Travel Insurance

The perils protected against are listed in your policy and include various benefits available to you in the event you must interrupt your covered trip for a covered reason. These perils are similar to the trip cancellation perils except they provide coverage once you depart for your covered trip. The insured is reimbursed for unused non-refundable travel arrangements plus additional transportation costs to catch up to their trip or return home early.

Coverage begins at 12:01 a.m. on the day after the date the appropriate premium for this policy is received. This is your “Effective Date” and begins the trip cancellation benefits. All other coverage begins when you depart on the first travel arrangement for your trip.

To be eligible for trip cancellation reimbursement, you must cancel your trip due to one of the reasons covered in your policy. Depending on your choice of policy, qualified reasons could be limited to weather and family emergencies or illnesses, while others allow you to cancel your trip for any reason.

Your credit card or domestic insurance may cover you in some instances, but few plans are as comprehensive as travel insurance. It is best to check all of your existing insurance policies before traveling abroad so that you're aware of how you're covered.