ITIJ 249 | October 2021

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In the October 2021 Issue: Building confidence in travel again; travel insurance fight against fraud; are telehealth consultations here to stay?; Generali Global Assistance on emergency medical transport trends; NGS on pre-travel preparation for NGOs in East Africa; Allianz Partners on getting into an insurer’s medical network; GMMI with 10 cost containment qualities to look for; MAPFRE Asistencia on innovation for travel recovery and Simon Kucher and Partners on understanding liabilities.

Plus interviews with Sasha Gainullin of battleface and Chris Gooden of Voyager Insurance Services

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The October issue of ITIJ is now available to read online, with features on preventing travel insurance fraud, technology, medical transports, travel security, and travel insurance market development opportunities

Mandy Langfield

Partnership

Travel insurance partnerships with governments and tourist boards

With airlines adding routes and countries in certain regions opening up their borders, travel numbers are creeping back up. Covid-19 variants, though, mean that new outbreaks are inevitable. How can...

Alysia Cameron-Davies

Credit Card

Preventing and detecting travel insurance fraud

Pandemic-induced lockdowns may have brought a halt to travel, but they’ve been no barrier to fraud. Sarah Watson investigates the effect of Covid-19 on travel insurance fraud trends

Telemeds

Does telemedicine enhance the delivery of healthcare services?

Tatum Anderson investigates the reality behind the big claims that telemedicine has been the silver bullet to healthcare delivery problems during the pandemic

Globe

Medical repatriation statistics from Generali Global Assistance

James Sion, Chief Operating Officer of Generali Global Assistance, shares some proprietary data from 2020, which shows that emergency medical transports did not significantly decline during the pandemic

Sunglasses

Demand for travel insurance will increase

Wei Ke, Nick Frank and David Shleifer from Simon Kucher and Partners share the results of a survey that has led the company to predict an explosion in demand for...

Wei Ke, PhD. & David Shleifer & Nick Frank

Hands

Pre-travel preparation for NGOs working in East Africa

Lauren Snelling, Risk Analyst at Northcott Global Solutions, discusses risk mitigation solutions for companies and charities operating in one of the world’s most unstable regions

Lauren Snelling

Paper Aeroplane

Interview: Sasha Gainullin, CEO, battleface

Mandy Langfield spoke to Sasha Gainullin, CEO of battleface, an insurer that is shaking up the sector with bold steps into areas where other companies may fear to tread, reaching...

Mandy Langfield