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battleface launches customisable travel insurance platform

US travel insurer battleface is allowing its customers to protect their travel plans with the latest release of their new modular tech platform

True Traveller announces new collaboration with AXA Partners

Travel insurer True Traveller has started a long-term collaboration with AXA Partners UK & Ireland and AXA Partners Central & Eastern Europe (CEE)

UK cutting red list countries has implications for travel insurers

UK travel insurer battleface bolstered by UK Government taking 47 countries off its Covid red list

Travel insurance more important as consumer confidence soars

New research by UK-based Just Travel Cover discovered that holidaymakers now consider travel insurance more important than ever before

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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…

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

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…

Anvil integrates its risk management platform with SAP Concur

Anvil Group has partnered with SAP Concur, including an integration between its risk management platform, Riskmatics and data from SAP Concur solutions through its itinerary API (Application Programming Interface)

Saga sees drop in profit due to Covid-19

UK-based holiday and insurance provider Saga has suffered a drop in profit during the pandemic due to the restrictions on international travel

Post Office crowned best travel insurance provider

UK-based financial advice outlet YourMoney.com has announced its 2021 award recipients

Risk Strategies grows its student health programmes

US insurance broker Risk Strategies has acquired Specialty Insurance Solutions (SIS), expanding capabilities in its national student health practice

Covid-19 losses drag Lloyd's results down

Insurer Lloyd's has announced an aggregated market loss of £0.9 billion for 2020 (2019: £2.5 billion profit), including net incurred Covid-19 losses of £3.4 billion after reinsurance recoveries

InsureMyTrip adds Trawick International’s trip cancellation plan

Travel insurer Trawick International has entered into a partnership with InsureMyTrip.com to sell the trip cancellation plan ‘Safe Travels Voyager’

Aviva sells Polish business for €2.5 billion

Insurer Aviva has wrapped up its planned portfolio refocus with the sale of the insurer’s entire shareholding in Aviva Poland to Allianz