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After spending weeks in a Costa Rican hospital, Grant Rice was finally stable enough to return to Ontario on a medical evacuation flight. However, the lack of available hospital beds in Ontario prevented his return. Only after Global TV shared his story was a bed opened for him. THIA Executive Director Will McAleer is interviewed for this story.

The new agreement will see Zurich Canada provide inbound and outbound travel insurance coverage of DTGI’s branded insurance programs.

Danielle Kliaman’s family has had difficulty getting her travel medical insurance company to pay after she was hit by a truck in Thailand. THIA Executive Director Will McAleer offers important advice for travel health insurance consumers.

This is the second of two articles in which THIA member company Travelance shares some of its recent travel insurance claims to demonstrate the value of travel insurance and some situations that can void your insurance claim.