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Articles tagged “travel insurance”

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Business Travel

Travel Managers Turn to Creative Solutions to Meet Ever-Increasing Duty of Care Obligations

As business travel booms, companies are focused on their obligations to provide cost-effective health and safety support for their organizational travelers. Accidents, illnesses, and safety concerns can happen, and creative turnkey solutions are helping firms of all sizes cover an ever-increasing number of trips for work, pleasure, and those that combine the two.

Medjet + Skift | 5 years ago

Travel Managers Turn to Creative Solutions to Meet Ever-Increasing Duty of Care Obligations

Business Travel

Travel Advisors Can Fill Gap in Credit Card Trip Insurance

Sales of travel insurance are on the rise, possibly due to heightened awareness of risks posed by everything from terrorist attacks to a sudden illness. For travel advisors, insurance is both a source of revenue and a way to provide good customer service.

Maria Lenhart, Skift | 5 years ago

Travel Advisors Can Fill Gap in Credit Card Trip Insurance

Business Travel

Travel Advisors See Trip Insurance Opportunity Where Credit Cards Fall Short

Awareness of the need for travel insurance is on the rise in some quarters. This trend offers significant opportunities for travel advisors to generate additional revenue and offer peace of mind to travelers.

Allan Leibowitz, Skift | 5 years ago

Travel Technology

Reimbursement for Flight Disruptions Slowly Gets Smarter

Flyers are sometimes owed money from airlines following disruptions and delays, usually small amounts. New advances make it easier to submit claims, but it can still take a long time for flyers to get the money they deserve. Smarter predictive technology will eventually make delays and disruptions less of a hassle, or at least lead to insurance products that are actually useful.

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 6 years ago

Business Travel

Why Corporate Travel Needs to Prepare for Wilder Weather

The recent hurricanes are expected to have mostly short-term impacts on business travel and economic forecasts, but they exposed serious weaknesses in companies’ preparations for disruption caused by extreme weather.

Amy Merrick, Skift | 7 years ago

Why Corporate Travel Needs to Prepare for Wilder Weather
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Business Travel

Skift Trends Report: Understanding Travel Risk Perceptions & Realities

Major storms. Political unrest. Military conflict. These are the travel risks that keep us up at night. And, to be certain, they’re obvious and longstanding examples of events that can drive a vacation or a business trip way off course. However, these aren’t the only or the most frequently encountered factors at work in the travel insurance equation.

Allianz Worldwide Partners + Skift | 7 years ago

Skift Trends Report: Understanding Travel Risk Perceptions & Realities
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Business Travel

Why Travel Insurance Is Necessary In Today’s Unpredictable World

In the unpredictable world of travel, it’s time we stop viewing travel insurance as an occasional ad-on and more of a necessary part of the journey.

Allianz Worldwide Partners + Skift | 7 years ago

Why Travel Insurance Is Necessary In Today’s Unpredictable World

Online Travel

Terror Attacks and Change Fees Cause Travelers to Rethink Travel Insurance

Global events during the past year have fundamentally shifted how travelers view insurance and how they want to interact with providers during their trips. What was once overlooked by many U.S. travelers is now largely thought of as necessary, and brands want to make policies easier to digest.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 8 years ago

Terror Attacks and Change Fees Cause Travelers to Rethink Travel Insurance

Online Travel

SkiftStudio: Berkshire Hathaway Enters Travel Insurance Market With Disruption In Mind

Travelers can probably get bits and pieces of Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection's flight delay and missed-connection coverage elsewhere, but the array of coverage for these flight hassles is unique in North America. However, don't be surprised if the $25 per domestic trip rate gets increased after awhile.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago