Welcome to Travel insurance Travel insurance is insurance that is intended to cover medical expenses and financial loss such as credit cards cash etc(check cover on policy). and other losses incurred while travelling either within your own country, or internationally. Temporary travel insurance can usually be arranged at the time of your booking of a trip to cover exactly the duration of that trip, or a more extensive, continuous insurance can be purchased from travel insurance companies, travel agents or directly from travel suppliers such as cruise lines or tour operators. However, travel insurance purchased from travel suppliers tends to be less inclusive than insurance offered by insurance companies. If you are a regular traveller it may be more cost efficient to have a yearly policy that covers any or all trips.