Treating a serious diving injury like decompression sickness can be an exceedingly expensive proposition, especially if you must be evacuated from a far-flung destination in order to receive medical care. That's why thousands of divers have chosen to purchase diving insurance through the PADI Diver Protection Program. PADI's insurance carrier, Vicencia & Buckley Insurance Services Inc., also has announced several improvements in its diver protection program. The program's Platinum level now provides up to $275,000 in medical, rescue, transportation and other dive emergency benefits. Many times divers don't think about things like costs associated with required extended stays when treated in a chamber, extra transportation, loss of equipment and even things like diving vacation cancellation or interruption. Also, all purchasers of the PADI Diver Protection Program receive travel emergency benefits of Assist America for any travel emergency while traveling more than 100 miles from home and includes the immediate family. The Assist America benefits are unlimited and they must provide the arrangements for diving and non-diving emergencies to include medical consultation, hospital admission guarantee, critical care monitoring, transport back to the U.S., dispatch of prescribed medication and other critical benefits. For more information on the PADI Diver Protection insurance call 800-223-9998 or visit www.diveinsurance.com.