Latest Travel Headlines

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ABI Responds to UK Treasury’s Travel Insurance Regulation Proposals

Feb 26 2007 // A report from the UK’s Treasury Department, which calls for more regulation and control over travel insurance sold through tour operators and travel agents, has brought a response from the Association of British...

La.’s Blanco and Donelon Travel to Calif. for Outreach to Insurers

Jan 30 2007 // Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco kicked off a three-day insurance outreach mission Jan. 29 in San Francisco, part of her continuing efforts to bring affordable insurance home to Louisiana, the governor’s...

Mexican truck travel still limited

Jan 8 2007 // Mexican trucker Brigido Moctezuma lives in a city just south of Mexico’s border with Texas, far from talks on whether he’ll be able to drive his loads of vehicle air bags all the way to assembly lines in...

Despite 2004 Ruling, Mexican Truck Travel Still Limited

Jan 2 2007 // Mexican trucker Brigido Moctezuma lives in a city just south of Mexico’s border with Texas, far from talks on whether he’ll be able to drive his loads of vehicle air bags all the way to assembly lines in...

2006: Soft market offers up many new insurance products

Dec 25 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...

2006 New Markets Report

Dec 24 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management LiabilityNew P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically for...

AAA Chicago Projects Busy Thanksgiving Travel Weekend

Nov 22 2006 // Higher prices for hotel rooms, rental cars and airfares will not keep families home this Thanksgiving. AAA Chicago estimates 38.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this holiday, a 2.7 percent...

Tenn. Ethics Panel Powerless to Probe Travel Assured Ties

Sep 17 2006 // Ethics panel can’t take up complaints over travel insurance Received by Newsfinder from AP Sep 14, 2006 12:17 Eastern Time NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Consumers want the state’s new Ethics Commission to investigate...

Tenn. Latest State to Order Travel Firm to Halt Insurance Sales

Sep 10 2006 // Tennessee regulators ordered a Crossville-based travel firm already cited by three other states to stop selling trip interruption or cancellation benefits without an insurance license.Tennessee’s cease-and-desist...

M.H. Ross Finds New Carrier for Travel Coverage

Sep 1 2006 // The M.H. Ross Co., Northride, Calif., has announced that as of March 1, 2007, the firm’s travel insurance policies will be underwritten by Old Republic Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Old Republic International Corp.....

Texas Orders Unlicensed Company to Stop Selling Travel Insurance

Aug 1 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has issued an emergency cease and desist order against Trip Assured Inc., which has been selling travel insurance in Texas without a license.Trip Assured, based in Crossville, Tenn.,...

Philadelphia Insurance Offers Travel, ID Theft, Violence Endorsement

Jul 14 2006 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies of Bala Cynwyd, Pa. has introduced the “Bell Endorsement,” which provides to 10 additional coverages for organizations and individuals at no additional charge. The coverages...

Liberty International Offers Travel Professionals’ E&O Program

Jul 10 2006 // Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), a division of Liberty Mutual Group, and Travel Professionals Insurance Network (TPIN), a service of MPP Co. Inc., have partnered to offer a new travel professionals errors and...

Provider Asks for Clarification on Florida Freedom to Travel Bill

Jun 27 2006 // Independent agents that sell travel insurance will be interested in the outcome of Florida’s Freedom to Travel Bill, HB299, but the Travel Assist Network, asked for clarity in a debate about the differences between...

ACE European Launches New U.K. Corporate Travel Coverage

May 11 2006 // ACE European Group announced the launch of businessclass premier, described as “a new package of bespoke accident, health and travel insurance, services and risk consultancy, specifically for large corporate...

Bond Insurers Urged to Travel Conservative Underwriting Route

Apr 14 2006 // Bond insurers had an interesting 2005, dealing with the ratings implications of natural disasters, airline and auto parts manufacturer bankruptcies, Securities and Exchange Commission and attorney general investigations,...

AIG Acquires Travel Guard

Mar 20 2006 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) announced that a wholly-owned subsidiary company is acquiring Travel Guard International, a national provider of travel insurance programs and emergency travel assistance, from the...

Hearings Slated: Fla. Rule Would Prohibit Basing Premiums on Travel

Mar 16 2006 // The Florida Cabinet gave its approval today for the Office of Insurance Regulation to conduct a public hearing to allow public input for a rule prohibiting discrimination by life insurers based on a person’s past or...

Specialty Global Unveils Travel Agents E&O Program

Jan 24 2006 // Specialty Global Insurance is launching a nationwide Travel Agents E&O program. The new program is designed for travel agents and tour operators with gross written receipts of $5,000,000 or more. Specialty Global...

Iowa State Professor Drives Research into Safer Weather-Related Travel

Dec 7 2005 // Tom Maze regularly travels the interstate between Ames and the Twin Cities. So he knows when it’s a good idea to delay a trip until the snow stops and the plows clear a path.He also knows the National Academy of...