The Travel Health
Insurance Association of Canada

Feb 20, 2008 09:30 ET

THIA Urges Parents to Insure Students for Spring Break Tours

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 20, 2008) - With spring break around the
corner, Canada's travel insurers urge students and their parents to make sure
out-of-country health insurance is included in all tour packages to Florida,
Mexico, the Caribbean or any other foreign location.

"Spring break should be enjoyed by
students looking for respite from heavy study schedules," says Juliann
Martyniuk, president of the Travel Health
Insurance Association of Canada (THIA). "But locations catering to
vacationing students are often crowded at this time of year and even the best
intentioned young people can stray into high risk situations that can lead to
accidents or unexpected illness. And when that happens, their first thought must
be to get the right help as fast as they can and that's what good travel
insurance provides."

Ms. Martyniuk noted that when young people make their own travel plans,
out-of-country insurance is not always their top priority. That's where parents
have a role to play.

THIA reports that only 42 percent of
Canadian travellers aged 18 to 24 buy out-of-country health insurance, a far
smaller percentage than other, older age groups.

"If they have travel insurance in
place, their problems will be minimized. If they don't, their problems may just
be starting," says Ms Martyniuk, who adds that students and their parents need
to realize that paying for emergency health care in a foreign country, or
repatriating a seriously ill spring breaker from Daytona Beach, Cancun or Aruba
can run into tens of thousands of dollars.

About THIA. THIA is the national organization representing travel insurers,
underwriters, re-insurers, emergency assistance companies, air ambulance
companies and allied services. Its website is http://www.thiaonline.com/.

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For more information, please contact
Travel Health Insurance
Association of Canada
Juliann Martyniuk
(416) 687-3220
Email: [email-masked]
Website:
http://www.thiaonline.com/

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