Travel Insurance

Velocity unpaused the redemption of points for Virgin flights a few weeks ahead of schedule, for trips from Tuesday 21 July. The company also told its Frequent Flyer members they could spend points to book stays...

Australians are among the world's great travellers, second only to the Brits for our love of global jet-setting, according to a 2019 study by Agoda. It  found that close to 90% of Aussies have travelled internationally,...

Mr Morrison addressed the nation this morning, saying that the government was calling all Australians home and lifting the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) travel warning to Do Not Travel, which could have implications...

13 March, UPDATE: Cover-More suspended the sale of new Cancel for Any Reason add-on products in Australia and New Zealand from "end-of-day, Friday, 13 March".  In a statement, Cover-More Travel Insurance announced the suspension was "in...

Our view has always been that you should not leave Australia without travel insurance. There are all sorts of costs if something goes wrong overseas – lost baggage and cash, forfeited pre-paid accommodation and flights, and...

What is a pandemic? A pandemic refers to the worldwide spread of a new disease, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). “Pandemic comes from the Greek word ‘pandemos’, which means everybody,” Dr Michael Ryan, Executive...

The coronavirus has dominated news headlines since early 2020. Thankfully, the number of confirmed cases in Australia is relatively low - a far cry from the situation in China where more than 80,000 cases have been...

Whether you’re going backpacking, spending a gap year working abroad or packing up and moving to another country - if you’ve booked a one-way ticket out of town, can you still get travel insurance? What is...

Thousands of Aussie travellers have been left to renegotiate flights, after Virgin Australia announced it was cancelling all flights in and out of Hong Kong, after a "comprehensive review of the route". The airline had previously...

As the number of novel coronavirus infections rises across the world, people are reaching for hand sanitisers to try and prevent its spread. The World Health Organisation (WHO) – which recently declared the virus an international...