By STEVE HART
Travel insurance firm Mike Henry has re-instated terrorism cover in its leisure travel policies.
Most insurance underwriters withdrew cover for acts of terrorism after the terrorist attack on New York's World Trade Centre last year.
But Fiona Hewitt, Mike Henry's group general manager, travel services, says the Bali bombing presented the firm with an "ethical challenge".
"Even though no Mike Henry-insured travellers were injured in Bali, we felt that ethically, for the future, it was important that we covered people against acts of terrorism," she said.
The company re-instated the terrorism clause on December 1 to provide cover for medical care, medical repatriation or personal accident claims resulting from an act of terrorism.
It excludes costs associated with altering travel plans for anyone not directly affected by an attack.
"Our goal is to protect those directly affected in any future incidents," said Hewitt.
The change will add between $3 and $24 to Mike Henry policy prices depending on the destination.
Mike Henry
Travel insurance firm rethinks terrorism cover
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