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Who’s Buying Annual Travel Insurance?

A Year’s Worth of Benefits on One Policy In the second episode of battleface Insights, we analyzed policy data of people who have bought annual plans for multiple trips. While single trip policies tend to get most of the attention, these lesser-known annual policies have been getting more interest in 2024. Which begs the question: […]

battleface Insights: 2024 Travel Insurance Buying Trends

Introducing battleface Insights – A Video Series to Illuminate the Path for Selling More Travel Insurance If you’ve ever played golf before, and if you happen to not be so great at it, you can appreciate the challenges of getting from tee box to the green. Using this analogy, the purpose of battleface Insights is […]

Ensuring Safe Winter Travel for Australians: The Essential Role of battleface Travel Protection

With winter’s chill swiftly descending upon the land down under, many Australians seek an upcoming holiday. Lured to the ski slopes in New Zealand, for example, it’s the perfect season for Australians to satisfy their wanderlust. However, international travel during winter months comes with unique risks. For peace of mind, businesses should encourage their travelling […]

Advised against travel? battleface in Canada ensures you’re still covered

The advice from the Government of Canada is unequivocal: “Always buy travel medical insurance. If you cannot afford private medical insurance, don’t leave home. Don’t gamble with your life. But in spite of this, Canadian NGOs, journalists, contractors and others have long been at mercy of government travel advisories when it comes to obtaining adequate […]

Aussie travellers expect more. Here’s how to provide it

Whether it’s seeking out surf breaks in Bali or pizzerias in Napoli, the ways Australians spend their hard-earned holiday time have never been so diverse. For many, travel is no longer a predefined package trip with the tourist crowds but a way to express their own individuality by soaking up unique experiences across all four […]

Travel should be relaxing. Pet insurance makes sure it is.

Travel troubles differ in every way except one: nobody wants them – especially when you’re traveling with your four-legged friend. Your pet could get sick while traveling or turn a pillow into confetti in your vacation rental. Pet Travel Insurance with BringFido helps your peace of mind and your bank account. If you’re not familiar […]

Last-minute traveller? That just got a lot easier in Canada

No disrespect to the meticulous planners out there, but sometimes spontaneity rules. We all know that feeling, right? Spotting that last-minute flight, excitedly messaging your closest travel buddy, scouring Airbnb for the perfect pad, and putting on your out-of-office autoreply as you waltz out the door. It could be a much-needed shopping trip in New […]

We brought claims handling in-house. Here’s what happened next.

Look, it’s not cool to ‘toot your own horn’ but to hell with it. Because when battleface brought its claims management capabilities in-house last year, it wasn’t without its risks. Claims had previously been out-sourced, as is common in the insurance industry, but a raft of negative feedback from our customers had forced us to […]

SMEs are leading the business travel rebound – but facing greater risks

Business travel bookings in the UK are now exceeding pre-pandemic levels with small and medium-sized businesses spearheading that rebound, according to a leading travel management company. Donna Joines, general manager of Corporate Traveller UK, part of Flight Centre Travel Group, said that British SMEs were playing a “huge role” in economic recovery following the disruption […]

Here’s why Platform as a Service (PaaS) is transforming travel insurance

The last thing we needed was another acronym, right? But if you can tolerate a few more letters in the alphabet soup that is tech-jargon, you’ll soon discover that the platform-as-a-service model (or PaaS) represents a sea change in how travel insurance can operate across the entire industry. Why? Because being able to shape your […]

FRAUD WARNING STATEMENT

FOR RESIDENTS OF ALL STATES OTHER THAN THOSE LISTED BELOW: Any person who knowingly presents a false or fraudulent claim for payment of a loss or benefit or knowingly presents false information in an application for insurance is guilty of a crime and may be subject to fines and confinement in prison.

ALASKA: A person who knowingly and with intent to injure, defraud, or deceive an insurance company files a claim containing false, incomplete, or misleading information may be prosecuted under state law.

ARIZONA: For your protection Arizona law requires the following statement to appear on this form. Any person who knowingly presents a false or fraudulent claim for payment of a loss is subject to criminal and civil penalties.

CALIFORNIA: For your protection California law requires the following to appear on this form: Any person who knowingly presents false or fraudulent information to obtain or amend insurance coverage or to make a claim for the payment of a loss is guilty of a crime and may be subject to fines and confinement in state prison. 

COLORADO:  It is unlawful to knowingly provide false, incomplete, or misleading facts or information to an insurance company for the purpose of defrauding or attempting to defraud the company. Penalties may include imprisonment, fines, denial of insurance and civil damages. Any insurance company or agent of an insurance company who knowingly provides false, incomplete, or misleading facts or information to a policyholder or claimant for the purpose of defrauding or attempting to defraud the policyholder or claimant with regard to a settlement or award payable from insurance proceeds shall be reported to the Colorado division of insurance within the department of regulatory agencies.

