Travel Insurance

What are the benefits of buying travel insurance for an international trip?

September 25, 2024

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Most Americans told tourism market research firm Destination Analysts that Europe, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean Islands are among their top vacation picks for 2023.

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Americans are gearing up for more long-distance travel this year — with around 34% saying they have plans to travel outside the country, according to a 2022 survey from tourism market research firm Destination Analysts. That’s a 7-point increase compared to what travelers said in the previous spring about their ambitions to travel internationally in the coming year.

Most Americans told the firm that Europe, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean

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Travel insurance premiums jump by 50% since COVID-19 pandemic

September 24, 2024



Travel insurance premiums jump by 50% since COVID-19 pandemic | Insurance Business Australia















Tips offered to Aussie travelers

Travel insurance premiums jump by 50% since COVID-19 pandemic

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By Roxanne Libatique

Overseas travel insurance premiums have risen by 50% from pre-COVID-19 now that Australians are allowed to travel again, according to Canstar’s latest review.

The review was fueled by more than 18,000 quotes, allowing an authoritative comparison of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on insurance premiums and the level of coverage and protection offered.

Confirming the rise in travel insurance premiums, the report found the average

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Pros and Cons – Forbes Advisor

September 23, 2024

Here’s a comparison of the Generali Global Assistance Standard, Preferred and Premium plans. Travel assistance services are included in all plans.

Generali Global Assistance Travel Insurance Plan Comparison

Generali Global Assistance’s Standard Travel Insurance Plan

Generali’s Standard travel insurance plan offers pre- and post-departure coverage with adequate limits. Benefits include trip cancellation, trip delay, trip interruption, and baggage and personal effects coverage. This plan also provides emergency medical assistance and evacuation.

The Standard plan includes missed connection coverage of $500 per person, for cruise and tour itineraries. This coverage helps if your flight is canceled or delayed by three hours

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Buying health insurance for your next foreign trip: Don’t fall victim to the fine print

September 6, 2024

A Saskatchewan man’s nightmarish trip to the United States is a cautionary tale for those who travel outside of Canada.

If you are taking a trip soon, experts say, now is the time to look into purchasing travel health insurance and, they emphasize, reading the fine print before you buy.

When Louis Lamothe, 72, from Halbrite, Sask., suffered a stroke while vacationing in Arizona, his family got another dose of bad news: Their insurance claim had been denied and they would be on the hook for the $56,000 flight home, as well as other hundreds of thousands of dollars in

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Revealed – what the best travel insurance providers in Australia cover

September 5, 2024



Revealed – what are the best travel insurance providers in Australia cover | Insurance Business Australia















“There is no single best policy that suits everyone,” the specialist says

Revealed – what the best travel insurance providers in Australia cover

Insurance News

By Mark Rosanes

With much of the world reopening borders and easing travel requirements for vaccinated visitors, there is also a huge surge in travel-thirsty Australians heading overseas. The numbers, however, are still well below the pre-pandemic peak reached in late 2019, according to government figures.

The latest provisional data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

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Top 30 travel insurance claims by under 30s totaled nearly $500,000

September 4, 2024



Top 30 travel insurance claims by under 30s totaled nearly $500,000 | Insurance Business Australia















Four of five of the most expensive claims resulted from illness or injuries in one area…

Top 30 travel insurance claims by under 30s totaled nearly $500,000

Insurance News

By Roxanne Libatique

The top 30 highest travel insurance claims made by people under 30 totaled nearly half a million dollars from October 2021 to October 2022, according to global travel insurance and assistance provider Allianz Partners.

The insurer said the travel insurance claims it received ranged from $6,000 to nearly $50,000, with the

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Travel insurance: how UK holidaymakers can get the best deal | Travel insurance

September 3, 2024

Get a GHIC card

The UK global health insurance card (GHIC) allows holidaymakers to use state healthcare in European countries, so it is invaluable if you fall ill or are injured while abroad. It was introduced to replace the European health insurance card (Ehic) when the UK left the EU. If you still have one, there may be no need to replace it straight away – it will be valid until its expiry date.

But while the GHIC is there to help in an emergency, Graeme Trudgill, the executive director of the British Insurance Brokers’ Association, says: “Don’t make the

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Travel insurance giant refuses payout, claiming Ontario man’s COVID not severe enough

September 2, 2024

The Clyson family trip to Antigua last March was a redo of sorts. They’d already canceled one trip to Mexico due to COVID-19 concerns and restrictions.

With two teenagers in tow, Rob and Kathleen Anne Clyson of Kitchener, Ont., knew it might be the last time they’d be able to get the whole clan on a plane at the same time.

Kathleen Anne says the family’s first trip in three years was exactly what they’d hoped for.

“The resort was beautiful. The beach was beautiful. It was a nice, relaxing, family time,” she told Go Public.

That is, until five

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