battleface launches pet travel insurance

In a statement, battleface said the new insurance policies are ‘designed specifically to protect pets and their owners while travelling domestically or internationally’.

The insurer said that the launch of the policy came in response to a ‘huge surge’ in pet ownership in the US in recent years – with 70 per cent of households now owning some kind of pet. Alongside this, ‘more and more people are choosing to take their pets with them when they travel’.

battleface will offer pet-related insurance in two packages. The first, Pet Travel Insurance, includes:

• Trip Cancellation and Trip Interruption, including a ‘unique covered reason that allows you to interrupt or cancel a trip in the event your pet becomes critically ill or dies, before or during the trip’
• Pet Medical coverage for up to US$2,000 of veterinary benefits (after a US$100 deductable)
• Pet Return coverage, to bring the pet home if the owner becomes too sick to accompany them home while abroad.

The second package, Pet Damage Protection, covers accidental damage caused by both the owner and the pet, to vacation rental homes or hotel rooms – with up to US$1,500 in coverage.

“Working with BringFido to meet this unique industry need has been very rewarding and exciting for the battleface team,” said Sasha Gainullin, CEO of battleface. “One of the many advantages of pet travel insurance is that it can help alleviate the financial burden of unexpected events. Just like individual travel insurance, pet travel insurance can be especially important if your pet falls ill or is injured while you are travelling and you are far from your usual veterinarian. It also helps ease stress and anxiety about bringing your pet to an unfamiliar vacation destination and not knowing how they will react.”

battleface also recently partnered with air travel technology firm AirLegit to launch the company’s FlightGuard48 solution worldwide.