Travel insurance providers remove mental health illness exclusions

‘Some of Australia’s largest insurance providers have revised travel insurance policies that have long contained blanket exclusions for mental health conditions.

‘Cover-More Australia and QBE Insurance have recently removed exclusions in their policies that deny cover to people who cancel or change travel plans due to a mental illness that develops after they buy a policy.’

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