Travel insurance company adds domestic partners to list of offerings
Same-sex domestic partners are now treated the same as married spouses and other family members by Travel Guard International, which bills itself as the world’s largest travel insurance company.
That means that gay and lesbian travelers who purchase Travel Guard insurance can be reimbursed if they cancel a trip due to an illness or medical emergency with a domestic partner, previously an option offered by Travel Guard only to legally recognized family members.
“Most trip cancellation claims are for some sort of illness or injury to a family member, and certainly in the gay and lesbian family, a domestic partner is a very prominent family member,” said Dan McGinnity, a Travel Guard spokesperson.
“We looked at the gay and lesbian travel market as one that represents a growing part of our potential client base, and we thought they deserved the same rights for their families as our other customers receive,” he said.
The new Travel Guard definition of family member includes both same-sex and opposite-sex domestic partners. To qualify, domestic partners must be at least 18 years old and couples must show that they have been living together in a “spousal relationship” for at least 10 continuous months, McGinnity said.
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