Travel Insurance news and trends

Insurers Pivot To Road Trip, Overseas Pandemic Travel Coverage
Travel Payments // June 22, 2020

Indiana-based travel insurer Seven Corners is beginning to adapt its offerings to the coronavirus era, with new packages addressing the needs people will have for the time being, CNBC reports. One package, titled Liaison Travel Plus, deals with virus infections while traveling; the other, called...

Can Disbursements Help Ease Travel Disruption Pain?
Disbursements // July 11, 2017

Between lost luggage, bad weather and guys getting dragged off planes, there’s plenty that can go wrong with vacation plans. For the July PYMNTS Disbursements Tracker™, powered by Ingo Money, PYMNTS checks in with Joe Mason, Allianz Global Assistance’s chief marketing officer, about how disbursement...

NEW REPORT: Travel Insurance Gets Upgrade With Faster Claims
Disbursements // July 10, 2017

Is it time to retire the phrase “the check’s in the mail”? The availability of new payment and disbursement solutions is showing promise in clearing up all kinds of payment ambiguity, especially the question about when a payment is actually going to arrive. The July...

Interviews & Exclusives
How One Startup Is Reinventing Travel Insurance For The Post-Pandemic World

July 16, 2020
Admittedly, it might seem like a strange time to be launching an innovative travel insurance product given how much the tourism industry has contracted in the wake of the global pandemic. But CEO Ugo Weyl of travel insurance platform Koala told Karen Webster recently that now is the perfect time to disrupt what is regarded […]

NEW REPORT: Travel Insurance Gets Upgrade With Faster Claims

July 10, 2017
Is it time to retire the phrase “the check’s in the mail”? The availability of new payment and disbursement solutions is showing promise in clearing up all kinds of payment...

Quick Reads
Insurers Pivot To Road Trip, Overseas Pandemic Travel Coverage

June 22, 2020
Indiana-based travel insurer Seven Corners is beginning to adapt its offerings to the coronavirus era, with new packages addressing the needs people will have for the time being, CNBC reports. One package, titled Liaison Travel Plus, deals with virus infections while traveling; the other, called ARMOR, caters to motorists as road trips within the U.S. […]