Kudos to the 2023 winners of the Mozo Experts Choice Awards for Travel Insurance. To find out which travel insurance policies deliver the best value for Australian travellers for 2023, our team of expert judges assessed 110 international travel insurance policies from 43 different insurance companies. Only plans that offered cover for medical expenses resulting from COVID-19 in their cover were considered for the 2023 awards.
If you’re keen to broaden your horizons this year, our winners list below outlines the plans that offer the best value and is a great place to begin your search for travel insurance.
A special congratulations to World2Cover for taking out the coveted 2023 Mozo Experts Choice Travel Insurance Company of the Year Award. World2Cover picked up awards for both Exceptional Value and Exceptional Quality in Comprehensive Travel Insurance, a feat not matched by any of the other company assessed.
Congratulations to:
World2Cover
With travel well and truly back on the cards, getting the right travel insurance for the right price is more important than ever. For Australians looking for a basic level of cover at the lowest cost, the winners in this category are a clear embodiment of this. Those awarded offered unlimited medical cover and at least $2,000 cover for both luggage and cancellation related claims. We assessed policies for eight key travel destinations and awarded those that offered the best value on average.
Congratulations to:
American Express and Tick Travel Insurance
In addition to the winners above, the following awards for Essential Travel Insurance plans recognise those that did not win overall awards, but did perform well in our assessment for specific destinations.
Congratulations to:
Chubb Australia
Congratulations to:
Go Insurance
Congratulations to:
insure4less
For jet-setting Aussies wanting more comprehensive protection, the winners of this category offered the extras you could want when travelling the globe In addition to unlimited medical cover, criteria to be considered for this award included at least $7,500 of luggage cover and $15,000 cancellation cover per person.
Congratulations to:
1Cover, American Express, Tick Travel Insurance, World2Cover, and Zoom
In addition to the winners above, the following awards for Comprehensive Travel Insurance plans recognise those that did not win overall awards, but did perform well in our assessment for specific destinations.
Congratulations to:
Travel Insurance Saver
Congratulations to:
Chubb Australia
Congratulations to:
Australia Post and NRMA
If you’re someone who travels frequently, whether for business or pleasure, and you are looking for the best value annual policy, this is the place to begin your search. Our judges reviewed policies that offered unlimited medical cover, $7,500 luggage and $15,000 cancellation cover for trips up to 30 days each.
Congratulations to:
Medibank, NRMA, and Webjet
If avoiding a costly overseas medical bill is your main concern, Medical Only coverage might be a suitable cover option. To be considered in this category, a policy just had to offer unlimited medical cover. The following three policies were the most exceptional value on average over eight destinations.
Congratulations to:
ahm, Australia Post, and Zoom
In addition to the winners above, the following awards for Medical Only Travel Insurance plans recognise those that did not win overall awards, but did perform well in our assessment for specific destinations.
Congratulations to:
Easy Travel Insurance
Congratulations to:
Medibank
Not all travel insurance policies will cover you if you’re on the open ocean so you’ll need to get cruise cover for peace of mind. The criteria for this award included unlimited medical cover, $7,500 luggage cover and $15,000 cancellation cover.
Congratulations to:
Allianz, Qantas, Worldcare, and Zoom
With many travel insurance policies there’s an extra charge if you want to be covered for snow activities. To qualify for this award, policies had to include unlimited medical cover, and at least $7,500 of luggage cover and $15,000 cancellation cover. The cost assessment was based on a family of four travelling to New Zealand for two weeks.
Congratulations to:
Australia Post, NRMA, and Tick Travel Insurance
Everyone has different priorities and budgets, and for some people knowing they have the highest level of cover possible is paramount when travelling internationally and are prepared to pay more for that cover. That’s why for this category our Judges compared a wide range of cover levels and features of travel insurance policies to find those that offer the most generous cover irrespective of price.
Congratulations to:
Allianz, Cover-More Travel Insurance, Easy Travel Insurance, Medibank, RAA, RACQ, RACT, RACV, and World2Cover
If you’re a frequent traveller, whether it be for personal or business purposes, a multi-trip travel insurance policy option might be a cost-effective way of ensuring you’re covered for every trip you take. For the Exceptional Quality Award, the judges assessed cover levels and inclusions for multi-trip policies and identified those that offer the best combination of generous cover limits, cover for a range of pre-existing medical conditions, and activities allowed.
Congratulations to:
Allianz, Cover-More Travel Insurance, Easy Travel Insurance, and Medibank
Comprehensive, 30 Days
Now in their tenth year, the Mozo Experts Choice Awards present an opportunity to recognise products in the market we believe offer great value to Australians.
For the 2023 Travel Insurance awards, our Experts assessed 110 international travel insurance policies from 43 different insurance companies head to head.
“It is so exciting that Australians are now starting to be able to travel again internationally and after a two year hiatus to be able to put forward the winners in this year’s Mozo Experts Choice Awards for Travel Insurance,” said Peter Marshall, Mozo Experts Choice Awards judge.
“COVID-19 is still very much top of mind and so we’ve made the decision to only include policies in our assessment that offer cover for COVID-19 medical expenses. If you are looking for a great value travel insurance policy, or a policy that offers all the extras, you can be confident that the winning policies will have you covered in the 'new normal'.”
For full details on how we crunched the numbers, the awards criteria and how we determined the winners, see the 2023 Mozo Experts Choice Awards for Travel Insurance methodology report.
We couldn’t have a name like the Mozo Experts Choice Awards without a dedicated and experienced team of product data analysts at the helm. Combined they have decades of experience behind them. Meet them below.
Running since 2014, the Mozo Experts Choice Awards recognise products that deliver exceptional value or benefits to consumers. See our 2023 Mozo Experts Choice Awards for Travel Insurance methodology report for detailed information on how we performed product comparisons and determined the final winners for 2023.
For the 2023 Travel Insurance Awards we only included travel insurance policies that included cover for COVID-19 medical expenses. In carrying out the Mozo Experts Choice Awards for Travel Insurance 2023, 110 international travel insurance policies from 43 different insurance companies met this criteria.
Any provider we review must be available at the time of our analysis and any offers included must be available to the general public on the provider’s website.
Generally travel insurance providers will offer four different types of cover, these are:
A few providers may offer more specific cover for things like going on a cruise, travelling a student or in a group. Some may even provide cover specifically tailored towards seniors, skiing trips and Australians who are already overseas.
No one travel insurance policy will be the ‘best’ for everyone. People have different reasons for travelling, budgets and needs. That said, our Mozo Experts Choice Travel Insurance winners list is a great place to start. Shopping around can help you find travel insurance that works best for you. Are you worried about being covered for medical expenses? Or are you more concerned about lost luggage? Once you have an idea of the cover you need, then you can compare policies, you can also see our guide on choosing the Best Travel Insurance.
The Mozo Experts Choice Awards are overseen by AJ Duncanson and Peter Marshall. AJ is Mozo’s Data Director, a data scientist and actuary who has worked in financial services and product comparison for over 30 years. Peter has been in the industry even longer, and as Research Manager he leads the team of analysts that gather information and compare products every day, and perform all the calculations behind the Mozo Experts Choice Awards.
Please get in touch with us to discuss by email should you have any queries.
Important information on terms, conditions and sub-limits
Terms, conditions, exclusions, limits and sub-limits may apply to any of the insurance products shown on the Mozo website. These terms, conditions, exclusions, limits and sub-limits could affect the level of benefits and cover available under any of the insurance products shown on the Mozo website. Please refer to the relevant Product Disclosure Statement and the Target Market Determination on the provider's website for further information before making any decisions about an insurance product.