{"id":17556,"date":"2023-02-06T15:12:01","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T15:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/?p=17556"},"modified":"2023-06-23T10:15:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T10:15:01","slug":"battleface-breaks-into-canadian-travel-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/battleface-breaks-into-canadian-travel-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"battleface breaks into Canadian travel insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approx read: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">mins<\/span><\/span><div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"battleface-breaks-into-canadia\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><span class=\"x_tinymce-placeholder\">battleface breaks into Canadian travel insurance market with brand new product in partnership with Hunter McCorquodale\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4 id=\"travellers-can-purchase-insura\">Travellers can purchase insurance having already departed Canada<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<h4 id=\"covid-19-medical-expense-and-q\">COVID-19 medical expense and quarantine cover<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<h4 id=\"winter-ski-add-on-for-unexpect\">Winter ski add-on for unexpected encounters on the slopes<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<h4 id=\"for-returning-canadian-expats-\">For returning Canadian expats and digital nomads, travellers can purchase battleface\u2019s products that are offered in over 185 countries worldwide, while waiting for reinstatement of GHIP (Government Health Insurance Plan) coverage<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Travel insurance provider battleface today announced the launch of an all-new flexible travel insurance product in the Canadian market as part of its global expansion and a new partnership with Hunter McCorquodale.<\/p>\n<p>The product allows travellers to build a comprehensive, affordable travel medical insurance policy for single trips, both domestically and internationally, based on their travel needs and preferences. And a policy can be easily purchased while travelling.<\/p>\n<p>The product is aimed at leisure, adventure, business, contractors, volunteer, freelancer and NGO travellers looking for a fast single-trip policy as well as business and group travel. In addition to trip interruption and cancellation, medical expenses and emergencies, product features include:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Policy can be purchased while travelling, no need to worry about getting the insurance policy in place prior to travel<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Skiers heading off on a ski holiday can <span class=\"x_grame\">insure<\/span> their ski equipment to minimize trip interruptions in the event of a baggage delay<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">COVID-19 medical expense and quarantine cover for all travellers up to 75 years old<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Out-of-province coverage for medical expenses that may not be covered while travelling domestically<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Pricing based on age, destination and duration of trip with per day pricing<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Coverage for areas deemed \u201cAvoid non-essential travel\u201d and \u201cAvoid all travel\u201d, an option which may not be possible for all travellers, particularly NGOs<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Maximum\u202ftrip length 365 days<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>battleface CEO Sasha Gainullin says: \u201cWe are excited to be launching in Canada, bringing products that support travellers at every stage of their journey.\u202f battleface products are designed specifically with the modern traveller in mind, providing affordable and accessible protection for both domestic and international vacations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie Strezos-Egnatis, President, Hunter McCorquodale comments, \u201cWe are pleased to partner with battleface to bring this leading-edge, tech-driven product to the Canadian traveller.\u00a0 The battleface offering is in keeping with our own mandate of bringing relevant products to the Canadian insurance landscape.\u00a0 We look forward to continuing our journey of innovation together with such a leading-edge travel insurance disruptor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Standard cover includes protection against Trip Cancellation up to CAD 20,000 per person, Medical and Emergency Expenses up to CAD 5,000,000 and Personal Liability up to CAD 500,000.\u202f Customers will also have access to battleface\u2019s 24\/7 tech and customer service support.<\/p>\n<p>battleface medical and travel insurance policies are underwritten by Northbridge General Insurance Corporation.<\/p>\n<p>For more details about battleface, to receive a quote or purchase a policy, visit:\u202f https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/en-ca\/.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; battleface breaks into Canadian travel insurance market with brand new product in partnership with Hunter McCorquodale\u00a0 Travellers can purchase insurance having already departed Canada COVID-19 medical expense and quarantine cover Winter ski add-on for unexpected encounters on the slopes For returning Canadian expats and digital nomads, travellers can purchase battleface\u2019s products that are offered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1573],"class_list":["post-17556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insurance","tag-canada"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17556"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17560,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17556\/revisions\/17560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}