{"id":20125,"date":"2020-11-04T02:52:43","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T07:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/Life-Insurance-Blog\/tugo-unveils-covid-19-travel-insurance-policy\/"},"modified":"2020-11-04T02:52:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T07:52:43","slug":"tugo-unveils-covid-19-travel-insurance-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2020\/11\/04\/tugo-unveils-covid-19-travel-insurance-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"TuGo unveils COVID-19 travel insurance policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-res.keymedia.com\/cms\/images\/ca\/110\/0348_637400731605940697.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifehealthpro.ca\/news\/manulife-opens-insurance-window-for-canadians-334425.aspx\">Following moves from other providers<\/a>, Canadian travel insurance provider TuGo has announced that it is offering COVID-19 Insurance coverage for Canadians planning to fly abroad during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we recommend following the Government of Canada\u2019s Level 3 travel advisory, TuGo also recognizes that family, business or other\u202freasons\u202fmay require some Canadians to travel abroad during the pandemic,\u201d said TuGo Chief Customer Officer Brad Dance, who is also formerly the president of the Travel Health Insurance Association.<\/p>\n<p>The new product includes provisions for COVID-19 emergency medical care and quarantine expenses for up to $500,000, in cases where the policyholder tests positive for and is diagnosed with COVID-19 while on their trip.<\/p>\n<p>In situations where a Level 3 \u201cavoid non-essential travel\u201d advisory escalates to a Level 4 \u201cavoid all travel\u201d alert, TuGo\u2019s COVID-19 insurance also offers a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifehealthpro.ca\/news\/coronavirus-scare-puts-travel-insurance-in-focus-325851.aspx\">Trip Interruption benefit<\/a> should the traveller opt to return home ahead of time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor those planning to travel, they should take time to research the various COVID-19 insurance options that have come to market in recent weeks, to ensure they best fit their needs,\u201d Dance said.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifehealthpro.ca\/news\/tugo-unveils-covid19-travel-insurance-policy-334849.aspx\">Read the original article at https:\/\/www.lifehealthpro.ca\/rss\/ <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following moves from other providers, Canadian travel insurance provider TuGo has announced that it is offering COVID-19 Insurance coverage for Canadians planning to fly abroad during the pandemic. \u201cWhile we recommend following the Government&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}