Travel Insurance Alerts


Stay up to date with the latest travel insurance alerts

Information about travelling and coronavirus (COVID-19)

  • You can only travel to your destination if there is no travel ban in place or if you have an exemption.
  • Government restrictions (such as border closures) may impact your ability to travel, and the cover provided under your policy.
  • This policy will not cover a loss that arises from government intervention including travel bans, border closures or broadly imposed quarantine requirements, or from your failure to follow advice from official bodies.
  • There is no cover for loss arising from failure to follow advice from official bodies, including vaccination advice where applicable.
  • It is important to understand that while a destination has a 'Do Not Travel' warning in place for an event (including COVID-19), our travel insurance won't cover a loss that arises from that event if you: travel to; plan to travel to; or remain in that country or region.
  • Please research the area(s) you are travelling to and read the latest government advice to see if your planned travel is affected. Australian travellers - see smartraveller.gov.au and health.gov.au.

Travel Alert

Date published

Japan Earthquake and Tsunami - January 2024

3/01/2024

North Queensland Floods

19/12/2023

Iceland Volcano Eruption

20/11/2023

Cyclone Mal

20/11/2023

Israel & Palestinian Territories

09/10/2023

Moroccan Earthquake

08/09/2023

Hawaii and Maui wildfires

09/08/2023

Cyclone Gabrielle

09/02/2023

Auckland & North Island Floods

02/02/2023

Peru Civil Unrest

23/12/2022

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update - March 2022

30/03/2022

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update

19/03/2020

Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Update

31/01/2020

Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

23/01/2020

Taal Volcano

14/01/2020

Jetstar Industrial Action

10/12/2019

Super Typhoon Hagibis

8/10/2019

Thomas Cook

23/09/2019

Ryanair Strike

5/09/2019

Tropical Storm Dorian

29/08/2019

British Airways Strike

26/08/2019

Mt Agung, Bali - update

7/08/2019

Winter Storm North America

13/03/2019

Cyclone Oma

20/02/2019

Hurricane Michael

09/10/2018

Typhoon Mangkhut

13/09/2018

7.0 Earthquake Lombok, Indonesia

7/08/2018

Volcanic Activity Ambae, Vanuatu

27/07/2018

Volcanic Activity of Mt Agung, Bali - UPDATE to 22/11/17 Alert

3/07/2018

Eruption of Kilauea, Hawaii

14/05/2018

Eruption of Mt Agung, Bali

22/11/2017

Volcanic Activity of Mt Agung, Bali - UPDATE to 20/9/17 Alert

30/10/2017

Volcanic Activity of Mt Agung, Bali

20/09/2017

Hurricane Maria

19/09/2017

Hurricane Irma - UPDATE to 6/9/17 Alert

08/09/2017

Hurricane Irma

06/09/2017

Travel restrictions on electronics to USA and UK

04/04/2017

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