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What is Travel Insurance?. (or, what is one to do after the hyena tears down your camp?). What is Travel Insurance?. Travel Insurance, quite simply, protects potential losses relating to travel. Typical Coverages. Trip Cancellation Trip Interruption Travel Delay Medical
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What is Travel Insurance? (or, what is one to do after the hyena tears down your camp?)
What is Travel Insurance? • Travel Insurance, quite simply, protects potential losses relating to travel
Typical Coverages • Trip Cancellation • Trip Interruption • Travel Delay • Medical • Emergency medical transportation • Lost/Damaged Baggage • Baggage Delay
Coverages (cont.) • Accidental Death and Dismemberment, including Flight Accident AD&D • Pre-Existing Conditions Waiver (purchase period option) • Collision Damage Waiver (optional) • Typically there will also be a service package included
GeneralStructure • Travel Insurance is generally sold as a package of coverages - very seldom as a “pick and choose” set of coverages • Certain coverages tend to be sold separately: CDW, Flight AD&D
Ratemaking Considerations • Differing exposure bases on package: • Trip Cost (Trip Cancellation) • Trip Length (Medical) • Per Trip (Baggage Delay) • “Bundled” versus “Unbundled” • Nonstandard set of policy exposure periods • Catastrophe exposures (terrorism, hurricane, financial default)
More Considerations • Potential Rating factors: • Trip Cost, Trip Length, Age, Destination, State, Tour Operator/Cruise Lines penalties • Take-up rate (spread of risk) • Unsophisticated seller
Strange but true... • Man attacked by wild coconut! • Ripped off by a rat… • Running with the donkeys • Thanks for the rescue! • Nothing’s going to ruin my vacation!