Immigration problems, instability of the stock market and economic uncertainty: it is enough for travelers to feel tired of experiencing a trip’s interruption and losing their money.

That is what Angus McDonald, CEO of the travel insurer covers the genius, suspects that it is behind a 20% increase in sales from February to March.

“Every time we see great macro effects, then we see that consumers generally feel they need to protect themselves from the risk they are exposed,” said Angus McDonald, CEO and co -founder of Cover Genius, in an interview with Skift.

Cover Genius offers several types of travel insurance and travel protection products, including cancellation for any reason that travel sellers can offer consumers when paying. The company has more than 50 travel partners, including Hopper, Booking.com, Kayak, Priceline, Hom