2025 General Conference Session – St Louis
Information for the SPD Delegation to the 2025 GC Session in St Louis, Missouri
The 2025 GC Session has now concluded and we praise God for His leading during these meetings. The next General Conference Session will take place in Indianapolis, Indiana in July 2030.
General Conference Session Website https://www.gcsession.org/
Travel Insurance – ARM and International SOS
The SPD delegation will utilise the Adventist Risk Management (ARM) arranged GC Travel Insurance policy. (Please discard all earlier emails and messaging regarding cover with RMS). ARM is the official insurance and risk management company for the General Conference Office and have secured a policy with Chubb NA, a US-based operating division of the Chubb Group of Companies.
The policy will cover travellers for a travel window of 30 days from the date you leave your place of residence to the date you return, allowing the option of some leisure travel before or following the Session, if required. Copies of the ARM GC Session Policy and a summary document are available below.
Please download the International SOS app and create an account. This will speed up the response to medical emergencies, repatriation, evacuations and more – see button below for more information.
It is your responsibility to read through the documents thoroughly and make the appropriate decisions with regard to your cover.
A quick summary:
- Class 1: All approved non-U.S. based delegates, guests, visitors, staff and exhibitors who have purchased coverage for attending the General Conference Session.
- Cost: $83.25USD per person
- Maximum period of coverage: 30 days
- Automatically covered: Delegates and Spouses; Special Guests and spouses only. (For other accompanying family members or friends – see note below)
Important to Note:
The cost of the insurance for your spouse will be deducted from your allowances prior to them being sent to your bank account.
Should you wish to extend this coverage to accompanying siblings, parents, friends, or children, please respond to us no later than 12:00 p.m. on Friday, 23 May 2025. If a response is not received by this time, it will be deemed that you have accepted this coverage for them and all associated costs. A group application will be created to cater for this group.
You may decline this coverage for yourself and/or your spouse; however, any alternative arrangements will be at your own expense. Alternative arrangements must be communicated to Megan Lillo, with a copy of your policy contract, as soon as it is finalised.
For PNG based delegates there are limitations on insurance that can be purchased outside of PNG. The Union will advise you on what travel insurance they deem appropriate and require to be taken out.
For denominational employees who already have the Annual Corporate Travel policy arranged through RMS there is no need to complete a form. At renewal time, you must include the days you will be in America as the premium is higher for the time spent in the USA.
