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Boozing, Promiscuous Business Travelers Put Selves, Employers at Risk

Feb 20 2015 // America’s business travelers are too often mixing business with pleasure, exposing themselves and their employers to dangerous scenarios.According to a national survey by On Call International, a customized travel...

ACE Appoints Fedarb as Head of Travel Insurance for Eurasia and Africa

Feb 13 2015 // ACE Group today announced the appointment of David Fedarb to the new role of head of travel insurance for Eurasia and Africa, as it expands its insurance capabilities in a region experiencing rapid growth of international...

N.Y. Region Revives With Travel Bans Lifted as Blizzard Fizzles

Jan 27 2015 // The New York region lurched back to life after a storm advertised as a potentially life-threatening blizzard ended up as a mundane winter snowfall.Travel bans for automobiles in New York and New Jersey were lifted and New...

New U.S. Rules on Cuba Ease Travel, Trade, Insurance Restrictions

Jan 15 2015 // The United States rolled out a sweeping set of measures on Thursday to ease the half-century-old embargo against Cuba, opening up the country to expanded travel, trade and financial activities.Defying hardline critics in...

Mystery Crashes Spawn Deadliest Year for Air Travel in Nearly a Decade

Jan 8 2015 // Three crashes which have yet to be fully explained, involving the most modern airliners in the safest phase of flight, made last year the deadliest for air travel in almost a decade.The loss of two Malaysian Air Boeing Co....

UK Space Travel Insurer Sees No Spike in Queries after Virgin Crash

Nov 10 2014 // UK insurer Pembroke Managing Agency, who recently began offering life coverage for would-be space tourists, said it has seen no increase in interest in the policy following the fatal crash of a Virgin Galactic test space...

‘More Stringent’ Ebola Safety Guidelines In the Works; Travel Ban Debated

Oct 20 2014 // The safety protocol used by healthcare workers to treat Ebola patients in Dallas wasn’t adequate because it didn’t require that all skin be covered, said Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute...

Florida’s Citizens’ Gilway Defends Overseas Travel Before Governor, Cabinet

Aug 21 2014 // The top official of Florida’s state-backed property insurer stepped forward yesterday to defend his organization’s international travel, arguing it was necessary to conclude a $3.1 billion risk transfer...

Florida’s Citizens Travel Costs Under Scrutiny

Aug 18 2014 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott is calling on the top official of the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance to explain why the insurer has deviated from its limitations on overseas travel. A review of the officials’...

FAA Ruling Grounds AirPooler’s Uber-Style Sharing in Air Travel

Aug 15 2014 // The trend in sharing services popularized by Uber Technologies Inc. and Airbnb Inc. will take longer to gain a foothold in the world of aviation, if at all.The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration reviewed its rules and...

Virginia DOT Studies Wildlife Travel Patterns to Increase Roadway Safety

Aug 14 2014 // The Virginia Department of Transportation is working to make roads safer for both wildlife and motorists.The agency’s research division is conducting a three-year study on animal travel patterns that is set to be...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Missouri-Based Travel Insurance Agency

Aug 11 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Trip Mate Inc., based in Kansas City, Mo.Established in 1989, Trip Mate is a full service travel insurance agency that provides a wide variety of travel protection plans and...

Fla Citizens’ Business Travel Saves Florida Money

Aug 8 2014 // A recent article by the Palm Beach Post blasting Citizens Property Insurance Corp. executives for traveling overseas casts a negative image onto the state-owned and operated insurer. However, what the article fails to...

Florida’s Citizens Defends Travel Expenses Questioned By Gov. Scott

Aug 8 2014 // Florida Governor Rick Scott is calling on the top official of the state-backed property insurer to explain why the insurer has deviated from its limitations on overseas travel.Citizens Property Insurance Corp. officials...

Miller Joins Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection in Texas

Aug 4 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection (BHTP) expanded its national sales force by hiring Bill Miller as executive vice president – sales. He is based in Grapevine, Texas.In joining BHTP, Miller is reuniting with BHTP...

Aon Launches ‘Technology-based Enhancement’ for WorldAware Solutions

Jul 23 2014 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, announced the unveiling of its “WorldAware Global Gateway,” which the bulletin described as a “technology-based enhancement to...

Kansas Court: Travel ‘Intrinsic’ to Oil Field Work, Comp Benefits Apply

Jul 7 2014 // Kansas’ highest court reversed a state appeals court finding that an oil field worker was not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits after he was injured while riding home from his workplace.The nature of...

ABI Lauds Arrest of 11 Persons for Travel Insurance Fraud

Jun 20 2014 // A bulletin on the website of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) notes that a “nationwide operation into suspected fraudulent travel insurance claims led by the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud...

Kansas Court: Travel ‘Intrinsic’ to Oil Field Work, Comp Benefits Apply

Jun 19 2014 // Kansas highest court reversed a state appeals court finding that an oil field worker was not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits after he was injured while riding home from his workplace.The nature of oil...

ACE Expands Travel Coverage for Religious, Educational Institutions

May 23 2014 // ACE Group has expanded its web-based portal to provide coverage for U.S.-based religious organizations and educational institutions, whose employees, students and volunteers travel internationally. The portal,...