Squaremouth in the News
Travel Weekly, March 14 2019 – Travel insurance companies get calls about Boeing 737 Max
Both Squaremouth and InsureMyTrip, insurance comparison sites, said on Wednesday before the planes were grounded that they had received calls from customers with concerns about flying on a Boeing 737 Max 8, the model of plane involved in the Ethiopian Airlines crash last Sunday and a Lion Air crash in last October.
Fear of flying as a result of the crashes is not covered by insurance.
“While airplane safety concerns may leave travelers fearful of flying, being too scared to travel is never a covered reason to cancel a trip under standard travel insurance policies,” Squaremouth said in a statement.
The only instance insurance would apply is if a customer had purchased a cancel-for-any-reason benefit.
Similarly, Squaremouth said, travel insurance does not cover flight changes to an aircraft that isn’t a 737 Max 8.
Delays, cancellations or flights grounded because of the situation could possibly be covered, but it depends on a traveler’s policy.
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