Euroasia insurance

Tour operator and travel agent liability insurance

Protection for travel businesses against tourist claims

Helps protect the financial interests of a tour operator or travel agency if an unintentional professional error by the company or its employees causes a tourist a documented loss.

A tour operator manager reviews a tourism product and itinerary

Tour operator and travel agent liability insurance

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Protection for a travel business’s professional liability

For tour operators and travel agents

The policy can cover an obligation to compensate a tourist for a documented loss caused by an unintentional professional error when the policy conditions are met.

Tour operator or travel agent

Protection applies to the company’s financial interests connected with liability when arranging and selling travel.

The tourist is the beneficiary

A person who purchased the tour and suffered a documented loss may be entitled to compensation.

Unintentional error

Cover relates to a professional error made without intent by the company or its employees.

Documented loss

The amount is assessed from supporting documents, subject to the sum insured and the policy terms.

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Terms and price are calculated individually

When an event may qualify as insured

Three required elements

Every claim is assessed based on its circumstances, supporting evidence and the individual policy terms.

Insured activity

The claim relates to forming, promoting or selling a tourism product, or to another travel-arrangement activity included in the policy.

Error and loss to the tourist

An unintentional professional error by the company or its employee caused the tourist a documented loss.

Event and evidence

The event occurred during the insurance period and is supported by the relevant court judgment and other evidence.

From the tourism product to claim settlement

Cover applies to a tour operator’s or travel agency’s obligation to compensate a tourist for a documented loss caused by an unintentional professional error by the company or its employees, subject to the policy terms.

The amount of the insurance payout is determined by the established loss, the sum insured, the deductible and the other policy terms.

A tour operator reviews documents related to a tourist’s claim
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Tourism product

The company forms, promotes or sells a tourism product as part of the activity specified in the policy.

02

Professional error

An unintentional act or omission by the company or its employee causes loss to the tourist.

03

Tourist’s claim

The tourist seeks compensation for damage and provides documents supporting the cause and amount of the loss.

04

Assessment and decision

The insurer reviews the circumstances, the court judgment and other evidence before deciding whether the event is insured.

What the policy should address

The sum insured, deductible, period, territory, list of travel services and process for documenting the loss are set out in the individual insurance documents.

What may be covered

liability for loss caused to a tourist by an unintentional professional error of the company or its employees

forming, promoting and selling a tourism product by a tour operator, and promoting and selling it by a travel agent

activity expressly included in the policy and carried out lawfully during the insurance period

circumstances and the amount of loss supported by a court judgment and other evidence related to the event

The exact scope of cover is defined by the policy and insurance contract.

What is not covered

circumstances known before cover began, intentional, fraudulent or criminal acts, and work while intoxicated

non-pecuniary damage, fines, penalties, charges and other sanctions

activity without evidence of the right to conduct it, while that right is suspended, or without current mandatory documents

loss to the company’s own property or data, intellectual-property and competition disputes, defamation, force majeure, disasters and government instructions

Check the full list of exclusions in the individual policy terms.

48 hours for the initial notice to the insurer by phone or any other available method
5 banking days for written notice describing the causes and circumstances and attaching the available documents
3 calendar months the maximum period in the standard wording for providing documents when there is no objective reason for delay
15 banking days for payment after the insurance act is signed
Do not admit liability without the insurer’s consent Before written approval, do not accept obligations, sign documents stating the amount of loss, or make payments.
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What we need for a quote

Individual offer

To assess the professional risk, our specialist will clarify the company’s role, travel activity volume, destinations and requested sum insured.

Company details

Registration details, experience and role in the travel sector: tour operator, travel agent or another travel-arrangement business.

Right to conduct the activity

The tour operator’s licence or the travel agent’s notification and other required documents, together with any current mandatory certificates.

Types of services

Formation, promotion and sale of tourism products, additional services and the specifics of agreements with tourists.

Volume and destinations

Number of tours sold, travel geography, tourist profile, partners and sales channels.

Sum insured and deductible

The requested sum insured, deductible, policy period, territory and other protection parameters.

Claims history

Information about previous claims, court disputes and circumstances that may affect the risk.

How to get an offer

Three steps

Submit a request and provide the basic information about your travel activity. We will clarify the rest together.

1

Leave your contact details

Complete the form on this page. A specialist will contact you and clarify your needs.

2

Provide risk information

We will need details about the company, services, destinations, tour volume, requested sum insured and claims history.

3

Agree the terms

We will determine the sum insured, deductible, period, territory, price and the process for arranging cover.

Terms that help explain liability insurance

EUROASIA Insurance glossary

Frequently asked questions

Still have questions?

Tell us about your travel activity, and a specialist will help prepare individual terms.