U.S. travel insurance spend hits $5.56 billion in 2024

 

ROCKVILLE, MD – U.S. travelers spent $5.56 billion on travel insurance in 2024, according to the newly released 2022–2024 Travel Protection Market Study from the U.S. Travel Insurance Association (USTIA).

Family-Friendly Travel and Bucket List Destinations Lead the Charge in 2025 Travel Trends: What Travelers Need to Know

 

As travelers gear up for the 2025 season, new data from Squaremouth reveals a strong preference for memorable family trips and once-in-a-lifetime experiences. The survey conducted by Squaremouth.com, an online travel insurance marketplace, analyzed responses from over 1,000 customers and highlights shifts in travel motivations and plans for the upcoming year.

Easton Wasinger Unveils Trawick: Affordable Travel Insurance with Exceptional Service

Easton Wasinger, Trawick‘s National Account Executive, sheds light on their travel insurance program. The discussion highlights Trawick’s commitment to exceptional customer service, boasting in-house support and rapid access to real human representatives.

New AI tools helps global travelers simplify travel insurance details

 

Holiday Extras launches ‘Search Your Documents’, an AI tool to simplify insurance document understanding, addressing widespread misinterpretations in policy coverage.

Best travel insurance you need to have before travelling

 

Travelling is a wonderful adventure, but unexpected events might derail your plans. Having the correct travel insurance might be your financial safety net in the event of a trip cancellation, unforeseen delays, or the need to return home due to an emergency.

Travel Insured International partners with Robin Assist

 

Travel Insured International, a well-known travel insurance provider, has involved a tech-based emergency travel assistance platform with the name Robin Assist, to provide responsive customer service assistance, emergency travel and medical help, and assures to its insureds from any device, anywhere and anytime.

Amadeus and Pattern announce travel protection integration

 

The pandemic raised awareness to the criticality of trip insurance – giving travelers peace of mind to leave home knowing they would not be expensively stranded if the unthinkable were to happen. Travel protection was a must-have during the height of COVID-19 and remains important now as traveler confidence returns.

Pattern Insurance launches ground breaking Weather Protection Insurance for US travel market

 

Global insurtech MGA, Pattern Insurance, announce the launch of its latest weather protection insurance product, the first of its kind for the US travel market.

IMG partners with eMed to provide telehealth proctored COVID-19 tests to groups of international travelers

 

INDIANAPOLIS – International Medical Group (IMG), an award-winning global insurance benefits and assistance services company, has announced a new partnership with eMed, the architect behind the first virtually guided, rapid at-home COVID-19 certified test technology and platform. IMG offers eMed’s at-home COVID-19 tests in bulk to IMG group customers traveling internationally. 

Pattern Insurance partners with Variety Cruises to offer their customers hassle-free travel insurance

 

Global insurtech MGA Pattern has announced that Variety Cruises, the leading small ship cruise line worldwide, has selected its platform to provide innovative travel insurance products seamlessly to its customers.

Policy Powerhouse launches the fastest holiday let insurance quote platform in the UK, for purchase in under 5 minutes

 Policy Powerhouse, a new digital broker, has launched the fastest quote platform in the UK for holiday let insurance. Designed and built for busy holiday let business owners, it offers them the ability to get a quote for, and purchase, holiday let buildings and contents insurance in under 5 minutes.

Insurers return to travel sector but ‘capacity may not meet the demand’

 

Demand for outbound holidays risks outstripping the insurance and bonding available to financially protect customer money despite signs of insurers returning to the sector.

AIG Travel partnered with New Frontier Group for international travellers

 

AIG Travel, the global travel insurance provider, has partnered with medical services provider New Frontier Group for international telehealth and pharmacy services for many of its international travelers.

Reasons to have travel insurance: Why it is important?

 

Why travel insurance is most important right now? This time, the COVID-19 pandemic is going on and we are adapting to the new normal. So when we are travelling, better we will have travel insurance. It gives an assurance on medical risks, travel risks, and also flight disruptions.

PassportCard explodes into digital nomad market with launch of personalised insurance solution

 

Global travel and international health insurance leader, PassportCard has launched a cutting-edge new service designed purely for digital nomads and remote workers.

68% of rental hosts purchase supplemental liability insurance beyond what is offered by booking platforms

SAN DIEGO – Generali Global Assistance announced that it has entered into a partnership with Key Data, a leading provider of global vacation and short-term rental market data, to launch TripIQ, the hospitality industry's first business intelligence and benchmarking platform for travel insurance. GGA, a recognized expert in travel insurance and assistance services, is sharing select proprietary data points from its Short-Term Rental survey, which was conducted by Phocuswright for presentation during the upcoming 2021 conference.

GroupCollect has selected TripMate to offer travel insurance for group Tour Operators

 

ST. AUGUSTINE & SAN DIEGO – GroupCollect, an online registration and payment platform for professional, multi-day group tour operators has selected Trip Mate, a Generali Global Assistance (GGA) brand to offer travel insurance through its online platform. 

AIG Travel Introduces Optional Lodging Expense Coverage

 AIG Travel has introduced optional lodging expense coverage for travelers barred from boarding a commercial aircraft back to the U.S. as a result of receiving a positive COVID test.

Generali Global Assistance tailors travel insurance offering to support smart vaccination and digital Health Pass initiatives

 

SAN DIEGO – Generali Global Assistance and its affiliated companies (“GGA”) announced that it will be supporting upcoming smart vaccination and digital health pass initiatives by adding custom options to their Travel Insurance offerings and endorsing the Good Health Pass and the World Health Organization’s (“WHO”)  Smart Vaccination Certificate Working Group initiatives.

AXA Partners and Ancileo renew strategic partnership to foster innovation in the Travel industry

 

To accelerate and seize the many opportunities in the Travel industry post-Covid, AXA Partners and Ancileo have decided to renew their partnership. This renewed agreement is there to provide the best combination of agility, global reach and financial strength in the Travel industry.