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Thank you for your review and hope that you were still able to enjoy most of your trip.

We are sorry to hear that you were unhappy with Nationwide's claim process. Nevertheless, you may find that most, if not all claims departments, may require a copy of your boarding pass to file a claim. We cannot stress enough that you should save your receipts and proof of expenses so that you can be accurately reimbursed, whether it be costs due to a delay of travel for hotel or meal, or medical records for emergency treatment received.

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Thank you very much for your review. However, your claim was correctly denied by the insurance company since it did not meet the crteria listed in the policy which is stated below:

"TRIP INTERRUPTION
The Company will pay a benefit, up to the maximum shown on the Confirmation of Coverage, if You are unable to continue on Your Covered Trip due to:
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(j) Natural disaster at the site of Your destination that renders the destination accommodations uninhabitable;
(l) Weather that causes complete cessation of services of the Common Carrier for at least twenty-four (24) consecutive."

In order for a claim to be payable, it must meet one of the criteria in the policy, such as, these 2 named perils. The policies don't work on the assumption that something might happen while on your trip. Coverage kicks in once a covered event actually occurs. Unfortunately, the fact that you made the choice not to go before an unforeseen event occurred will make you ineligible for any payments lost or additional expenses incurred.

Please call us at 800-487-4722 if you would like additional information.

Thank you for your feedback on the policy.

This policy came with a 10-day review period. The policy certificate states, in paragraph 3 of page 1, "All premium is non-refundable after a ten (10) day review period from the date of purchase in the event You have not incurred any claims during that time. In the event the premium paid for coverage is less than the required premium for coverage, benefits will be paid in direct proportion of the actual amount paid to the required premium due."

However, you may request to transfer this policy to cover a new trip. Please contact us at 800-487-4722 for the documentation required for this request.

Your iTravelinsured SE plan provided Trip Interruption only for those covered reasons that are listed in the policy which include:

Trip Interruption must be due to:
1. Your or a Family Member’s or a Traveling Companion’s or a Business Partner’s or a Child Caregiver’s death, which occurs while You are on Your Trip;
2. Your or a Family Member’s or a Traveling Companion’s or a Business Partner’s or a Child Caregiver’s covered Sickness or Injury which: a) occurs while You are on Your Trip, b) requires Medical Treatment at the time of interruption resulting in medically imposed restrictions, as certified by a Legally Qualified Physician, and c) prevents Your continued participation on Your Trip;
3. For the Other Covered reasons listed below; provided such circumstances occur while coverage is in effect.
“Other Covered reasons” means:
a. You or Your Traveling Companion being hijacked, quarantined, required to serve on a jury, (notice of jury duty must be received after Your Effective Date) served with a court order to appear as a witness in a legal action in which You or Your Traveling Companion is not a party (except law enforcement officers);
b. Your or Your Traveling Companion’s primary place of residence or destination being rendered uninhabitable and remaining uninhabitable during Your scheduled Trip, by fire, flood, burglary or other Natural Disaster; The Company will only pay benefits for Losses occurring within thirty (30) calendar days after the Natural Disaster makes Your destination accommodations uninhabitable. Your destination is uninhabitable if:
(i) the building structure itself is unstable and there is a risk of collapse in whole or in part;
(ii) there is exterior or structural damage allowing elemental intrusion, such as rain, wind, hail, or flood;
(iii) immediate safety hazards have yet to be cleared such as debris on roofs or downed electrical lines; or
(iv) the rental property is without electricity or water. Benefits are not payable if a storm, snow storm, blizzard or hurricane is named on or before the Effective Date of Your Trip Cancellation coverage.
c. Your or Your Traveling Companion’s place of employment is rendered unsuitable for business due to fire, flood, burglary or other Natural Disaster and You and/or Your Traveling Companion are required to work as a result.;
d. a documented theft of passports or visas;
e. a permanent transfer of employment of two hundred-fifty (250) miles or more of You or Your Traveling Companion by the employer with whom You or Your Traveling Companion are employed on Your Effective Date which requires Your or Your Traveling Companion’s principal residence to be relocated;
f. You or Your Traveling Companion being directly involved in a traffic accident, substantiated by a police report, while enroute to Your scheduled point of departure;
g. unannounced Strike that causes complete cessation of services for at least six (6) consecutive hours of the Common Carrier on which You are scheduled to travel;
h. Inclement Weather that causes complete cessation of services for at least six (6) consecutive hours of the Common Carrier on which You are scheduled to travel;
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i. mechanical breakdown that causes complete cessation of services for at least six (6) consecutive hours of the Common Carrier on which You are scheduled to travel;
j. a government-mandated shutdown of an airport or air traffic control system for reasons other than terrorism or an act of war;
k. You or Your Traveling Companion is in the military and called to emergency duty for a national disaster other than war;
l. involuntary employer termination or layoff affecting You or a Traveling Companion. Employment must have been with the same employer for at least one (1) continuous year;
m. a Terrorist Incident that occurs within thirty (30) days of Your Scheduled Departure Date in a city listed on the itinerary of Your Trip. This same city must not have experienced a Terrorist Incident within the ninety (90) days prior to the Terrorist Incident that is causing Your interruption of the Trip. Benefits are not provided if the Travel Supplier offers a substitute itinerary;
n. revocation of Your previously granted military leave or re-assignment due to war. Official written revocation/re-assignment by a supervisor or commanding officer of the appropriate branch of service will be required.;
o. Bankruptcy or Default of an airline, cruise line, tour operator or other travel provider (other than the Travel Supplier, tour operator, travel agency, organization or firm from whom You purchased Your Travel Arrangements supplied by others) causing a complete cessation of travel services more than fourteen (14) days following Your Effective Date. Benefits will be paid due to Bankruptcy or Default of an airline only if no alternate transportation is available. If alternate transportation is available, benefits will be limited to the change fee charged to allow You to transfer to another airline in order to get to Your intended destination. This benefit only applies if the Policy has been purchased within twenty (20) days of the date Your initial deposit/payment for the Trip is received;
p. Your family or friends living abroad with whom You are planning to stay are unable to provide accommodations due to life threatening illness, life threatening Injury or death of one of them;
q. You, Your Traveling Companion or a Family Member traveling with You is required to work during Your Trip. A written statement by an unrelated company official and/or the human resources department demonstrating revocation of previously approved time off will be required. This benefit only applies if the Policy has been purchased within twenty (20) days of Your initial payment for Your Trip;
r. up to seven (7) days mandatory evacuation ordered by local government authorities at Your Trip destination (or official public evacuation notices or recommendations without a mandatory evacuation order issued) due to adverse weather or Natural Disaster;
s. You, Your Traveling Companion or Family Member traveling with You is directly involved in the merger of Your employer or the acquisition of Your employer by another company.
t. a cancellation of Your Trip within twenty-four (24) hours of Your Scheduled Departure Date and time if Your Trip destination is under a hurricane warning issued by the NOAA National Hurricane Center, provided the cancellation of Your Trip occurs more than fourteen (14) days following Your Effective Date of coverage for Your Trip Cancellation Benefits;
u. a cancellation of Your Trip if Your arrival on the Trip is delayed and causes You to lose fifty percent (50%) or more of Your scheduled Trip duration due to the reasons covered under the Missed Connection Benefit.