Consumer Disclosure(s)
Important information about how we use your information and how our information may be presented.
This plan provides insurance coverage that only applies during the covered trip. You may have coverage from other sources that provides you with similar benefits but may be subject to different restrictions depending upon your other coverages. You may wish to compare the terms of this policy with your existing life, health, home, and automobile insurance policies. If you have any questions about your current coverage, call your insurer or insurance agent or broker.
Purchasing travel insurance is not required in order to purchase any other products or services offered by the Travel Retailer.
What A Travel Retailer May Do:
Employees of a Travel Retailer may transact Travel Insurance on our behalf and under our direction, including:
- Offering/disseminating information on our behalf, including brochures, buyer guides, descriptions of coverage, and price;
- Referring specific coverage/feature/benefit questions to us;
- Disseminating/processing applications for coverage, coverage selection forms, or other similar forms;
- Collecting premiums on our behalf;
- Receiving/recording information to share with us;
What A Travel Retailer May Not Do:
The Travel Retailer’s employees:
- are not qualified or authorized to answer technical questions about the benefits, exclusions or conditions of any of the insurance offered by the Travel Retailer; or
- to evaluate the adequacy of a prospective insured’s existing insurance coverage.
Definitions
“Travel Insurance” means coverage for personal risks incidental to planned travel, including one or more of the following:
Interruption or cancellation of a trip or event;
Loss of baggage or personal effects;
Damage to accommodations or rental vehicles; or
Sickness, accident, disability, or death occurring during travel.
The following are excluded from the definition of Travel Insurance: Major medical plans, which provide comprehensive medical protection for travelers on trips lasting 6 months or longer (e.g. working overseas, deployed military personnel, etc.). In some States, Damage waiver contracts that are part of a rental company’s agreement. The phrase “damage waiver” or “collision damage waiver” cannot be used to describe travel insurance coverage, but the travel insurance contract may otherwise refer to “damage waiver” or “collision damage waiver” provided by a rental company.
“We, Us or Our” means Trip Mate, Inc.
DISCLAIMER:
This website contains highlights of the plans developed by Trip Mate Inc., which include travel insurance coverages underwritten by United States Fire Insurance Company, Principal Office located in Morristown, New Jersey, under form series, T210 et al and TP-401 et al, and non-insurance Travel Assistance Services provided by Generali Global Assistance, Footprint ID, and Blue Ribbon Bags. The terms of insurance coverages in the plans may vary by jurisdiction and not all insurance coverages are available in all jurisdictions. Insurance coverages in these plans are subject to terms, limitations and exclusions including an exclusion for pre-existing medical conditions. In most states, your travel retailer is not a licensed insurance producer/agent, and is not qualified or authorized to answer technical questions about the terms, benefits, exclusions and conditions of the insurance offered or to evaluate the adequacy of your existing insurance coverage. Your travel retailer may be compensated for the purchase of a plan and may provide general information about the plans offered, including a description of the coverage and price. The purchase of travel insurance is not required in order to purchase any other product or service from your travel retailer. CA DOI toll free number is 800-927-4357. The cost of your plan is for the entire plan, which consists of both insurance and non-insurance components. Individuals looking to obtain additional information regarding the features and pricing of each travel plan component, please contact Trip Mate, Inc. (dba Trip Mate Insurance in CA and UT; CA license #0805270); 880 SW 145th Avenue #400 Pembroke Pines, FL 33027; 1-833-297-2258; assistancefees@tripmate.com. While Trip Mate, Inc. markets the travel insurance in these plans on behalf of USF, non-insurance components of the plans were added to the plans by Trip Mate, Inc., and Trip Mate, Inc. does not receive compensation from USF for providing the non-insurance components of the plans.DISCLOSURE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS: [1754(a)(7) & (8)]
- Purchasing travel insurance is not required in order to purchase any other product or service offered by the travel retailer.
- Your travel retailer may not be licensed to sell insurance, and is therefore not qualified or authorized to:
- Answer technical questions about the benefits, exclusions, and conditions of any of the insurance offered by the travel retailer.
- Evaluate the adequacy of your existing insurance coverage.
This plan provides insurance coverage that only applies during the covered trip. You may have coverage from other sources that provide you with similar benefits but may be subject to different restrictions depending upon your other coverages. You may wish to compare the terms of this policy with your existing life, health, home and automobile insurance policies. If you have any questions about your current coverage, call your insurer or insurance agent or broker.
DISCLOSURE TO DELAWARE RESIDENTS: [1772(2)a.7.]
The insurance coverage may duplicate existing coverages you may have. You may wish to compare the terms of this policy with your existing life, health, home and automobile policies, and other sources of protection.
DISCLOSURE TO NEW YORK RESIDENTS: [194 § 30.3(a)]
New York Residents: Licensed producers represent the insurer(s) for the sale of the insurance. Trip Mate, Inc. is a program manager and may also act as a producer. Compensation paid to a producer will vary depending upon the policy purchased, the producer’s expenses, volume of business, or profitability. Trip Mate is compensated as the claim administrator for the insurer. Upon request, the purchaser can obtain additional information about the producer’s compensation for the insurance offered.