Insurance Technology

Insurance & Technology News
Share

TMCNet: Kanetix Travel App To Make Vacation Planning for Canadians Easier Than Ever

[January 10, 2013]

Kanetix Travel App To Make Vacation Planning for Canadians Easier Than Ever

TORONTO, Jan. 10, 2013, 2013 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) -- Compare travel insurance rates and purchase coverage, check weather, and discover new destinations with the free iPhone travel app from Kanetix.ca Online financial comparison service, Kanetix.ca, today announced the launch of the Kanetix Travel App; the first app in Canada which allows users to compare rates and purchase travel insurance right from their iPhone.
Story continues below ↓

The free app, available directly from the Apple App Store, offers users as many as five travel insurance quotes ranked lowest to highest for easy comparison. The app also quotes rates for single trip, multi-trip, all inclusive and trip cancellation insurance coverage. Travellers can save their quote details for easy repeat visits, and subscribe to policy renewal reminders that will be delivered right to their phone.

The Kanetix Travel App also features: -- Weather information and tourist must-sees for destinations around the world -- A travel checklist to ensure travellers don't forget a thing -- Gesture-controlled destination discovery - users can shake their phone to find their next travel destination "We are very proud to offer this travel app, allowing Canadians to compare prices, research destinations, and purchase insurance entirely from their iPhone," said Janine White, Vice-President, Kanetix.ca. "By offering this app, we're helping consumers receive the best rates for travel insurance in a way that's easier than ever before, so they can focus their attention and savings on the actual trip." To download the free Kanetix Travel app, visit Kanetix.ca or download directly from the Apple App store by searching "Kanetix" on an iPhone device.

About Kanetix® Launched in October 1999, Kanetix was Canada's first online comparison service for car insurance quotes and today provides over a million quotes per year to consumers looking for lower insurance rates, as well as comparisons for mortgage rates and credit cards.

The Kanetix comparison service is a one-stop shopping environment for consumers.

Each day, thousands visit the Kanetix website at www.kanetix.ca to comparison shop their various financial needs. Shoppers choose what they want to compare, obtain a quotation and complete an online application or, with the help of Kanetix connect with the provider to purchase or apply for the product over the phone.

Through its Software as a Service team, Kanetix is also the leading provider of online insurance quotation technology, developing online quotation systems, mobile solutions, actuarial tools and websites for many of Canada's largest insurance brands.

SOURCE: Kanetix To view this news release in HTML formatting, please use the following URL: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2013/10/c4934.html SOURCE: Kanetix For more information, visitKanetix.ca or contact: Braden Rosner 416.599.9779 ext. 343 publicrelations@kanetix.ca Kanetix Ltd.

[ Back To Insurance Technology's Homepage ]




Featured Editorial