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Reclaiming unused insurance

I took out overseas travel health insurance for one month, but this is one loss that can be reimbursed. You call the insurer and they give you reimbursement from the day you returned to the country. How to determine that you are in the country? There’s a slip of paper that passport control give you on entry. I rummaged through my bags and found the previous two of these. Alas, I’d thrown the last one away – I think I tossed it in a waste paper bin in the arrivals hall. But no fear! You can go to a government website and ask for a report of your current whereabouts. I’ve filled out a form, and they’ll send it to me within a few days. I just need to email it to the insurance company, and they’ll give me my $100 back. There are also some positive benefits of the panopticon.