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Starr Partners with Travel Shield on Canadian Medical Insurance Super Visa

Aug 10 2018 // Starr Companies will underwrite a Super Visa Insurance product sold by Travel Shield, a trade name used by Mars Empire Group Inc. The product is designed to meet the medical insurance requirements of the Canadian super...

Stolen Indiana Travel Trailers Worth $600K Recovered in Michigan

May 9 2018 // Michigan State Police say they’ve recovered 17 travel trailers worth about $600,000 that were reported stolen from northern Indiana. Police say the sheriff’s office in LaGrange County, Indiana, contacted them...

AIG Launches Travel Insurance on Demand App in Canada

Mar 28 2018 // Travel Guard Group Canada, Inc., the Toronto-based subsidiary of AIG, has launched a travel insurance app allowing Canadian customers (except Quebec residents) to purchase coverage in blocks of time through their...

Travel Site Orbitz Reports Data Breach

Mar 21 2018 // Orbitz, a subsidiary of online travel agency Expedia Inc, said on Tuesday that hackers may have accessed personal information from about 880,000 payment cards.The unit said an investigation showed that the breach may have...

Zurich Accelerates Growth of Cover-More Travel Insurance Unit with LatAm Acquisitions

Mar 12 2018 // Zurich Insurance Group accelerated the growth of Cover-More Group, its specialist global travel insurance and assistance solutions business, by entering into agreements to acquire the leading providers of traveler...

AIG Partners with Expedia to Provide Travel Insurance

Mar 5 2018 // Insurer American International Group Inc on Friday said that it has struck a deal with online travel services provider Brand Expedia Group to sell travel insurance to the company’s global customers.The move is part...

Avanti Offers Bespoke Annual Multi-Trip Travel Insurance for the Over-50s Market

Feb 13 2018 // Northampton, UK, February 8, 2018- Avanti Travel Insurance offers one of the most comprehensive annual multi-trip policy packages designed specifically for the over-50s market available in the UK.Avanti has a long-standing...

UK’s Thomas Cook Partners with Fintech Firm to Offer Pay-Per-Day Travel Cover

Jan 17 2018 // British travel company Thomas Cook has partnered with fintech firm Revolut to launch a “pay-per-day” travel insurance service which automatically provides users with medical cover by tracking their location...

Generali Ads Two Executives to Travel Insurance Division in California

Jan 5 2018 // Generali Global Assistance has named James Sion as chief operating officer and Mark Taber as the chief insurance officer in its travel insurance division.Sion will head all operations and strategies of the division and...

North Carolina Tourist Islands Shutdown by Outage Reopened for Business

Aug 7 2017 // Rental houses and condos were expected to fill up Saturday on two North Carolina islands where a bridge construction accident cut power for a week and threatened seasonal businesses’ bottom lines.The first day of the...

Arch Expands Travel Insurance Sales Team with 3 from Travelex

Jun 28 2017 // Arch Insurance announced additions to its travel insurance sales team. Cory Sobczyk and Dan Povondra have joined Arch Insurance as vice presidents of Business Development. Additionally, Lynn Barty has joined as regional...

Heavy Rains Cause Flooding in NYC Region, Disrupt Travel

May 8 2017 // Heavy rains caused flooding in New York City and flight delays in the region on Friday.Officials said two tracks at Penn Station were out of service Friday afternoon because of flooding and parts of the West Side Highway,...

Zurich Buys Australia’s Largest Travel Insurer, Cover-More, for US$551M

Apr 13 2017 // Zurich Insurance Group has successfully acquired Cover-More Group Ltd., a leading travel insurance and assistance solutions provider based in Sydney with a strong market position in Australia, India and the U.S.This...

Travel Businesses in California’s Big Sur Community Reeling After Bridge Closure

Mar 22 2017 // Almost all the hotels, restaurants and state parks cut off when a bridge on the Central California coast crumbled last month remain closed, but Kurt Mayer chose to keep his deli and taproom open — even though it’s...

AXA UK’s Travel Insurance Will Cover People Denied Access to US

Jan 30 2017 // The UK division of French insurer AXA said its travel policies would cover those denied access to the United States due to a U.S. travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries. An executive order by U.S....

Major Travel Booking Systems Vulnerable to Hackers: Researchers

Dec 28 2016 // Major travel booking systems lack a proper way to authenticate air travelers, making it easy to hack the short code used on many boarding passes to alter flight details or steal sensitive personal data, security...

Snow Affects Travel in Southern New England

Dec 19 2016 // The season’s first major winter storm has dumped snow throughout southern New England and caused slippery road conditions.Snow fell for hours on Saturday morning. The National Weather Service reports snowfall ranged...

Zurich Insurance Agrees to Acquire Australia’s Biggest Travel Insurer for $551M

Dec 12 2016 // Switzerland’s Zurich Insurance Group has agreed to buy Australia’s biggest travel insurance provider, Cover-More Group, for A$741 million ($551 million), stepping up its investment in the Australian...

Mobile Homes, not Travel Trailers, Headed to Louisiana after Deadly Flooding

Aug 26 2016 // Mobile homes will fill front yards across southern Louisiana again, just like after Hurricane Katrina, as federal authorities bring in temporary housing for thousands of people displaced by catastrophic flooding.These...

Business Travel Fuels Growth of Uber Use in Arkansas

May 20 2016 // Business travelers needing a ride in Arkansas are increasingly using their thumbs — not to hitchhike, but to tap the Uber app on their smartphones.And despite class-action lawsuits by drivers and some job actions,...