Latest Travel Headlines

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HCC Medical Insurance Services Expands Travel Insurance to Sports Travel

Jun 12 2012 // HCC Medical Insurance Services, LLC (HCCMIS) has added sports travel insurance to their Atlas Travel Insurance policies at no additional charge. Sports travelers can now access Atlas insurance features like zero...

Olympic Travel Leads to Surge in Travel Insurance Sales

Jun 4 2012 // The 2012 Summer Olympics have provided a welcome boost for airlines, hotels and other travel suppliers that will benefit from an expected jump of more than 30 percent in the number of global travelers going to London...

ABI, UK Government, BIBA Team up to Help Older People Find Insurance

Apr 4 2012 // A bulletin from the Association of British Insurers states that “older customers will find it easier to get motor [auto] and travel insurance under an agreement between the ABI, the Government and the British...

Lloyds TSB Adds Travel Disruption Insurance

Feb 6 2012 // All Lloyds TSB silver, gold, platinum and premier customers will be automatically covered for disruptions to their travel as part of the company’s travel insurance policy.The company added this policy at the...

John Hancock Financial Joins Travel Insurance Marketplace

Jan 4 2012 // John Hancock Financial has entered the travel insurance marketplace. The company’s product will be distributed by John Hancock Insurance Agency and underwritten by Old Republic Insurance Co. of Greenberg, Penn.The...

AXIS Global Accident & Health Enhances Business Travel Accident Protection

Nov 4 2011 // AXIS Global Accident & Health, a division of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, has introduced TravelAXIS, an enhanced travel benefits package designed for businesses and their employees. The TravelAXIS program helps U.S....

MetLife Offers Business Travel Medical Coverage to Employees on Assignment

Oct 20 2011 // MetLife has launched International Business Travel Medical (IBTM) coverage. IBTM provides assistance and coverage for emergency and urgent medical care for employees traveling on short-term assignments outside their...

Outlining the Risks of the Business Traveler

Oct 17 2011 // Business travelers say there’s no substitute for being there.Even though budgets are tight and new technology makes it easy for people to connect virtually anywhere, businesses understand that it is crucial for...

Insurance Risks of Business Travelers

Oct 3 2011 // Business travelers say there’s no substitute for being there. Even though budgets are tight and new technology makes it easy for people to connect virtually anywhere, businesses understand that it is crucial for...

Columbus Direct Launches New Ash Cloud Travel Cover

Sep 1 2011 // Columbus Direct, part of the Collinson Insurance Group, has launched a new travel insurance policy – Ash Cloud Cover – designed to protect customers in the event of their travel plans being disrupted following a...

UK Travel Insurer Columbus Direct Expands into German Market

Aug 26 2011 // UK travel insurer Columbus Direct, which is part of the Collinson Insurance Group, announced the expansion of its range of low cost travel products into the German market.The bulletin said a “range of travel...

Travel Insurers Pay $7 Million a Week to Stricken UK Travelers Says ABI

Aug 18 2011 // Travel insurance has become an essential adjunct for UK residents heading abroad on vacations. According to the Association of British Insurers, travel insurance companies pay on average £5.3 million [$7.26 million a week...

AmWINS Group Benefits Enhances International Travel Insurance

Jun 1 2011 // AmWINS Group Benefits has launched a newly enhanced No Borders, a suite of international benefit products providing coverage for international assignees and for those living and traveling abroad for work or leisure. AmWINS...

UK’s Voyager Lists ‘Top 10’ Reasons for Wedding Cancellation Insurance Claims

Apr 21 2011 // Voyager, a niche insurance specialist in the UK, has published the top ten reasons why couples claim on their wedding insurance on or prior to their big day.The bulletin noted that “unlike the era in which previous...

Lloyd’s Writes the Ultimate Travel Policy for Sarah Outen

Apr 4 2011 // Lloyd’s has insured a football player’s hair, the anatomical attributes of various celebrities, and even a Frenchman’s heroic crossing of the English Channel in a bathtub.So, where else would English...

Snow, Ice Disrupt pre-Christmas Travel in Europe; Many Flights Cancelled

Dec 20 2010 // Europe saw little respite on Sunday from the Arctic conditions that closed airports and disrupted travel over the weekend before Christmas, traditionally one of the busiest times of the year.London’s Heathrow, the...

ABI Warns UK Skiers on Risks of Expensive Medical Bills

Dec 17 2010 // The UK may not have a lot of mountains, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have a lot of people who ski. So it’s appropriate, as the holiday season begins, to warn those who are eager to hit the slopes that...

Europe’s Travel Firms Count Costs of Volcanic Ash Disruptions

May 11 2010 // Europe’s travel industry is counting the cost of air traffic disruption caused by a volcanic ash cloud which forced thousands of flights to be cancelled and is braced for more stoppages this month.British travel...

ABI Advises Travelers After Latest Volcano Ash Cloud Disrupts Flights

May 10 2010 // Heightened eruptions from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano caused periodic closures of a number of European airports, as flights were cancelled, delayed or rerouted. Transatlantic air traffic between Europe and the...

Icelandic Volcano Eruption Intensifies; Airline Travel No-Go

Apr 15 2010 // A volcanic eruption in Iceland, which has thrown up a 6-km (3.7 mile) high plume of ash and disrupted air traffic across northern Europe, has grown more intense, an expert said on Thursday.The eruption under the...