UPDATE: Thai Airways cancels 37 more flights as Bangkok flooding disrupts operations
Research: Are travellers willing to pay more for booking protection?
AP Companies approved as Lloyd’s DCA, broadening claims capabilities
Allianz launches digital platform for tailored travel cover
October 2026
Issue
This month in ITIJ we take a close look at how travel insurers are responding to the changes in winter sports risk, and we ask how risk is priced, covered and communicated to policy holders.
How do international hospitals stand out from the crowd, and become the number one choice for insurers and assistance companies? Clinical excellence alone is no longer enough. We look at why hospital culture has become a strategic advantage, and how dedicated international departments are strengthening relationships between hospitals, insurers, and assistance companies.
The culture advantage
News Analysis: Tracking brains across borders
How travel insurers are responding to a changing winter sports risk landscape
News Analysis: Everest risk and rescue limits in the ‘death zone’: implications for travel insurers
Industry Voice: A more holistic approach to helping travellers mitigate weather-related risks
Industry Voice: Australasia’s realignment is a preview, not an exception
Industry Voice: Wildfires – an escalating medical and operational risk
Brett Hill interview: Leadership lessons from Covid, and data-driven employee health strategies
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October 2026
Issue
When a parent or guardian becomes seriously ill overseas, assistance providers face a complex challenge that extends well beyond clinical care. Although these cases are relatively rare, in this issue we look at how safeguarding dependent children requires careful planning, legal awareness, and close international coordination.
No child left behind
When disruption strikes: building corporate security resilience before the crisis
Sponsored by TMCA Group
Providing legal assistance to travellers arrested abroad
Industry Voice: Providing assistance to an ageing population
Industry Voice: Funeral repatriation in APAC
Adam Hickman interview: From startup to specialist – growing a global medical assistance company
Tara Rose Naccarelli interview: How medical escorts are turning commercial flights into mobile healthcare
The network is never finished
Sponsored by Gateway International EMS
TPA: The ultimate enabler of peace of mind
Sponsored by IRIS Global
A market in motion
Sponsored by Trawick International
From friction to flow: why the IPMI back-office is ready for a technology reset
Sponsored by Flywire
Medical inflation, connected operations and what travel insurers need next
Sponsored by ICE-Tech
UnitedHealthcare Global exits IPMI markets across EMEA and the Americas
Linkage Assurance launches insurance package for Nigerians abroad
Squaremouth expands Trawick partnership with new coverage options
Redion becomes Expedia Group’s first travel insurance advertising partner
Catalina Island crash highlights travel insurers’ exposure to medical evacuation risks
UPDATE: Thai Airways cancels 37 more flights as Bangkok flooding disrupts operations
News Analysis: Tracking brains across borders
How travel insurers are responding to a changing winter sports risk landscape
Research: Are travellers willing to pay more for booking protection?
Industry Voice: Australasia’s realignment is a preview, not an exception
Global Rescue survey finds rapid rise in AI use among international travellers
Brazil records surge in European and British arrivals
Brett Hill interview: Leadership lessons from Covid, and data-driven employee health strategies
Groupia brands resume trading following Funktion Leisure acquisition
AXA targets healthcare costs and AI in new three-year strategy