: Why do some travel insurances exclude country of citizenship? It seems that it is common practice among many (but not all) travel insurance companies to exclude country(ies) whose citizenship the traveler possesses (even

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Why do some travel insurances exclude country of citizenship?
It seems that it is common practice among many (but not all) travel insurance companies to exclude country(ies) whose citizenship the traveler possesses (even if the traveler does not live in his country of nationality). My question is: what is the reason for this practice? In other words, what is the extra risk for covering a traveler to a country where he possesses citizenship?

Some remarks:

Note that I do not mean country of residence, but country of citizenship. E.g. if I'm a German citizen, but am living abroad (let's say in France), then why does a travel insurance not cover me if I travel home to Germany?
Adding to the above, I can understand (or at least I think) the reason, why some of the insurers don't cover the country of residence: probably higher risk of something happening during the extended stay, or they think a resident is already covered by national insurance. But these risks do not apply for a citizen living abroad, do they?

Addendum (example, as per remarks -- emphasis mine)

That was like a month ago, but I remember having seen this exclusion in various policies offered in Hungary. Now, I could find only one, and as I'm not sure I'm allowed to link it directly, for now I will just add my translation (N.B. the company itself is NOT Hungarian):

Risk bearing of the Insurance Company for insured persons having foreign, or double or multiple citizenships:

a) insurance against sickness, health services, insurance against accidents, luggage insurance, travel assistance services, legal protection and liability insurance do not cover events occurring in Hungary and other state(s) where the insured person has citizenship(s)

Addendum 2 (another example -- emphasis mine)

Insured is the natural person, whose person or belongings has been covered by an insurance policy. The insured can be exclusively a person, who:

...

- is a Hungarian citizen living in Hungary, or a foreign citizen settled in Hungary, who travels abroad privately or for a grant, given that this person does not travel to a country for which he/she has citizenship

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