Holiday Extras expands Covid insurance to countries on FCO’s ‘don’t travel’ list
Holiday Extras has expanded its Covid-19 insurance range to provide for countries not on the FCO’s exemption list.
The company is offering the product through insurance company Battleface, which has a 4.8 out of 5 score on review site Feefo.
The new Battleface policy, underwritten by Lloyd’s of London, is an addition to Holiday Extras’ existing travel insurance range, which includes Covid-19 travel insurance cover for destinations on the FCO exemption list.
The travel insurance policy will provide cover, for example if customers fall ill and require medical or emergency assistance 24/7 including medical expenses incurred by Covid-19, loss of baggage, personal money and passport and personal liability.
Holiday Extras Insurance Director Howard Dove said: "Initially we’ll simply link out to battleface’s website, but we’re working to integrate the product with our call centre and ultimately offer this option to customers via a smart drop-down menu if they select a destination that’s not on the FCO exemption list."
Battleface CEO Sasha Gainullin added: "We’re excited to be working with Holiday Extras to offer our insurance to their eight million customers a year, and to expand their coverage so those travellers can get the protection they need no matter where in the world they’re travelling."
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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