The Hema will stop selling travel insurance at the end of February, the department store chain has announced. The group will also stop selling other non-life insurance policies. According to the company, this happens ‘because we want to focus on what we do best: designing and making products ourselves for a better everyday life in a more beautiful world’. When Hema started selling travel insurance years ago, it caused a stir in the travel world, as the department store entered the path of travel retail and tour operators as a party outside the industry. The non-life insurance package will be transferred to InShared, part of Achmea, where the Hema insurance policies were already technically housed. In fact, only the brand name of the insurance will change. The department store will continue to offer health insurance, in collaboration with Menzis. (Photo Shutterstock).
