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While a standard travel insurance policy covers overseas medical expenses, trip cancellation, and lost baggage, business travel insurance usually includes all that and more.
In this article, we will review the best corporate travel insurance policies in Singapore for 2025 and explain which policies best suit different business needs. We’ll also share a smart way to conveniently insure your business against foreign exchange (FX) risk: the Wise Business card.
Business travel insurance offers comprehensive protection against unexpected incidents and expenses during a corporate trip, such as trip cancellation, trip curtailment, and loss, damage, or theft of business equipment. Having sufficient business travel insurance in place shows that you value your most important business asset — your employees — and provides crucial financial protection for your company.
Note that while employers are responsible for shouldering the costs of a business travel insurance policy, your business can pay for the policy outright, or your employees can purchase the appropriate coverage, and you can reimburse them. Just like your business might need dedicated corporate travel insurance, for accounting and compliance purposes, it is helpful to open a dedicated business account (if you haven’t already).
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Some key features you might look for when comparing business travel insurance policies include:
For your convenience, here’s the comparison table of the various corporate travel insurance policies in Singapore. Scroll down for more details on each provider’s policy.
Business travel insurance policy | Overseas medical coverage | Trip cancellation | Loss/damage of baggage | Business money and equipment | Other highlights |
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Chubb Group Business Travel Insurance¹ | From 100,000 SGD to 300,000 SGD | 10,000 SGD | 5,000 SGD; 1,000 SGD sub-limit for any 1 article, pair, or set of article | None | 5,000 SGD staff replacement expenses |
Singlife Corporate Travel Insurance² | From 300,000 SGD to 1,000,000 SGD | From 5,000 SGD to 10,000 SGD (only for Elite Plan) | From 3,000 SGD to 5,000 SGD (only for Elite Plan) | None | 5,000 SGD employee replacement benefit |
Liberty Insurance BizTraveler³ | From 100,000 SGD to 300,000 SGD | From 5,000 to 10,000 SGD | From 3,000 SGD to 5,000 SGD; 1,000 SGD sub-limit for each item or set or pair of item | 2,000 SGD; 1,000 SGD sub-limit for each item or set or pair of items | Employee replacement benefit from 5,000 SGD to 7,000 SGD |
Etiqa Corporate Travel Insurance⁴ | From 100,000 SGD to 500,000 SGD | 10,000 SGD (only for Comprehensive Coverage) | 5,000 SGD (only for Comprehensive Coverage) | 2,000 SGD (only for Comprehensive Coverage) | 5,000 SGD staff replacement benefits (only for Comprehensive Coverage) |
Great Eastern Business Travel Supreme⁵ | From 100,000 SGD to 300,000 SGD | 10,000 SGD | 5,000 SGD; 1,000 sub-limit per article, pair, or set | None | Up to 5,000 employee replacement benefit |
FWD Business Travel Insurance⁷ | 500,000 SGD for adult below 70 years old; 100,000 SGD for adult 70 years old or older | 10,000 SGD | 5,000 SGD | None | Coverage for pre-existing conditions (only for single trips and up to 30 days) |
Allianz Travel Insurance⁸ | From 200,000 SGD to 1,000,000 SGD | From 1,500 SGD to 10,000 SGD | From 1,000 SGD to 3,000 SGD | None | Trip curtailment coverage from 5,000 SGD to 10,000 SGD (Silver and Platinum only) |
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The Chubb Business Travel (Standard Plan) provides annual coverage for business trips and offers three different protection options¹. Annual premiums are higher for international coverage than regional coverage and for insured individuals with pre-existing conditions than those without.
Key things to note:
👍This policy is great for companies:
The Singlife Corporate Travel Insurance is also a company travel insurance with annual coverage². It offers 2 plans (the Classic Plan and the Elite Plan, which offers more comprehensive coverage for travel inconveniences) with 3 different protection options (Plans 1, 2, and 3). International coverage commands a higher annual premium than regional coverage.
Key things to note:
👍This policy is great for companies:
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Liberty Insurance’s BizTraveler provides annual coverage for business trips³. It offers 3 protection options: Plans 1, 2, and 3. This policy divides the world map into Asia Pacific and Worldwide, with higher premiums for the latter.
Key things to note:
👍This policy is great for companies:
Etiqa’s Corporate Travel Insurance provides annual coverage for business trips⁴. It offers 2 plans (Basic Coverage and Comprehensive Coverage) with 3 protection options: Plans 1, 2, and 3. Like the previous company travel insurance policies, the premium for international coverage on this policy is also higher than regional coverage.
Key things to note:
👍This policy is great for companies:
Great Eastern Business Travel Supreme offers annual and single-trip business trip coverage⁵. It provides 3 protection plans (Premier, Deluxe, and Superior) and divides the world map into Regional and International, with International Coverage premiums costing more than Regional coverage.
Key things to note:
👍This policy is great for companies:
The FWD Business Travel Insurance offers annual and single-trip business trip coverage⁷. It divides the world map into 4 regions: ASEAN, Asia, Worldwide excluding the USA, and Worldwide.
Key things to note:
👍This company travel insurance policy is great for companies:
Allianz offers both annual and single-trip coverage for business trips⁸. Unlike other business travel insurance policies in this article, Allianz does not differentiate its protection plans according to geographical regions. Instead, its single-trip and annual multi-trip plans simply offer 3 protection plans: Basic, Silver, and Platinum.
Key things to note about this policy:
👍This business travel insurance policy is great for companies:
Common company travel insurance policy exclusions include:
There are several corporate travel insurance policies in Singapore. Just as you need policies for personal travel, you should have one for your business needs, as there are some special risks that personal insurance will not cover.
Check each policy’s exclusions and limitations before signing up to secure the appropriate coverage for you and your employees on overseas business trips.
⭐ Just like you don’t want to get caught in a policy that doesn’t cover what you need, you would not want to get caught off guard by unseen forex changes eating into your business profit margins. If you or your employees need to travel for business frequently, it might be easier to just add on Wise Business Card to your company’s financial toolkit to complement your corporate credit card and enjoy low, transparent currency conversion at the mid-market exchange rate, no foreign transaction fees, and no hidden costs. |
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Sources checked on: 13th January 2025
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