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Travel alerts and warnings: how world events can affect your policy 

We love that you love to travel. And while we always want you to go, we also want you to come home safely. That’s why you apply SPF50 to your holiday with travel insurance – and why we’re here to care for you, 24/7.  

But having cover for holiday mishaps is only part of the story. Knowing what’s going on in the world – and how it could affect your trip, your safety, or your policy – matters too.

Our travel alerts and warnings page is where we keep you up to speed with the global events that may affect you (our travellers), whether you’ve just bought a policy, or you’re already on your trip.

If you’re planning to travel to one of the destinations mentioned in our advice section below, or you’re already there, you should read the relevant travel alert to understand how this world event could affect your travel plans – and your travel insurance policy.   

We want you to travel far, but travel smart.  

This means checking to see if past advice is still relevant for your trip, so don’t skim over the below travel alerts before buying your Cover-More travel insurance policy or leaving home.

This also means it’s super important for you to read and understand the Australian Government's current travel advice level for your destination(s) before you jet off and during your trip, so visit smartraveller.gov.au now and bookmark it for later.

Read the big print: If you’re going to a country (or part of the country) the Australian Government has marked as “Do not travel”, it’s likely the destination is unsafe, and any claims you make may not be covered.

Current and ongoing travel alerts – what you need to know

Check out the world events that are developing now or ongoing and could affect your immediate or future travel plans.

Read on for more travel alerts and warnings that may be relevant to you and your holiday (and may affect your cover).

2024

Hurricane Milton

9 October 2024

 

Kokoda Track protests

19 September 2024

 

European flooding

17 September 2024

 

Israel situation (update)

9 August 2024

 

Lebanon situation

7 August 2024

 

Global IT outage

19 July 2024

 

Air Vanuatu insolvency

10 May 2024

 

Dubai and Oman flooding

19 April 2024

2023


Iceland Volcano Activity (Previously Geldingadalir Volcano Warning)

14 November 2023 (Updated 20 December 2023)

 

Tropical Cyclone Mal

14 November 2023

 

Protests in Lebanon

19 October 2023

 

Attack on Israel

9 October 2023

 

Morocco Earthquake

11 September 2023

 

France Riots

3 July 2023

2022

2019

2018

Super Typhoon Mangkhut

14 September 2018

 

Hurricane Florence

11 September 2018

 

Typhoon Jebi

7 September 2018

 

Hurricane Lane

23 August 2018

 

Underwriter update regarding outbreak of Zika Virus

14 August 2018

 

Lombok Earthquake

6 August 2018

 

Vanuatu Volcano 

27 July 2018

 

Greece Fires 

25 July 2018

 

Update: Mt Agung volcanic activity

29 June 2018

 

Kilauea volcanic and tectonic activity

8 May 2018

 

Tropical Cyclon Keni

9 April 2018

 

Philippines island of Boracay 

6 April 2018

 

Cyclone Gita 

20 February 2018

 

Severe Weather USA and Canada

5 January 2018

2017

Update: Mt Agung Indonesia

26 November 2017

 

Mexico Earthquake

20 September 2017

 

Mt Agung Indonesia

18 September 2017

 

Hurricane Irma USA

6 September 2017

 

Hurricane Harvey USA

28 August 2017

 

Spain Terror Attack

18 August 2017

 

Australia Cyclone Debbie

27 March 2017