Cover-More Travel Insurance has announced the launch of new benefits that provide cover for COVID-19 effective from October 28, 2020, to Kiwi travellers when they travel in New Zealand or to Australia.
The new COVID-19 benefits include medical cover for a traveller or their companion contracting COVID-19, essential healthcare workers whose leave is revoked due to COVID-19, and cover for cancellation or additional expenses if prepaid accommodation is shutdown.
"We are obviously thrilled to bring this new level of protection for COVID-19 to Kiwi travellers," says Cover-More New Zealand’s general manager, distribution, Will Ashcroft.
"While many Kiwis have already embraced domestic travel, we know there is significant pent-up demand for domestic and Trans-Tasman travel.
"We’ve built these products so they provide our customers with the certainty they need to plan their domestic and trans-Tasman travel so that they don’t need to miss out on meeting their new grandchild, going to a relative’s wedding, visiting family and friends, or simply exploring the wonders of our beautiful countries."
Cover-More’s new benefits are available under their single trip policies, offering the following cover for COVID-19.
- You get COVID-19 or you’re placed into quarantine due to contact with someone who has COVID-19 and you cannot travel.
- If your travel companion gets COVID-19 or is placed into quarantine and you no longer wish to travel.
- A non-travelling relative or business partner gets COVID-19, and you need to amend or cancel your trip.
- Cover for $250 per night if the person you were planning on staying with gets COVID-19 or they are placed into quarantine.
- Amendment or cancellation cover for essential healthcare workers e.g. doctors, nurses, pharmacists, paramedics or other health care professionals whose leave is revoked due to COVID-19.
- Cover for cancellation or new accommodation expenses if your pre-paid accommodation is shut down for cleaning.
- Cancellation costs if your prepaid holiday activities are closed down.
"As a company, we have also spent this time innovating our core product benefits so that our customers receive the cover they need," says Will.
Kiwis can get Cover-More’s new policies for COVID-19 at: www.covermore.co.nz or through all their agents, brokers and business partners.
