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I’ve been writing about travel for nearly two decades and, in that time, I’ve watched the travel insurance industry change at roughly the speed of a glacier. For years, the pitch was always the same: buy a policy, hope you never need it, and if something goes wrong, prepare for a paperwork marathon and a check that arrives somewhere between “eventually” and “you’ve forgotten you ever filed.”

I’ve personally been on the receiving end of that runaround. So have most travelers I know. It’s just something you kind of deal with. After all, you should never, ever, ever, EVER travel without travel insurance. You don’t want to end up needing a GoFundMe to pay your bills and get home if something goes wrong.…