The first question is the coverage period; some policies lapse the moment travel begins.

American Express also reduced its maximum coverage period for a single rental from 31 days to 30 days.

Some items such as low-end headphones may consistently fail before the end of the coverage period, which can be advantageous.

No, strike that--I'd give my right arm for just half of his coverage period, favorable or not."

A potential drawback is that the money must be spent "within the coverage period" as defined by the benefits cafeteria plan coverage definition.

This coverage period is usually defined as the "period that you are covered" under the cafeteria plan during the "plan year".

However artfully described, this is not insurance either, and its coverage period may expire about the time you fall down the stairway with your too-heavy suitcase.

(The Federal bill would shorten the mandatory coverage period to 24 hours for those who have undergone lymph-node dissections.)

Coverage was extended to farmers and some secondary workers, and the coverage period was extended from a year to 78 weeks.

The coverage periods for the semiannual reports are January 1 through June 30, and July 1 through December 31.

Health Care Abroad, Health Care Global and MedHelp Worldwide provide parallel coverage, including emergency evacuation, but the coverage periods vary.

An FSA's coverage period ends either at the time the plan year ends for one's plan or at the time when one's coverage under that plan ends.

Plates would expire at the end of the insurance coverage period, and licensees would need to return their plates to their insurance office to receive a refund on their premiums.

Many drug manufacturers wanted to pay beneficiaries' share of costs during the initial coverage period and pick up all the costs during the coverage gap, provided that the drugs were those made by the manufacturer.

Under most plans, the "coverage period" generally ceases upon termination of employment whether initiated by the employee or the employer, unless the employee continues coverage with the company under COBRA or other arrangement.

Take the money you'll save on the shorter coverage period and buy a shorter waiting period, benefit for home care (as many policies pay out only 50 cents on the dollar for long-term-care at home), and compound-inflation protection riders.

"During the warranty coverage period, Ford Motor Company warrants that: your vehicle or engine is designed, built, and equipped to meet - at the time it is sold - the emissions regulations of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)."

An unfortunate possibility, especially in the case of unexpected, immediate layoff, is that should an employee have unused contributions in an FSA and no additional qualifying claims during the coverage period the employee will have the added insult of "losing" these funds.

Visa, whose 12 million "gold" cards have offered insurance on purchased goods and warranty extensions since early November 1988, said that by last Sept. 20, only 3,400 consumers had filed claims for loss or destruction of goods bought with their cards in the 90-day coverage period.

Any money left unspent at the end of the coverage period is forfeited and can be applied to future plan administrative costs or can be equally allocated as taxable income among all plan participants; this is commonly known as the "use it or lose it" rule.