Health And Insurance For Au Pairs/Nannies
Most families will pay for you the cost of your health insurance and it is very important that you find this out before you start the Au pair job. In come countries it is compulsory for them to provide this so check the information for the country you are destined to. If you are a national of the European Ecomonic Area country and will be working in another European country you will be covered by the European Social Security, and in 2005 the Europe-wide European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) was introduced and replaced the European health cover E111 as as the E128 for students and people working in other European countries now in 2008 its an Electronic card that covers you for long periods of stay.
Extra Cover
Their are limitations for only having state provided cover and I would seriously consider taking out comprehensive private cover which will cover extra loss of baggage. Their are different levels of insurance available from insurance companies, the basic is for health and otherscover you for loss of babbag, cancellations and other please check with your insurance company but it comes highly recommended to take out insurance as you never know what might happen for you to need it!