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		ac29 on March 11, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says I share an office with a travel agent, and I can tell you a lot of people with "cancel for any reason" travel insurance are getting screwed by force majeure clauses. Unsurprisingly, insurance companies have no interest in paying out policies that threaten the existence of their company.

jennyyang on March 11, 2020 [–]

That sounds like a great way to kill the travel insurance industry. Not paying out means that the same people won't buy it again next time.

exhilaration on March 11, 2020 | [–]

Oh there's more than enough suckers out there to make travel insurance profitable forever.

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