New research from the U.S. Travel
Insurance Association shows that 77% of travelers who booked
vacations with travel agents last year bought travel insurance.
Travelers who dont book through agents were half as likely to buy
insurance, the survey said.
Agents influence
the decision, but consumers also tend to go to agents to buy the
kinds of trips they feel the most need to insure: The UStiA said
travelers are more likely to insure trips that are long, involve
several travelers, and/or require significant prepayments. Also,
17% of those who buy travel insurance said they have filed a claim
at some time.
The late-2005
online survey involved 850 leisure consumers who had traveled in
the previous 12 months.
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