How does SARS affect travel insurance from Dogtag?
A. Severe Acute Respiratory Sickness (SARS) is a cause for concern to all travelers and our underwriters have issued the following guidance which you need to read and understand. • Cancellation. If you are cancelling due to concerns over SARS or new health guidelines this is not covered. Tour Operators and Airlines are generally flexible enough to accept a change of holiday destination due to a ‘major’ situation taking place that is outside the control of the customer. • Traveling against official advice. If the World Health Organisation and/or the Foreign and Commonwealth Office issue specific advice against traveling to an area due to a health issue such as SARS and you choose to ignore such advice then the insurance will not cover you for claims related to that health warning. Impact of travel advice issued after travel has commenced. Any individual who is in an infected or at-risk area and has or had been so prior to the World Health Organisation and/or the Foreign and Commonwealth
