Members’ Insurance

Alpenverein Weltweit Service (AWS)

KNOX Versicherungsmanagement GmbH:

Tel Austria: 0043 512 238300-30
Fax Austria: 0043 512 238300-15
email: AV-service@knox.co.at 

Sums insured

1. Rescue Costs (in one´s country of main place of residence and abroad) up to €25,000.– per person and claim. Year-round, worldwide, during leisure time.
2. Repatriation (without cost limitation) and medical treatment costs abroad (up to €10,000 per person and claim).
3. European third party liability insurance up to €3,000,000.– Year-round. Europe-wide.
4. European criminal law legal protection insurance up to €35,000.– Year-round. Europe-wide.
5. European damage compensation legal protection for damage compensation claims after accidents involving personal injury to max. €500.– per insured event

Rescue from Zermatt, Switzerland – Hywel Lloyd

What should be done in the event of an insurance claim?

Please note! Prior to repatriation, transfer, in-patient medical treatment abroad or transport within the country of main place of residence (not rescue), it is absolutely imperative that contact be made with Europ Assistance (otherwise a maximum of only EUR 750.– will be reimbursed):

Europ Assistance:

Tel Austria: 0043 1253 3798
Fax Austria: 0043 1313 89 1304
email: aws@alpenverein.at

All other claim forms should be sent to:

KNOX Versicherungsmanagement GmbH,
Resselstraße 33,
A-6020 Innsbruck,
Austria

Tel Austria: 0043 512 238300-30
Fax Austria: 0043 512 238300-15
email: AV-service@knox.co.at

• • Claim Form – for rescue, medical treatment and repatriation costs (updated 30/10/2019)
  • Claim Form – for third party liability
  • Claim Form – for legal expenses

For further details/checklist about making a claim, click here.

Alpenverein Premium – Single Trip Cover

This insurance policy is separate from the Alpenverein Weltweit Service (AWS) policy.  It provides cover for trips lasting more than 8 weeks.  If the AIM of any trip is to go over 6000m, members will need the additional ‘Alpenverein Premium Single trip cover’, as the whole trip WILL NOT be insured under the AWS policy.  For details please click:

Alpenverein Premium Single Trip Cover

The prerequisite for insurance cover is the membership of the insured person(s) in the Österreichischer Alpenverein. The insurance contract can be concluded only by members of the Österreichischer Alpenverein whose main place of residence is in Europe.  Click here for definition of Europe, (which is different to the AWS document for European third party/legal cover).

For purchasing the product, please click the following link, (the application form is web-based, and only available in German):

Registering for the Alpenverein Premium Single Trip Cover

What should be done in the event of an insurance claim?

Please note! Prior to repatriation, transfer, in-patient medical treatment abroad or transport within the country of main place of residence (not rescue), it is absolutely imperative that contact be made with Europ Assistance (otherwise a maximum of only EUR 750.– will be reimbursed):

Europ Assistance:

Tel Austria: 0043 1253 3798
Fax Austria: 0043 1313 89 1304
email: aws@alpenverein.at

In case of rescue, repatriation, transfer and medical treatment please send a claim form to:

KNOX Versicherungsmanagement GmbH,
Resselstraße 33,
A-6020 Innsbruck,
Austria

Tel Austria: 0043 512 238300-30
Fax Austria: 0043 512 238300-15
email: AV-service@knox.co.at

Claim Form – for rescue, medical treatment and repatriation costs – for single trip insurance

For further details/checklist about making a claim, click here

For members’ insurance accounts click here

[Updated 24 November 2020]