from a Covered Accident, if initial treatment of the Covered Person is begun within 12 months of the date of the Covered Accident;
  • Reconstruction incidental to or following surgery resulting from a Covered Accident;
  • Any unplanned and unintended adverse consequences that may result during the treatment of a Covered Accident.

(7) Any elective or routine treatment, surgery, health treatment, or examination, including any service, treatment, or supplies that:

  • Are deemed to be experimental or investigational; and
  • Are not recognized and generally accepted medical practice in the United States.

(8) Examination or prescriptions for, or purchase, repair or replacement of, eyeglasses, contact lenses, hearing aids, wheelchairs, braces, appliances, orthopedic braces, or orthodontic devices.

(9) Treatment in any Veteran’s Administration, Federal, or state facility, unless there is a legal obligation to pay.

(10) Services or treatment provided by persons who do not normally charge for their services, unless there is a legal obligation to pay.

(11) Rest cures or custodial care.

(12) Repair or replacement of existing dentures, partial dentures, braces, or bridgework.

(13) Personal services such as television and telephone or transportation.

(14) Orthopedic appliances used mainly to protect an injury so that the Covered Person can take part in recreational sports.

(15) Expenses payable by any automobile insurance policy without regard to fault.

(16) Services or treatment provided by an infirmary operated by the Policyholder.

(17) Treatment of an injury resulting from a condition that the Covered Person knew existed on the date of a Covered Accident unless we have received a written medical release from his Physician.

(18) Intentionally self-inflicted injury, suicide, or any attempt thereat while sane.

(19) Commission or attempt to commit a felony or an assault.

(20) Commission of or active participation in a riot or insurrection.

(21) Parachuting, mountaineering, professional racing, participation in semi-professional and professional sports.

(22) Declared or undeclared War or act of War.

(23) Flight in, boarding, or alighting from an Aircraft or any craft designed to fly above the Earth’s surface: being flown by the Covered Person or in which the Covered Person is a crew member.

(24) Travel in or on any on-road and off-road motorized vehicle that does not require licensing as a motor vehicle; an Accident if the Covered Person is the operator of a motor vehicle and does not possess a valid motor vehicle operator’s license, unless:

  • The Covered Person holds a valid learner's permit; and
  • The Covered Person is receiving instruction from a Driver’s Education Instructor.

(25) Sickness, disease, bodily or mental infirmity, bacterial or viral infection, or medical or surgical treatment thereof, except for any bacterial infection resulting from an accidental external cut or wound or accidental ingestion of contaminated food.

(26) The Covered Person being legally intoxicated as determined according to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Covered Accident occurred.

(27) Voluntary ingestion of any narcotic, drug, poison, gas, or fumes, unless prescribed or taken under the direction of a Physician and taken in accordance with the prescribed dosage.

(28) Injuries compensable under Workers’ Compensation law or any similar law.

(29) A Covered Accident that occurs while on active duty service in the military, naval, or air force of any country or international organization. Upon Our receipt of proof of service, We will refund any premium paid for this time. Reserve or National Guard active duty training is not excluded unless it extends beyond 31 days.

(30) Aggravation, during a Covered Activity, of an injury the Covered Person suffered before participating in that Covered Activity, unless We receive a written medical release from the Covered Person’s Physician; operating any type of vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or any drug, narcotic, or other intoxicant including any prescribed drug for which the Covered Person has been provided a written warning against operating a vehicle while taking it. Under the influence of alcohol, for purposes of this exclusion, means intoxicated, as defined by the law of the state in which the Covered Accident occurred.

(31) In addition, benefits will not be paid for services or treatment rendered by any person who is:

  • Employed or retained by the Policyholder;
  • Living in the Covered Person’s household;
  • An Immediate Family Member of either the Covered Person or the Covered Person’s spouse;
  • The Covered Person.

© 2024 Spot Insurance Inc. All rights reserved. Alterra Mountain Company is the policyholder for Accident Insurance that covers eligible ski and snowboard participants of Alterra Mountain Company's Ikon Pass participating in activities sponsored or supervised by the policyholder for whom premium has been paid Coverage is subject to the terms conditions and exclusions of the policy. Coverage is underwritten and claims are serviced by Sirius Point America Insurance Company and facilitated by Life By Spot Companies Inc.