ASTA Applauds Disney’s Decision to Reverse Course on Insurance Requirements
by Daniel McCarthy
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The American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) is applauding Disney’s decision to reduce its insurance minimum requirements for its travel agency partners.
ASTA had called out Disney’s new terms published in its 2025 Travel Agency Designation agreement earlier this week, writing in a statement that the higher minimum policy coverages in Disney’s new terms were “excessive and unduly burdensome, and do not consider an agency’s size, sales, or volume. The 2025 version, ASTA said, also no longer exempted agencies without storefronts from insurance requirements.
On Wednesday, in a letter confirmed by TMR, Disney decided to reverse course on some of that language, including reducing the insurance minimum and the liability language that included Disney as an additional insured.
“ASTA is grateful to learn that Disney intends to revise the terms of their 2025 Travel Agency Designation Agreements in line with the recommendations that we set forth,” ASTA said on Thursday morning.
“We appreciate Disney’s swift action on this matter, and for recognizing the need to accommodate one of their most essential sales channels, the travel advisors who bring Disney’s magic to life,” Zane Kerby, President & CEO of ASTA added.
