{"id":44177,"date":"2020-12-28T15:53:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T19:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=44177"},"modified":"2020-12-28T15:54:47","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T19:54:47","slug":"look-at-the-new-travel-insurance-requirements-regarding-covid-19-vaccinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=44177","title":{"rendered":"Look at the new travel insurance requirements regarding COVID-19 vaccinations."},"content":{"rendered":"

Report: Travel Insurers Likely To Make Vaccination A Requirement<\/h1>\n

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\u201cTravel insurance providers may refuse to cover those who decline to have the vaccination\u201d<\/h3>\n

Steve Watson
\nSUMMIT NEWS<\/p>\n

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Yet another sector of the travel industry has signalled that it could mandate vaccination against coronavirus to provide services to travellers, according to a report that notes insurers may demand to see proof of vaccination before covering those wishing to go on holiday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The international Travel and Health Insurance Journal reports<\/a>\u00a0that \u201cIf the EU obliges travellers to vaccinate, travel insurance providers may refuse to cover those who decline to have the vaccination.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report notes that the European Union has\u00a0previously indicated<\/a>\u00a0that travellers and anyone applying for a visa could be mandated to get the vaccine in order to enter and move between EU countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf EU makes vaccines mandatory, travel insurers will likely follow suit,\u201d the journal emphasises.<\/p>\n

Elvio Chilelli at insurer Europ Assistance commented that while vaccination is currently not a requirement, if the EU does mandate it then the insurer will adopt the same policy.<\/p>\n

AXA insurance also plans to make COVID vaccination a compulsory requirement if the EU does so.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is likely that countries are going to require people to have had the vaccine to enter. Therefore, if customers haven\u2019t been inoculated, they will not be covered,\u201d the company stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there is no requirement from the entering country, we cannot enforce that people have had the vaccine \u2013 as customers may not have had the opportunity to get one,\u201d a Axa spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

EU news website\u00a0Schengenvisainfo also reported<\/a>\u00a0on the likely move by insurers, pointing out that anti-vaxxers will likely be specifically targeted by the mandates.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if anti-vax travellers find a loophole in the requirement and manage to enter any of the Member States, travel insurance providers may refuse to cover them,\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n

It continues, \u201cWith the high volume of fake news and conspiracy theories that have been going on for months now on the pandemic and vaccination, the real challenge for the EU will not be to purchase the necessary vaccine doses, but rather to convince people to be vaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report adds that \u201cConspiracy theorists, in Europe and further in the world, have targeted Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who is known as a supporter of vaccination, claiming he is responsible for the Coronavirus pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some responded to the likely move by insurers, questioning what happens if people choose not to be vaccinated for medical reasons, or cannot get vaccinated:<\/p>\n

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