Tag: business travel insurance

Travel insurance is increasingly popular but many vacationers remain unprepared

Marc
Travel Insurance - Are You Prepared

A recent survey shows that many people still aren’t getting coverage for their trips A recent survey conducted by CAA showed that even though travel insurance rose in popularity during and following the pandemic, there remain many people who don’t purchase any coverage when they head away on business trips or vacations. Despite the financial risks, about 40 percent travelers don’t always buy coverage This means that forty percent of travelers are inconsistent about buying emergency medical or cancellation travel insurance, or never purchase it at all. This places a…

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Research and Markets releases latest report about travel insurance last year

Research and Markets has made its latest report called “UK Travel Insurance 2011” available, providing deeper insight into the performance of the leading travel insurers in the country as well as key data regarding market share and GWP. This report helps to provide context for the data it has collected, as well as an analysis of the key issues in this sector of the market. Among its features is a discussion of last year’s trends in marketing that help to indicate the direction of the market and the strategies of…

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Business Travelers Refuse Trips to Risky Locations, Chubb Survey Finds

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Nearly half of people surveyed would refuse to go on a business trip to a location they consider dangerous unless their employer provided them with emergency medical and other services, according to a survey by the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies. Twenty-three percent of business travelers indicated that they would refuse to go on the business trip; 21% said they go but would refuse to go on the next trip; and 14% would go but look for a new job after returning. Many employees, however, said they would take the…

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Travel Insured International releases new product for corporate travelers

Marc

Top privately owned provider of travel insurance, Travel Insured International, has launched a new option geared toward providing coverage to corporate travelers. The new product is called the Corporate Travel Protector and it is designed to provide coverage for medical evacuation, emergency medical, and travel delay expenses, and is being sold at a reduced rate when compared to traditional trip cancellation plans. This particular product was created to make sure that even if the corporate travel manager decides not to buy coverage for the full company, it is still possible…

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John Hancock Financial announces new travel insurance offerings

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John Hancock Financial has announced that it will now be offering products from the travel insurance sector, which will be available to consumers through its new website which has been created specifically for that purpose, as well as through comparison websites for that type of coverage. The new travel insurance coverage will provide protection for trip interruption or cancellation, accident, medical, and baggage, as well as multi-lingual, 24-hour emergency services. The insurer, which is based in Boston, has said that while the products themselves will be distributed by the John…

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