Stevens Point, WI - World leading travel insurance and assistance plan provider Travel Guard () has re-launched its Business Travel Guard plan with enhanced travel risk management tools for companies with traveling employees.

Business Travel Guard is designed to help employers and their traveling employees deal with travel uncertainty in an increasingly globalized marketplace. The plan offers insurance coverage and travel and emergency assistance services designed for the things that may go wrong for business travelers who can face heightened security, safety and medical concerns worldwide.

Business Travel Guard is also a resource for employers needing to plan for potential legal and financial consequences associated with employees traveling to remote or unfamiliar locales. Corporate travel and risk managers can use Business Travel Guard to provide employees access to premier global medical and security resources and help mitigate the of loss of commercially sensitive data and equipment.

Business Travel Guard’s package of travel insurance and assistance services includes:

  • $2,500 Trip Interruption (return air only)
  • $1,500 Trip delay ($150/day/up to five-hour delay)
  • $500 missed connection
  • $2,500 baggage and personal effects, including business items
  • $1,000 baggage delay
  • $50,000 medical expense coverage
  • $500,000 medical evacuation
  • Emergency and worldwide travel and medical assistance
  • Business Assistant services
  • Concierge services
  • Identity theft assistance*
  • Personal security assistance

Travel Guard also offers an annual medical evacuation plan for global travelers called MedEvac™ that provides worldwide medical evacuation to the insured’s home or hospital of choice. Unlike other evacuation-only plans, Travel Guard’s MedEvac plan also includes coverage for emergency medical expenses and offers 24/7 access to a wide range of travel assistance services including personal security assistance, identity theft assistance* and business/concierge services. Travel Guard can also work directly with business owners to provide customized travel coverage and assistance services.

“Prudent employers realize they need to take the proper precautions to protect their employees, not only when they are in the office, but also when they are traveling on business,” said Dan McGinnity, vice president of Travel Guard. “We work with companies to create travel insurance programs for employers that address their specific health, safety and security concerns, based on the number of employees who travel, and the destinations to which they travel. We also offer 24/7 global travel and personal assistance services that can help mitigate a lot of the stress and frustration that comes with the territory for company road warriors. Many employers feel there is a dual value in offering comprehensive travel insurance and assistance services - they are often viewed as a valuable addition to a company’s employee benefit package, and they can also help ease the employer’s concerns about the safety and security of their employees when they’re on the road.”

For more information, call Travel Guard’s World Service Center at 877.653.2516.

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About Travel Guard | Travel Guard Group, Inc., a Chartis company, () is one of America's leading providers of travel insurance plans for more than 9 million travelers each year. Travel insurance plans through Travel Guard are distributed by more than 12,000 travel agents across the United States.

Chartis is a world leading property-casualty and general insurance organization serving more than 40 million clients in over 160 countries and jurisdictions. With a 90-year history, one of the industry’s most extensive ranges of products and services, deep claims expertise and excellent financial strength, Chartis enables its commercial and personal insurance clients alike to manage virtually any risk with confidence. Chartis is the marketing name for the worldwide property-casualty and general insurance operations of Chartis Inc.

This is only a brief description of the coverage(s) available. The Policy will contain reductions, limitations, exclusions and termination provisions. Insurance underwritten by National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., with its principal place of business in New York, NY. Coverage may not be available in all states. Assistance services provided by Travel Guard Assist. *Not available to the residents of NY State.

Brian Major
Account Supervisor
646-442-6764