WestJet and RBC Insurance Sign Agreement to Offer Travel Insurance Products to WestJet Guests.Business Editors/Travel Writers CALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2003 WestJet (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :WJA WJA Women's Jewelry Association WJA Web JetAdmin (HP software) WJA Water Jetting Association (UK) WJA Web Jet-Admin ) and RBC RBC red blood cell. RBC or rbc abbr. red blood cell RBC, n See red blood cell count. RBC red blood cells; red blood (cell) count (see blood count). Insurance today announced that they have signed an agreement to provide WestJet guests with online capability to purchase RBC Insurance travel insurance products. The link for travel insurance is available immediately at www.westjet.com. Bill Lamberton, WestJet's vice president of Marketing and Sales, said today: "This relationship with Canada's leading travel insurance provider is an opportunity for WestJet to enhance our product offering even further. Effective immediately, WestJet guests can purchase travel insurance for WestJet flights when booking online in the same fast, easy and effective manner that they can book a WestJet flight." "RBC Insurance is pleased to offer WestJet guests market-leading travel insurance products and services," said Stan Seggie, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , RBC Travel Insurance Company. "We look forward to working with the company to increase customer awareness of the benefits of travel insurance - with a particular focus on the importance of insurance for travel within Canada." RBC Insurance, through its operating entities, including RBC Travel Insurance Company and Assured Assistance Inc., provides a wide range of creditor, life, health, travel, home, auto and reinsurance The contract made between an insurance company and a third party to protect the insurance company from losses. The contract provides for the third party to pay for the loss sustained by the insurance company when the company makes a payment on the original contract. products to more than five million North American customers. RBC Insurance is the leading provider of travel insurance and emergency assistance services in Canada. Its travel insurance operations draw on more than 35 years of professional experience and provide a wide range of products and services through a network of over 4,000 travel agencies, as well as through bank channels, to more than three million individual and corporate customers annually. WestJet serves the 26 Canadian cities of Victoria, Comox, Vancouver, Abbotsford/Fraser Valley, Prince George, Kelowna, Calgary, Edmonton, Grande Prairie, Fort McMurray, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie Sault Sainte Marie — pronounced "Soo Saint Marie" (IPA /su seɪnt məˈɹi/) — is the name of two cities on the Saint Marys River, which forms part of the boundary between the United States and Canada. , Thunder Bay, London, Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto, Windsor (beginning April 1), Montreal (beginning April 24), Moncton, Halifax (beginning February 27), St. John's (beginning June 15) and Gander (beginning June 16). WestJet is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. under the symbol WJA. |
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