Vhi Extends MultiTrip Cover for Six Months

 

All Vhi MultiTrip policyholders due to renew in 2021 get six months additional cover at no extra cost

1st December 2020: Vhi today announced it is giving all Vhi MultiTrip travel insurance customers due to renew in 2021 an additional six months cover at no extra charge. The six-month period will start from the date of their next renewal and will be given to all customers insured on Vhi MultiTrip on 31st December 2020.

Vhi will write directly to eligible customers informing them of the additional six months of cover. No action is required by the customer. Towards the end of the six-month period, customers will be contacted about their annual renewal in the normal way.

Noel Lawless, Head of Diversified Business at Vhi said, “We are all aware that the travel restrictions associated with COVID-19 have had a significant impact on people’s ability to travel and as a result reduced opportunities to use their travel insurance. With the decision to move to the EU traffic light system and some positive news, emerging with regards to a vaccine there is more optimism that travel will commence again in 2021. For this reason we have made the decision to give all our existing customers an additional six months cover – giving them additional value by providing cover for 18 months rather than the typical 12 months.”

COVID-19 has had a disruptive effect on the travel insurance industry and since March 2020, Vhi has announced a range of measures to its MultiTrip product to support its customers. These measures include:

  • Enhancing cover for trips in Ireland
  • Reducing the price of our annual Vhi MultiTrip policy
  • Extending the cooling off period from 14 to 28 days for customers renewing
  • Setting up a separate fund to deal with COVID-19 cancellation claims for all renewing customers who booked holidays prior to 19th March 2020

Vhi MultiTrip is an annual travel insurance product that provides customers with cover for multiple trips over a 12-month period. The product provides cover for unforeseen events while travelling at home or abroad. It is available to customers that hold a domestic private health insurance policy with one of the health insurers in Ireland. Vhi MultiTrip tops up the medical emergency cover that exists on domestic health insurance policies so that customers are not paying twice for this cover. Launched in 2004, Vhi MultiTrip is Ireland’s number one travel insurance provider.

For further information visit: www.vhi.ie/pdf/products/multitrip-cover-update.pdf

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01-Dec-2020