Mandy Langfield is Publishing Director for Voyageur Group. She has written extensively on the topic of international travel and health insurance, as well as medical assistance provision and air medical transportation. Mandy is also on the committee for the International Travel & Health Insurance Conferences (ITIC).

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News analysis: In crisis mode

If a policyholder should be the victim of a sexual assault while they are overseas, what mechanisms are in place in standard travel insurance policies to assist them from a…

ITIC MEA 2024 | Medical assistance in Africa

Bernadette Breton from AIMS and Jane Munyua from AMREF Flying Doctors consider the major obstacles to providing quality medical assistance to travellers in Africa

ITIC MEA 2024 | Travel risks in Africa – appearance vs reality

ITIC MEA continues with presentations from Lloyd Figgins from The TRIP Group and Salome Odhiambo from International SOS

Popularity of UK cruising reaches record levels

The UK’s cruise sector is reporting significant growth in 2023, with record guest and call numbers in ports up and down the country

Commitment from African ministers to tackle deaths due to malaria

Ministers of Health from African countries with the highest burden of malaria have committed to accelerated action to end deaths from the disease

Cruise claims increase

According to new research from Holidaysafe, there’s been a big increase in cruise travel insurance claims for ‘missed ports’

Air travel returns to 2019 levels: IATA

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for November 2023 air travel performance indicating that air travel demand topped 99% of 2019 levels

Alaska Airlines incident prompts grounding of Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft

On Friday 5 January, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 plane lost a section of fuselage mid-flight, forcing it to make an emergency landing