Travelling to Maui? Here's how to navigate travel insurance
CTV
At a time when regions around the world are experiencing extreme weather events, travel insurance is one way to stay protected both medically and financially
At a time when regions around the world are experiencing extreme weather events, travel insurance is one way to stay protected both medically and financially.
Omar Kaywan, co-founder of Goose Insurance, said travel insurance can be extremely useful to have at a time of global uncertainty.
“We're living in a world, unfortunately, where we're dealing with a climate crisis, a lot of natural disasters are happening everywhere,” he told CTVNews.ca on Thursday.
At the moment, the streets of Norway and Sweden are flooding, South Korea has evacuated thousands of scouts due to a tropical storm and wildfires are quickly spreading across Maui, Hawaii, forcing many to cut their vacations short, cancel their travel plans and, most importantly, flee those areas for safety.
In situations like these, travel insurance is not just about financially protecting yourself, it’s also about having “peace of mind,” Kaywan said.
“If something like this happens, you do have a provider you can work with that can help you with repatriation and getting back into Canada as soon as possible,” he said.
So, you purchased travel insurance and there’s a natural disaster, now what?
