All the headlines from our Travel Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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.....
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.,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Oct 17 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies, expanded its insurance products to offer additional coverage for companies doing business overseas. The International...
Aug 4 2005 // Parents are failing to prepare adequately for their family holidays according to the latest research by Post Office[R] travel services. For one in 10 parents, organizing their travel insurance is considered no more...
Jul 25 2005 // U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., was outraged when she applied for additional life insurance and was denied because she might travel to Israel at some unspecified point. So now she’s planning to file a...
May 27 2005 // With many people preparing for summer vacation-some to exotic locations far from home-Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher is advising consumers to consider options for ensuring their trips don’t get...
May 25 2005 // The first ever Travel Insurance Market Survey, conducted on behalf of the U.S. Travel Insurance Association (UStiA), revealed that Americans spent more than $1 billion on travel insurance last year.According to the survey,...
May 19 2005 // An innovative partnership between InsureMyTrip.com and MEDEX Assistance Corporation promises to bring the benefits of comprehensive travel coverage, usually reserved for employees of large corporations, to leisure...
Mar 2 2005 // Following an initial three-state product launch two months ago, the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies is now also offering Signature Passport in Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maine, Michigan,...