All the headlines from our Travel Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 28 2013 // Hurricane strength winds battered Britain and the Netherlands on Monday, killing five people, cutting power and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights and train journeys before the storm barreled further into...
Aug 5 2013 // An American Express subsidiary is dropping its complaint against a Maryland man jailed for months in the presumed death of his traveling companion in Aruba.AMEX Assurance Company sued Gary Giordano of Gaithersburg to void...
Jun 20 2013 // In spite of videoconferencing, social media and other new technologies, many businesses depend on their key executives and top sales people to travel overseas to meet with clients in person, to negotiate with foreign...
Jun 11 2013 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, announced that it has launched the “Aon WorldAware GeoAlert Map, a technology-based enhancement to WorldAware Solutions, Aon’s award-winning...
Jun 3 2013 // In spite of videoconferencing, social media and other new technologies, many businesses depend on their key executives and top sales people to travel overseas to meet with clients in person, to negotiate with foreign...
Apr 23 2013 // ACE Commercial Risk Services, the U.S.-based small business insurance division of the ACE Group, has added additional capability enhancements to its portal www.ACEAdvantage.NET, the Internet-based rating system of its ACE...
Apr 9 2013 // Uninsured British travelers who fall ill on their holiday this summer could face an average extra £900 [$1,376] holiday bill according to the Association of British Insurers.The ABI’s bulletin noted that “many...
Apr 3 2013 // New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez on Tuesday signed into law liability-waiving legislation aimed at saving the state’s nearly quarter-billion-dollar investment in a futuristic spaceport and retaining its anchor tenant,...
Mar 25 2013 // The Missouri Department of Insurance announced that Missouri consumers who purchased travel insurance policies sold by a Pennsylvania-based insurer may be entitled to a refund of nearly $2 million.The policies were sold by...
Mar 3 2013 // A federal judge has refused to dismiss a suit filed by an insurer against a Maryland man jailed over the suspected death of his traveling companion in Aruba. An American Express subsidiary is suing Gary Giordano of...
Feb 19 2013 // The Missouri Department of Insurance announced that Missouri consumers who bought travel insurance from Virginia Surety Co. or through Cheap Caribbean, one of its contracted agencies, may be entitled to a refund.A joint...
Feb 18 2013 // Global cruise giant Carnival Corp. found itself in deep doo-doo this week, due to alarming reports about an engine room fire that left one of its jam-packed U.S. passenger ships adrift and awash in raw sewage in the Gulf...
Jan 28 2013 // A review by Florida’s chief inspector general contends that employees at the state-created Citizens Property Insurance racked up excessive travel expenses over an eight-month period.Florida Gov. Rick Scott ordered a...
Jan 18 2013 // A review by Florida’s chief inspector general contends that employees at the state-created Citizens Property Insurance racked up excessive travel expenses over an eight-month period.Florida Gov. Rick Scott ordered a...
Sep 24 2012 // China has eased restrictions on foreign companies in parts of its insurance, travel and delivery industries in a possible effort to reverse a slide in investment from abroad, an American business group said Friday.Some of...
Sep 11 2012 // An American Express subsidiary is suing a Maryland man who was jailed for months in Aruba in the suspected death of his traveling companion.The subsidiary, AMEX Assurance Company, seeks to void a travel insurance policy...
Sep 11 2012 // International insurer Mapfre Assistance has agreed to provide travel insurance to all passengers of ASKY Airlines. The airline, with headquarters in Lomé (Togo), operates in Western and Central Africa and it has forecast...
Sep 10 2012 // A California lawsuit claims online travel agencies like Travelocity conspired with hotels to fix room prices nationwide.The suit filed in San Francisco federal court claims the Hilton Hotels, Sheraton Hotels &...
Sep 5 2012 // A Florida state senator is demanding that executives of the state-backed property insurer be questioned after expense reports showed that they spent thousands of dollars on travel and related expenses.Florida Senator Mike...
Aug 22 2012 // A California lawsuit claims online travel agencies like Travelocity conspired with hotels to fix room prices nationwide.The suit filed Monday in San Francisco federal court claims the Hilton Hotels, Sheraton Hotels &...