A local, New York–licensed broker
Protect Travel is operated by Protect Plus Insurance Brokerage Inc., a licensed New York insurance brokerage at 1368 38th St, Brooklyn, NY 11218. We place travel medical and trip protection plans from established carriers, and because we are licensed in New York we can sell the plans that are actually filed for New York residents. You buy online in minutes, or call and talk to a person during office hours.
If you live in New York
Travel insurance is rated and filed by your home state, so New Yorkers should buy a plan filed for New York — not whichever plan a national site shows first. Some national plans are not sold to New York residents at all. New York also gives you a free-look window to cancel a new policy for a refund, and the Department of Financial Services as a complaint route. Our New York travel insurance page walks through the home-state rules, the free-look and Cancel For Any Reason deadlines, and the complaint route, plan by plan.
Leaving from JFK, LaGuardia or Newark
Most trips out of the city leave from one of the three New York–area airports, and the cover you want is the same wherever you fly: emergency medical and evacuation abroad, trip cancellation and interruption, and baggage and delay. Put in your dates, destination and travelers and compare real prices from several carriers side by side — start a quote.
Cruising from New York
Ships sail from the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in Red Hook and the Manhattan Cruise Terminal on the West Side. A cruise is the one trip where reaching a hospital — a lift off the ship, a diversion to the nearest port — can cost more than the cruise itself, so the evacuation limit matters most. See travel insurance for a cruise for what to look for before you sail.
Family visiting you in New York
If parents or relatives are coming to stay, US healthcare is expensive and their home insurance usually will not pay here. Visitor medical plans cover a new illness or injury during the visit. Our guide to visitor insurance for the USA explains how the deductible, medical maximum and pre-existing rules work.
Talk to us
Reach a licensed broker at 877-720-6696 or info@protecttravel.com. Office hours are Mon–Thu 9am–5pm, Fri 9am–1pm ET · Weekends closed. We are at 1368 38th St, Brooklyn, NY 11218.