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Protecting your employees around the world

Business Travel Insurance

A fast changing and unpredictable world

As your employees travel and work for you around the world, they are exposed to increased risks such as illness, natural catastrophe, political instability, pandemics, terrorism and accidents. Due to the recent geopolitical developments and climate changes, some of these risks have multiplied in nature and require different approach to risk management.

Companies have a duty to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of their employees in the workplace, and while traveling for business. Many laws and regulations already require employers to provide appropriate training for travelers and put mitigating procedures in place. Providing protection and care to your workforce as it returns to traveling will also boost your corporate social responsibility.

 

Taking care of your employees

Zurich Business Travel helps to fulfill the duty of care for your traveling workforce while enabling global people risk management.

Global protection

Comprehensive insurance benefits providing consistent level of security and care around the world, locally compliant

Assistance excellence

Single entry point to a global assistance network supporting you in any risky circumstance with the same level of care

Peace of mind

Financial and reputational protection against unpredictable events

Comprehensive insurance program

We continuously innovate our coverages to respond to the latest market changes and global events, and tailor them to suit your business needs on a global scale

Medical Care
  • Corporate personal accident
  • Overseas medical expenses
  • Medical emergency and repatriation

Safety
  • Travel and security assistance
  • Evacuation and natural disaster recovery
  • Personal safety against crime

Inconvenience
  • Cancellation, curtailment, rearrangement and replacement
  • Personal property, electronic business equipment and money

A global assistance network

The Zurich-owned assistance network (World Travel Protection – WTP) handles more than 100,000 cases globally each year and provides medical, assistance and security services in one place*.

It gives your employees immediate help whenever and wherever they need it through an expert local service provider.

* Including Universal Assistance. In certain geographies other third party assistance providers might complement the Zurich offering.

24/7 multilingual emergency assistance

Overseas medical and dental support

Security and repatriation

Digitally enabled monitoring and alerting

Pre-assessment of risk and training

Technical support: re-booking, embassy, legal liaison

Innovative technology

Automated pre-trip country briefs with intelligence for risk assessment & training, including women and LGBTQ+ travel safety

Targeted geo-location alerts and notifications during your trip

One touch 24/7 ‘Call for assistance’

Optional location sharing for proactive assistance and security services

Custom links to company information (e.g. travel policies, procedures)

Access to Cyber Assist digital threat monitoring

  • Receive constant updates on emerging risks around the world, highlighting travellers that are within the impact area
  • Interactive map of all alerts and their proximity to your travellers and facilities
  • Communication management dashboard allowing you to communicate 1-1 or 1 to many via app, SMS/text, email and voice
  • ‘Geo-fence’ an area of affected travellers and communicate directly with them to manage any crisis
  • View and manage traveller profiles and their itineraries
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Disclaimer: This tool is for informational purposes only and results should not be considered a definitive carbon footprint calculation, especially for companies looking to formally disclose these figures externally, or which are mandated according to local regulations. All calculations are based on the CO2 equivalent calculations in metric system units, such as kilometers and metric tons, and are based on open-source data available from the UK Government’s GHG Conversion Factors for Company Reporting. You can also download the CO2 emission calculator here.

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Should you have any questions or need further information please reach out to your local Zurich contact or your broker.

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