How to navigate travel insurance ahead of spring break as pandemic restrictions ease
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Canadians looking to get away for spring break now have a more robust range of travel insurance options. The federal government announced last week it will roll back testing and quarantine restrictions and will also lift its blanket advisory against trips abroad.
The federal government announced last week it will roll back testing and quarantine restrictions effective Monday and will also lift its blanket advisory against trips abroad.
Although Canada's requirement for pre-departure COVID-19 molecular testing will end on that date, potentially cheaper and easier-to-access rapid antigen tests will be mandatory. Unvaccinated children under 12 will also no longer need to self-isolate upon return to the country.
The change means an insured traveller can get full coverage if they suffer a medical emergency on foreign soil due to COVID-19, as companies add the virus to their polices again after removing it when Ottawa rolled out its travel warning in mid-December.
"Now there are no riders, no caps on it," said Marty Firestone, president of Toronto-based insurance broker Travel Secure.
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