What Is TripInsuranceStore.com & How Did It Start?
About Steve Dasseos:
I'm the President of TripInsuranceStore.com. I was a Financial Planner specializing in Socially Responsible Investments. Then my clients started asking about travel insurance...
International Experience
I was raised with a love of traveling. I also have relatives in Greece, Sweden and Great Britain. And I lived in Mexico & Guatemala from July 1985 to July 1986. I learned Spanish in Guatemala and did volunteer work with many missionaries.
Plus, we have an International Family. My wife and I adopted our son Micah from Russia and our daughter Isabel from Guatemala in the last few years.
Back to the story
As I researched travel insurance, I made four startling discoveries:
- Most travel insurance is sold by non-insurance licensed travel agents
- The few online travel insurance sites offered mediocre advice
- Many sites offered too many plans
- Very few websites had real people with real names available to speak with. If you could find an email address, it was usually info@... or service@...
I knew there was a business opportunity here! As a man of faith, I started praying for ideas and TripInsuranceStore.com was born in February 2001. Truth be told, I was too cheap to hire a programmer so I taught myself programming, writing and basic website design. In April 2002 I started adding to my team. As of today I have seven employees.
The Master Plan
The plan has always been to be "The world's most informative travel insurance comparison website". TripInsuranceStore.com's clients typically are well informed and educated about world events, travel and travel insurance. They tend not to like "cookie cutter advice".
TripInsuranceStore.com is also the Internet's First Travel Insurance comparison website with pre-selected, trustworthy and reputable travel insurance providers. Even after four years, no other travel insurance website pre-screens its Travel Insurance providers
This question from a customer sums it up best:
Pre-screening certainly makes the number of choices more manageable, but I would feel more comfortable knowing the specific reasons for your company selections. I tried two other sites, where I was first drawn to the Travelex policy I eventually purchased, although I had to wade through more choices. Why should I, in general, rely on you to eliminate the companies I would eliminate? |
My Answer:
What it boils down to is this:
- Many policies are very similar. In my opinion it's better to have a smaller selection of different plans than a huge choice of substantially similar ones. There's less confusion all around.
- Not all companies' claim departments can be relied on to take care of their customers. My due diligence has found many surprises that unsuspecting consumers are vulnerable to.
- Since I am the one person that is ultimately responsible for making sure each of our customers gets the right plan to fit their trip, I have to be 100% confident in the companies I'm willing to associate my name and reputation with.
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Want the right travel insurance plan for your trip? Make one easy toll free phone call to Steve, Tara, Teresa, Mary, Deanna or Becky at 1-888-407-3854 (US & Canada) or 507-214-3854. 8 am - 10 pm Eastern time. Fast service.
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