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INSUREMYTRIP ADDS INTERNATIONAL SOS TO ITS ONLINE ARESNAL
(Commack, NY, May 19, 2003) -Online travel insurance leader InsureMyTrip.com welcomes International SOS to its comprehensive site. The addition of SOS and its Global Traveler product are a perfect fit for InsureMyTrip within their dedicated Medical Transportation category. The inclusion of SOS marks the 12th company and 35th plan that InsureMyTrip markets online and clearly demonstrates the company's commitment to providing the most up-to-date products for the traveling consumer.
International SOS provides medical assistance and transportation to travelers should they experience an illness or injury while traveling anywhere in the world. A proven leader in the medical assistance arena, SOS has an established on-the-ground network of alarm centers, clinics, air ambulances, doctors and nurses to render help when and where it is needed. The SOS Global Traveler product can be secured either on an annual membership basis or on a per trip basis.
" Our clients are looking for increased protection these days," commented Peter Evans, Executive Vice President of InsureMyTrip. "The SOS Global Traveler product is a wonderful standalone or supplemental coverage, which when combined with a trip cancellation package policy yields substantial overall protection and benefit. We are extremely pleased to be working with International SOS. They are a true industry leader and provide that extra sense of security while traveling in these most uncertain times."
"We're excited with the new distribution that InsureMyTrip.com brings to International SOS, and with their comparative shopping approach that highlights the many advantages of SOS membership," says Stephen Halliday, Vice President, Marketing, International SOS Americas.
About InsureMyTrip.com
IMT Services Corporation (InsureMyTrip.com) is a privately held company located in Commack, NY. InsureMyTrip is the leading, consumer oriented, online travel insurance aggregator worldwide. IMT currently offers 34 insurance plans from the leading 12 insurance providers in the industry. The Company also specializes in providing integrated technology solutions for the travel insurance industry, with over 700 private-labeled and co-branded travel related websites around the globe. IMT has been providing travel insurance technology since 1995.
About International SOS
The world's leading provider of global medical and security assistance, International SOS provides clients with a comprehensive portfolio of medical and security services to ensure that people traveling and working internationally have access to immediate help. Services range from 24-hour medical advice, referrals to qualified doctors and hospitals and provision of emergency medical and security evacuations when there is a critical illness or accident, or civil unrest.
The emergency assistance company of choice for thousands of multi-national and Fortune 500 companies, International SOS handled over 350,000 assistance cases last year, including more than 12,000 medical evacuations (an average of thirty evacuations per day somewhere in the world). It also provided care to a further 170,000 patients at its network of 23 International SOS clinics, and fielded 642,000 visits by Members to its website, seeking travel-related information and advice.
International SOS has global operations in 66 countries, spanning five continents and employs over 3,000 dedicated professionals in SOS alarm centers, clinics and remote medical facilities.
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