Tourist Baggage Insurance
Coverage for personal effects of a tourist, including apparel, books, toilet articles, watches, jewelry, luggage, portable typewriters, photographs and photography equipment and supplies. This is a specified peril insurance policy that specifically includes fire, lightning, damage due to automobile accident, theft of items in the care, custody, and control of a common carrier, and theft of items from the hotel room in which the insured tourist is registered. Excluded are baggage theft from checkrooms, baggage theft from hotel lobbies unless checked, items at the permanent premises of the insured tourist, and items that cannot be found but have not been stolen.
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