In the November issue of ITIJ, we have features analysing the industry shift towards creating more tailored travel insurance products, the evolution of winter sports cover, meeting customer expectations and how travel insurers work with the travel trade to enhance consumer awareness around travel insurance and ensure that insurance sold to travellers is fit for purpose.
You’ll also find opinion pieces from legal firm Frost Todd Brown on travel assistance services regulation in the US, Rewrite Digital on the growing need to be tech-savvy, Verisk on the impact of the discount rate change in the UK, and SAS UK & Ireland on the new International Financial Reporting Standard 17.

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Is the new International Financial Reporting Standard 17 is as much an opportunity as it is a challenge?

Lee Thorpe, Head of Risk Business Solutions for SAS UK & Ireland, asks if the new International Financial Reporting Standard 17 is as much an opportunity as it is a…

Discount rate change in the UK

Mark Hewitt, creator of piCalculator and Managing Director at Verisk, looks at the impact of last year’s discount rate change in the UK.

Tailoring products to meet customer needs

David Kernek asks how insurtech startups and other disruptive advancements are helping the industry in its goal of providing tailor-made products to an ever more demanding customer.

How travel insurers are meeting customer expectations

Travel insurers are striving to better meet consumer expectations through customer education and embracing new technologies. Robin Gauldie finds out more.

US travel assistance regulation

Greg Mitchell, Chair of Frost Brown Todd’s Insurance Industry Group in the US, opines on what he sees as the uneven landscape of travel assistance services regulation.

Competing with digital insurers

Customers are jumping ship for a new fleet of digital insurers, writes Jon Reay, Founder of Rewrite Digital.

Evolution of winter sports cover

With specific winter sports policies increasing in popularity, Lauren Haigh spoke to industry experts to trace the evolution of this type of cover, find out what makes it unique, and…

Travel insurers and travel agents

The relationship between travel insurers and the travel industry, particularly travel agents, has changed dramatically over the last two decades, as Anthony Harrington explores.