DELAWARE: Any person who knowingly, and with intent to injure, defraud or deceive any insurer, files a statement of claim containing any false, incomplete or misleading information is guilty of a felony.

FLORIDA:  Any person who knowingly and with intent to injure, defraud, or deceive any insurer files a statement of claim or an application containing any false, incomplete, or misleading information is guilty of a felony of the third degree.

IDAHO: Any person who knowingly, and with intent to defraud or deceive any insurance company, files a statement of claim containing any false, incomplete, or misleading information is guilty of a felony.

INDIANA: A person who knowingly and with intent to defraud an insurer files a statement of claim containing any false, incomplete, or misleading information commits a felony.

KANSAS: A “fraudulent insurance act” means an act committed by any person who, knowingly and with intent to defraud, presents, causes to be presented or prepares with knowledge or belief that it will be presented to or by an insurer, purported insurer, broker or any agent thereof, any written, electronic, electronic impulse, facsimile, magnetic, oral, or telephonic communication or statement as part of, or in support of, an application for the issuance of, or the rating of an insurance policy for personal or commercial insurance, or a claim for payment or other benefit pursuant to an insurance policy for commercial or personal insurance which such person knows to contain materially false information concerning any fact material thereto; or conceals, for the purpose of misleading, information concerning any fact material thereto.

KENTUCKY: 

Application: Any person who knowingly and with intent to defraud any insurance company or other person files an application for insurance containing any materially false information or conceals, for the purpose of misleading, information concerning any fact material thereto commits a fraudulent insurance act, which is a crime.

Claim Form: Any person who knowingly and with intent to defraud any insurance company or other person files a statement of claim containing any materially false information or conceals, for the purpose of misleading, information concerning any fact material thereto commits a fraudulent insurance act, which is a crime.

MAINE: It is a crime to knowingly provide false, incomplete or misleading information to an insurance company for the purpose of defrauding the company. Penalties may include imprisonment, fines or a denial of insurance benefits.

MARYLAND:  Any person who knowingly or willfully presents a false or fraudulent claim for payment of a loss or benefit or who knowingly or willfully presents false information in an application for insurance is guilty of a crime and may be subject to fines and confinement in prison.

MINNESOTA:  A person who files a claim with intent to defraud or helps commit a fraud against an insurer is guilty of a crime.

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Any person who, with a purpose to injure, defraud, or deceive any insurance company, files a statement of claim containing any false, incomplete, or misleading information is subject to prosecution and punishment for insurance fraud, as provided in RSA 638:20.

NEW JERSEY:

Application: Any person who includes any false or misleading information on an application for an insurance policy is subject to criminal and civil penalties.

Claim Form: Any person who knowingly files a statement of claim containing any false or misleading information is subject to criminal and civil penalties.

PENNSYLVANIA: Any person who knowingly and with intent to defraud any insurance company or other person files an application for insurance or statement of claim containing any materially false information or conceals for the purpose of misleading, information concerning any fact material thereto commits a fraudulent insurance act, which is a crime and subjects such person to criminal and civil penalties.

NEW MEXICO: ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY PRESENTS A FALSE OR FRAUDULENT CLAIM FOR PAYMENT OF A LOSS OR BENEFIT OR KNOWINGLY PRESENTS FALSE INFORMATION IN AN APPLICATION FOR INSURANCE IS GUILTY OF A CRIME AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO CIVIL FINES AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES.

OHIO: Any person who, with intent to defraud or knowing that he is facilitating a fraud against an insurer, submits an application or files a claim containing a false or deceptive statement is guilty of insurance fraud.

OKLAHOMA: Any person who knowingly, and with intent to injure, defraud or deceive any insurer, makes any claim for the proceeds of an insurance policy containing any false, incomplete or misleading information is guilty of a felony.

OREGON: IMPORTANT NOTE: Any person who knowingly presents a false or fraudulent claim for payment of a loss or benefit or knowingly presents false information in an application for insurance may be guilty of a crime and may be subject to fines and confinement in prison.

TENNESSEE: It is a crime to knowingly provide false, incomplete or misleading information to an insurance company for the purpose of defrauding the company. Penalties include imprisonment, fines and denial of insurance benefit.

TEXAS: Any person who knowingly presents a false or fraudulent claim for payment of a loss is guilty of a crime and may be subject to fines and confinement in state prison. 

VIRGINIA: It is a crime to knowingly provide false, incomplete or misleading information to an insurance company for the purpose of defrauding the company. Penalties include imprisonment, fines and denial of insurance benefits. 

WASHINGTON: It is a crime to knowingly provide false, incomplete or misleading information to an insurance company for the purpose of defrauding the company. Penalties include imprisonment, fines and denial of insurance benefits.

NEW YORK*:  Any person who knowingly and with intent to defraud any insurance company or other person files an application for insurance or statement of claim containing any materially false information, or conceals for the purpose of misleading, information concerning any fact material thereto, commits a fraudulent insurance act, which is a crime, and shall also be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars and the stated value of the claim for each such violation.