Understand your travel insurance policy before travelling abroad this summer. This article outlines what travel insurance covers, including trip cancellations, missed connections, and medical emergencies, and what it excludes, such as war-related disruptions and pre-existing conditions.
Before heading abroad, ensure your travel insurance policy offers all essential coverage and has an adequate sum insured.
If your flight is cancelled or delayed or you miss one, a travel insurance policy can cover the costs at such times and help you book a new one.
A travel insurance plan can help protect your dream holiday from turning into a nightmare.
A dummy's guide to buying travel insurance
With winter holidays approaching, some Indian travellers will venture abroad. Many will be underprepared for medical and other travel-related risks. Trip disruptions, missed connections, and steep medical costs in developed countries can leave travellers exposed if they underestimate the coverage they need.
It is one piece of document that you should have alongside your travel tickets.
As temperatures soar, booking queries have surged by double digits -- going up to 125 per cent -- for destinations like Kashmir, Shillong, Gangtok, Munnar, Leh, Rishikesh, Guwahati, Imphal, Kodaikanal and the Andamans.
A debt-ridden man in Jalna allegedly staged his own death to escape financial liabilities and claim an insurance benefit of Rs 20 lakh by masterminding the killing of his acquaintance, whose body was found inside a gutted car.
Taking health insurance is part of going abroad, but watch when you choose to make small claims, says Arnav Pandya.
If you are a frequent traveller, then you should opt for a multi-trip travel plan because it works out to be cheaper.
ICICI Lombard General Insurance on Tuesday launched a travel insurance scheme for students going abroad for higher studies.
Naval Goel explains the key points that will help you buy the most appropriate travel insurance plan and leave your worries behind when you travel with family and friends.
Travel insurance is necessary since it pays for financial losses in different situations. Here's why you must choose your travel insurance plan painstakingly.
With the advent of many online insurance web aggregators, buying an appropriate travel insurance plan to match your tour package has never been so trouble-free.
After all, when you are studying, it is better if all you have to worry about are your grades.
In addition to hospitalisation charges, it will cover expenses like transfer to hospital in of an accident.
Here are all the things you need to know so that you worry about nothing but your grades, says Mahavir Chopra. Read on!
It doesn't take a lot to insure yourself before you take that big trip to the Swiss Alps or anywhere else for that matter.
Keeping this in mind you can easily get the best travel insurance policy for yourself and your family. It is advisable to do some research before making any decision.
The rupee, which has depreciated about 23 per cent since May, has increased the loss ratios for the travel insurance segment.
Nine individuals, including a government medical officer and four police officers, have been arrested in Jalgaon for allegedly conspiring to fraudulently claim insurance money by faking a road accident death.
You must choose a travel insurance package carefully because that is what will determine how soft the blow of an emergency will be when you're abroad. Here are five things to remember when choosing a travel insurance plan.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi urges Indians to travel less, rising fuel prices are already changing driving habits.
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The UK has updated its travel advisory for British nationals travelling to India following an explosion near the Red Fort Metro Station in Delhi. The advisory urges British nationals in Delhi to follow the advice of local authorities.
Five members of the Agrawal family, including a chartered accountant, his wife, their two daughters, and his mother, were cremated in Gurugram after perishing in a devastating fire at a Malviya Nagar B&B. The family was in Delhi for the father's medical treatment, and the tragedy also claimed the lives of other relatives, leaving the community in profound grief.
'Healthcare costs in India rise by 10 to 14% annually, causing treatment costs to double roughly every 5-7 years.'
Students and families must stress test repayment capacity based on Indian salary standards.
Dark patterns are no longer just a consumer protection concern, but a broader macroeconomic challenge affecting the long-term sustainability of India's digital commerce ecosystem.
Rising study-abroad costs are prompting families to use education loans strategically while preserving savings, liquidity and long-term financial stability, says Yogesh Rawat
Companies are already diversifying sourcing, raising prices, and reworking operating models as the disruption drags on.
'Reviewing terms such as war, invasion, acts of foreign enemies or hostilities, which often appear in industry exclusion lists, can help avoid surprises at the time of claim.'
'While salary increments are moderating compared to last year, not all functions are moving at the same pace.'
Neeraj Chopra will head to the Olympic Training Centre in Switzerland from May 25, while shooter Manu Bhaker has jetted off to Italy after the Sports Ministry approved their foreign exposure proposals in view of this year's Commonwealth and Asian Games.
'I own a few cars that I have had specified minutely to my taste, and it does feel nice to know that there are no other vehicles like them anywhere in the world.'
Some products offer terrorism cover as part of the base offering, while in others it is an optional cover.
Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal have been fiscally stressed for a considerable period of time, and there are no easy ways to mobilise revenues to meet the cost of the promised freebies, particularly in the prevailing difficult economic scenario, points out M Govinda Rao.
