In Surinam you can get a insurance for health care, liability, furniture, fire etc.
Private health care insurance
Sometimes it is possible to keep your private health care insurance for this you have to ask you insurance advisor. If you don’t want to keep it you can insure yourself in Surinam, the cost of a private health insurance in Surinam is acceptable, for further information you can visit the websites of several Surinamese insurance companies. Tip: We advise you to ask for a first class health insurance the benefits of this first class insurance are much higher than for instant second or third class insurance. Make sure that you are still insured when you arrive in Surinam avoid problems.
Funeral insurance
Ask your insurance advisor if it is possible to keep(if you have one)your funeral insurance. You have to ask yourself some questions.
What do you want if one of you dies in Surinam. do you want to be cremated or buried in Suriname or in your home country. If you want to be buried in your home country then you have to ask your insurance advisor if the costs for transferring your body from Surinam to your home country are covered by your insurance(estimated price about € 5000).
