Award-winning journey insurance coverage and help supplier Allianz Companions introduced a powerful milestone this week, revealing that its proactive fee system SmartBenefits has lined greater than two million prospects since its inception in 2018.
Moreover, Allianz’s younger program has monitored greater than 200,000 flight itineraries.
SmartBenefits actively displays prospects’ flights and points automated funds after qualifying flight and baggage delays. The Allianz function is obtainable on plans supplied by journey advisors and bought by means of the corporate’s shopper web site.
“We’re proud to announce that we’ve lined our two-millionth buyer with our revolutionary SmartBenefits proactive fee system,” Richard Aquino, Vice President and Head of Gross sales at Allianz Companions USA, stated in an announcement. “Our prospects instructed us they wished sooner declare submitting and expanded advantages, so we created a platform that mechanically sends same-day fixed-amount funds for qualifying journey and baggage delays. Our journey advisor companions have supplied extraordinarily optimistic suggestions that tells us that their purchasers recognize our quick, no problem declare funds.”
In keeping with Allianz, journey delay includes roughly 83 % of claims paid by means of SmartBenefits whereas baggage delay makes up the remaining 17 %.
When a buyer purchases a journey insurance coverage plan that includes SmartBenefits, they’ll be requested to enter their flight data on allianztravelinsurance.com or by way of the TravelSmart cellular app. If working with a journey advisor, the data may be entered by means of AgentMax On-line. From there, Allianz will monitor prospects’ flights and ship a textual content message or e mail letting the client know they’re eligible for an automated declare fee of $100 per insured individual within the occasion that the airline pronounces a professional delay.
In the meantime, a buyer experiencing a qualifying baggage delay can submit proof of the delay to obtain an automated $100 fee. If extra is required to cowl important gadgets, purchasers can file a declare and embody their receipts to obtain a fee as much as the utmost of their profit.
Vacationers have a trio of choices with regards to receiving the advantages, together with by verify inside 5-10 enterprise days, a debit card fee despatched as soon as the declare has been authorized and a direct deposit fee arriving inside 2-5 enterprise days.
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