battleface launches travel insurance for space tourism
COLUMBUS, Ohio – September 1, 2021 – Known for providing travel insurance, including covering adventurous spirits, battleface’s next mission is launching insurance for space tourists.
The new policy is a bespoke offer with benefits available including accidental death and permanent disablement. Underwritten by certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, the policy can be valid for any of the space flights operated by Tesla Founder Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, and high-tech balloon manufacturers Space Perspective among others.
Sasha Gainullin, CEO of battleface said: “We are proud to be providing this pioneering product for space tourism. We regularly revisit our policies to ensure we are relevant to today’s marketplace, and while space tourism is still in its infancy, several hundred space flights have been sold to ‘civilians’ and demand is growing. This type of product fits with our values of providing people with the confidence to fulfil their dreams.”
Lloyd’s already has an innovative insurance solution for the emerging private spaceflight industry and a space consortium from where they have developed straightforward, scalable insurance for all aspects and phases of new technological advancements and projects in the space travel sector. According to a Lloyd’s report, they anticipate that this dynamic industry is set to grow to be worth $1 trillion by 2040, driven by private companies entering the sector, which will generate a significant number of new jobs and capabilities in the emerging space tourism industry.
Gainullin continues: “Today’s landscape mirrors the early days of air travel back at the beginning of last century. With the advent of more affordable space travel, costs should come down as demand rises alongside the need for insurance. The first policy for aviation was written in 1911 and in 1927 the first transatlantic flight flown by Charles Lindbergh was insured. We are excited to be one of the first companies in 2021 to be providing insurance to space tourism pioneers who want to have the freedom to travel into space.”
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About battleface
battleface keeps insurance simple for people going places: into the surf and beneath the waves, across isolated deserts, up the sides of mountains and into space. battleface travel insurance policies are continuously being updated to respond to the needs of today’s travellers. Developed by battleface Insurance Services, an insurance intermediary regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK, battleface products are underwritten by certain underwriters at Lloyd’s, Spinnaker Insurance and Crum & Forster SPC. For more information, visit www.battleface.com.