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Stella’s new women focused travel insurance

Stella’s new women focused travel insurance | Insurance Business AustraliaTravelStella’s new women focused travel insuranceCoverage includes childcare and domestic abuseStella Insurance recently announced a new offering in partnership with battleface, a global travel insurance products firm. The travel coverage, said Stella’s chief operating officer Renee Cosgrave (pictured above), is partly a response to an opportunity created by the COVID-19 pandemic.“More than ever before, we’re seeing customers wanting to buy travel insurance,” said Cosgrave. “One of the great things that did come out of COVID was the experience of convincing many consumers that they must have…
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Travel insurance: Why millions of Australians aren’t taking it out

Key PointsA majority of Australians don’t take out insurance before they travel. The most common reason given for not getting travel insurance was that it’s too expensive. Government service Smartraveller says, “If you can’t afford insurance, you can’t afford to travel.”Travel is returning to pre-pandemic levels. But despite being a nation of jet-setters, new data shows most Australians don’t take out travel insurance before they leave. A nationally representative survey of 1,056 people conducted in November by comparison website Finder revealed 59 per cent of Australians – equivalent to almost 12 million people – had gone on a…
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Ecuador travel advice – GOV.UK

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) provides advice about risks of travel to help British nationals make informed decisions. Find out more about FCDO travel advice. Areas where FCDO advices against all but essential travelYour travel insurance could be invalidated if you travel against FCDO advice.Coastal Region FCDO advises against all but essential travel to the Coastal Region provinces of:Esmeraldas Manabi Santa Elena Guayas El Oro Los Rios Santo Domingo de los TsáchilasThis does not apply to airside transit within Guayaquil Airport in Guayas province, including onward or return travel to the Galapagos Islands. Within…
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Ethiopia travel advice – GOV.UK

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) provides advice about risks of travel to help British nationals make informed decisions. Find out more about FCDO travel advice. Areas where FCDO advices against travelYour travel insurance could be invalidated if you travel against FCDO advice. Consular support may be limited where FCDO advises against travel.International border areas FCDO Advice against all travel within:20km from the border with Sudan 10km of the border with South Sudan 100km of the Ethiopian border with Somalia and Kenya in Ethiopia’s Somali region, and within 30km of the Ethiopian border with Somalia in…
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